Cook Aisd Third Base

About Cook Aisd Third Base

Cook Aisd Third Base can be an instrumental part of the learning journey for the students and families of Austin. Cook Aisd Third Base is a center-based early care and education program, and as a center provides that school-like environment that’s structured for students to learn, grow and thrive. This environment can help prepare students for the levels ahead and kindergarten. As a center, as well, Cook Aisd Third Base has the space and resources for activities, an enriching curriculum and plenty of peers of similar ages for students to learn and laugh with. With a full-time schedule, as well, Cook Aisd Third Base allows parents to work and assume other responsibilities while their children are playing and learning amongst their peers. Children have the opportunity to get used to the natural rhythms of a daily structured learning environment with a full-time schedule, which can help smooth the transition into kindergarten and future education. The full-time schedule allows plenty of opportunities for creativity and fun, too, as the day always feels too short when you’re having fun! Cook Aisd Third Base also offers a mixed-age classroom and curriculum which emphasizes open-ended, tactile activities that allow children to explore however that learning activity makes the most sense to them. Mixed-age classrooms like at Cook Aisd Third Base encourage peer learning, asking help from each other and reinforce a sense of empathy for one’s peers. Older students will learn leadership skills and younger students have the advantage of joining a classroom that already has the building blocks of community.