La Casita Bilingüe Montessori School

La Casita Bilingüe Montessori School offers a bilingual Montessori-guided Preschool Program and a bilingual Montessori-guided Transitional Kindergarten Program. It also lists Music Class, small-group Ukulele Lessons with an extra fee, and Flamenco Dance with an extra fee.

Programs

• Preschool Program — Bilingual Montessori-guided preschool program.
• Transitional Kindergarten Program — Bilingual Montessori-guided Transitional Kindergarten program.

At a glance

• Ages: 2–5 years old
• General schedule: Each year they offer a variety of co-curricular and extra-curricular classes and activities. During the 2018-2019 school year, they offered yoga and movement, music, and drama classes as part of the regular curriculum. They offer two extra-curricular classes that parents may enroll their child in if they choose and pay an extra fee.

About the provider

The school has served the East Bay since 1985. Gloria Castillo is the Director, and long-time Director and Founder Zamahara Berkov-Rojas retired in Summer 2021. It is a licensed childcare center, accredited by the American Montessori Society, part of QRIS, a Quality Matters site, and has two Montessori Certified Teachers in the classroom. The school also has a partnership with Tandem: Partners in Early Learning and their StoryCycles school-to-home book-sharing program, and it has regular field trips with parent participation and on-site visits from the local Fire and Police Departments, Oakland Zoo’s Zoomobile, Insect Discovery Lab, Contra Costa County CAER Group, a local dentist’s office, and Lick Your Eyeballs.

• Music Class — Listed among co-curricular and extra-curricular classes.
• Ukulele Lessons — Small group extracurricular ukulele lessons; parents may enroll and pay an extra fee.
• Flamenco Dance — Extracurricular flamenco dance class; parents may enroll and pay an extra fee.
• Yoga and Movement — Offered during the 2018-2019 school year as part of the regular curriculum.
• Drama Class — Offered during the 2018-2019 school year as part of the regular curriculum.

Last updated November 2, 2026.