The Mays School

5606 S Rice Ave, Houston, TX, 77081

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The Mays School is a private preschool and elementary school based on the Reggio Emilia Approach and located in Houston, Texas. Through our unique inquiry-based learning program, we provide high-quality early childhood and elementary education to students between six weeks and 12 years of age. - At MAYS, we believe tha... The Mays School is a private preschool and elementary school based on the Reggio Emilia Approach and located in Houston, Texas. Through our unique inquiry-based learning program, we provide high-quality early childhood and elementary education to students between six weeks and 12 years of age. - At MAYS, we believe that a well-prepared environment is our students third teacher, after their parents and our staff. We strive to ensure that our environment is not only pleasing to be in, but thought provoking, interesting, and built with the success of the child in mind. When you walk in our classrooms, they are intended to feel warm and homelike. The teachers are interacting with students and helping them follow their interests, not dictating the classroom or controlling the children during self-directed learning time.We use natural and interesting real-world materials in our classrooms. It is common to see sticks, leaves, wool, fabric, wooden play items, and play silks in all age groups. We fill our classrooms with learning items that can be used for open-ended play and that invite the imagination and awaken the mind. We take great pride in providing well-crafted and pleasing play materials for our students.We also enjoy adding loose part play in our classroomsthese items are typically collected over many years and are normally recycled from the world around us. For example, we may collect tops from water bottles to use as counters, in sorting activities, and to build with. The children may imagine these same tops as people, pets, currency, beautify stones to collect, or treasure to find. We do not use toys that are electronic or require batteries in our classrooms.Our classrooms have several discovery areas that change each month based on the discovery topic and the students interests. Our discovery areas include science exploration, dramatic play, building and construction, art and creativity, and sensory play. The students are able to move freely from one area to an Read more ↓