Coming soon! Our estimated opening date is April 2026 at Wilson Station in Northwest Boise.
WELCOME TO RIO BOISE CHILDREN'S ACADEMY
A bilingual early childhood education center serving infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Accepting ICCP subsidies with a sliding scale payment program and partnering with Interfaith Sanctuary to support an inclusive learning environment for all children.
Infant program
Ages 6 weeks - 18 months
Our infant care program is designed to make your child feel comfortable and at home, while focusing on healthy gross motor development for our youngest students. We provide a safe environment to explore and learn and dedicated, experienced staff for infants. Our staff receives training on infant growth and development and we provide families with regular updates on the child's progress in all developmental domains.
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With early exposure to Spanish and English, your child will learn two primary languages at once with the ease of learning one! Research shows that infants regularly exposed to more than one language have the chance to develop more complex phonetic learning (the learning of the sounds that are associated with spoken language) and that they have the easiest time of any age group at acquiring more than one language. No matter what language you speak at home, your child will be gaining the benefits of proficient bilingualism.
Toddler program
Ages 18 months - 3 years
We know that your child's language, cognitive, social/emotional, motor, physical, and perceptual development are all in overdrive during the toddler years. Our programs work to support all of these important and interconnected developmental domains through hands-on, play-based activities. Research shows that guiding a child's self learning is effective and helps to boost their confidence and problem-solving abilities.
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With developmentally-appropriate, open-ended activities that allow children to learn about the world at their own pace, your toddler is able to create the foundations to support their learning throughout life. Río Boise Children's Academy's toddler program introduces early literacy materials at this age in order to provide the building blocks for reading and writing that they'll use in preschool and beyond. Storytelling and dramatic play are also important pieces of language and social development which are encouraged regularly.
Preschool program
Ages 3 - 5 years
Our preschool program focuses on the continued support of your child's holistic development, with special focus on language and fine motor skills that are required to begin the life-long journey of literacy. With our dual-immersion approach, children build up their proficiency in both Spanish and English.
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Río Boise's preschool program is focused on the developmental appropriateness of activities; therefore, we incorporate literacy into our play-based curriculum in order to keep your child interested and learning in a fun and engaging way. Our staff is committed to providing your child the social, cognitive, motor, and other skills to succeed in school and in life.
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With our child-centered and emergent curriculum, we meet children where they are to teach them important skills and help them to meet Idaho's Early Learning eGuidelines (which can be found through the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare's website). This means our teachers are constantly noting observations and sharing milestone achievement with families to help support development in all domains, with a special focus on language and social and emotional development. As a school with an international focus, it is important that we support intercultural awareness and communication as well. The curriculum is not a set one, but rather created weekly and daily based on our teachers' observations to support children's interests and help them further explore their world.