Mount Houston Head Start

About Mount Houston Head Start

Mount Houston Head Start is a provider of early education and care for the students and families of Houston. As a center-based facility, Mount Houston Head Start provides the best of a school-like environment, which can help smooth the transition for students to formal school one day in the future, and the best of a community of student peers and professional staff to help inspire and support the learning journey. Centers like Mount Houston Head Start can benefit students with their resources, opportunities, and activities for enrichment and learning. In addition, Mount Houston Head Start conveniently proffers a full-time schedule, helpful for busy working parents that want their children to have the best when they need to be apart. Children at Mount Houston Head Start benefit from the full-time schedule too as the dedicated time to be amongst their peers promotes growth, development and stimulates creativity and learning. The structure during the day gives children many opportunities to be themselves, play, explore, and have all manners of fun, all in a day! In addition, Mount Houston Head Start takes a play-based approach to child development and education. Play-based curriculums emphasize students having the independence to explore their own interests at the time, be they creative, constructional, observational or artistic, and emphasize students being hands-on and natural with their activities. Staff at play-based curriculums take an active role in the discovery and learning process, encouraging students to dig in, explore, and cooperate with their peers to create the world around them.