Colores Spanish Immersion Preschool is a small school and learning community where children come to be exposed to Spanish language and culture. Colores Preschool is committed to providing a safe, nurturing and supportive environment built upon respect, trust and love. We are a child-centered school where the teacher acts as a facilitator. We value each child for who they are and guide them towards readiness into our multilingual global community.
- We believe in creating a balance of learning and free play.
- We strive to provide diverse learning opportunities in a rich environment.
- We encourage each child’s innate creativity and watch their joy and happiness unfold.
- We support the children in self-directed and open-ended experiences that allow them to develop at their own rate, according to their individual style.
- We are working to create a culture that values a healthy childhood, nature, community and diversity.
Spanish Immersion
At Colores Preschool children are immersed in Spanish language and culture. Children are spoken to in Spanish the whole time they are at school and soon they start understanding the language and responding in Spanish. There are many benefits of learning a second language and it is best to start early in life. At Colores Preschool children absorb language, culture and traditions through activities, interaction, stories, poems, music, art, crafts, holidays, community and free play.
Ages
Colores Preschool is for children ages 18 months to 5 years old.
Schedule
Our hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday to Friday.
Location
We are in (North) Central Austin, near the intersection of Lamar and Koenig. Our address is 908 Old Koenig Lane Austin, TX 78756. We are located in the nursery classroom of the Koenig Lane Christian Church. We are not affiliated with the Church.
Licensing
Colores Spanish Immersion Preschool is an approved State of Texas licensed child-care center.
Thracy holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and an Education Specialist degree in School Psychology from Baylor University. Originally from Venezuela, she arrived in Austin in 2018 with her husband to start their graduate school journey. Thracy has been involved in the school setting for over 9 years, and her experience ranges from infants to high schoolers. She has worked with children in Venezuela, Colombia and Texas, giving her a broad understanding of cultural differences in education. Her lifelong dream was to own a Preschool, the sound of children learning inside a classroom or in a playground, and the chatting in the hallways, are some of her favorite sounds in the world.
Thracy is ready to share her knowledge in child development, parenting, emotional and behavioral management, with special focus on bilingual education and Play-Based learning. In her free time, she loves spending time with her husband, cooking and traveling.
Faby holds degrees in Preschool Education and Music Pedagogy from universities in Bogotá, Colombia: Universidad de San Buenaventura and Universidad Pedagógica Nacional. She taught preschool at Colegio De La Salle for nine years and served as the Music Director at McMillan Preschool for more than 20 years in Colombia. Faby loves languages and music and really enjoys incorporating music, songs, rhythms, instruments into all aspects of learning and development. She believes it is very beneficial to incorporate the language of music into the education and experiences of young learners especially while learning a second language.
Faby moved to Austin to be closer to her family. She is a proud grandmother of two grandchildren who attended Colores Preschool for a combined 4 years. Before joining Colores, Faby was a teacher at an IB Spanish immersion school in Austin. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren, travel, sing and play instruments.
“We have loved everything about Colores and thank you so much for being so welcoming to us. Mil gracias.”