BunnyBears Preschool Santee on Fanita Drive follows the Reggio Emilia philosophy through a play-based, child-centered curriculum for children ages two through five. The emergent curriculum tracks each child's interests across light-table exploration, mud-kitchen sensory work, and shaded-patio outdoor classroom stations, sharing pedagogical roots with the Montessori-influenced early-education framework at Community Montessori on Carlton Hills Boulevard. Founded in 2019 when the program assumed stewardship of a former Montessori campus at the same Fanita Drive address, the Santee location expanded a network that originated as a La Mesa family childcare in 2007. A natural playground with climbing structures and an outdoor mud kitchen supports collaborative play in small-group settings within a total enrollment capped at 43 children. The program's emphasis on child-led creative expression and emergent literacy parallels the structured movement training at Expressions Dance & Movement Center on Riverview Parkway. Classroom environments incorporate family-photograph displays, open-ended dramatic-play materials, and multi-sensory invitation stations calibrated to the Reggio 'hundred languages' framework for cross-domain cognitive and social development.