Austin · Licensed center
Country Home Learning Center #8, LTD
A Montessori center in Austin, licensed for 420 children.
Large center. Large means the biggest quarter of Austin-area’s 928 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 154 to 731 children. Small is 12 to 61; medium is 62 to 153.
How they teach
Montessori
“You will also find many other centers with exceptional equipment for exploring Math, Science, and Geography concepts while incorporating elements of the Montessori approach to learning.”In their words. countryhomelearningcenter.com, July 2026
One of 47 Austin-area providers that describe a Montessori approach, out of 226 that describe any approach at all.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, ratios and staff.
What the state has found
State record — Texas HHSC
Shortlist has not yet checked Texas HHSC’s inspection and complaint record for this provider. That is a gap on our side, not a statement about this program — there may be records on file that are not shown here. Check with Texas HHSC directly.
A day here
- Meals
- Home-cooked lunch plus morning and afternoon snacks prepared and served in each classroom; optional breakfast program for a fee (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Outdoors
- At least 90 minutes of daily physical activity, including 60 minutes outdoors, depending on age group (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Sleep
- Cots provided; families of children 12 months+ asked to send a crib-size blanket and small pillow for naptime (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Diapers
- Parents supply diapers and wipes (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Screens
- 3-year-olds and older offered planned screen time (computer, iPad, whiteboard, videos), capped at one hour per day (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Updates for parents
- Tadpoles digital daily report app with photo sharing (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Hours
- 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM, 5 days a week, year round
- Schedule
- full week, M-W-F, and T-Th programs (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Closed
- New Year's Day, MLK Day (SDD), Good Friday (SDD), Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day (SDD), Thanksgiving Day, Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Child must be free of fever (100°F+), diarrhea, vomiting, or other severe illness symptoms for 24 hours before returning (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
- Special needs
- Incorporates each child's Special Needs Plan into daily activities and integrates children with and without special care needs in classrooms (the brand’s policy for all its schools)
Details
- Phone
- 5123311441
- Address
- 13120 N Hwy 183
- License
- 520322- 765, active
- Ages
- six weeks to 13 years
- Established
- 1982
Do you run Country Home Learning Center #8, LTD? Shortlist has no ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.
Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
All checked July 2026.
How they teach
- Approach — countryhomelearningcenter.com
A day here
- Meals, Outdoors, Sleep, Diapers, Screens, Updates for parents, Hours, Calendar, Closed — countryhomelearningcenter.com
- Schedule — countryhomelearningcenter.com
Policies
- When a child is sick, Special needs — countryhomelearningcenter.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License — childcare.hhs.texas.gov
- Website — countryhomelearningcenter.com
- Ages — countryhomelearningcenter.com
- Established — countryhomelearningcenter.com