I'm sorry I don't know anything about preschools in your area, but I wanted to second that "letter of the week" etc isn't typical at all of Montessori. I'm surprised you haven't found more choice in the DFW area. Shopping for preschools can be tough, but when we were back at that age the thing I did was just go to every single preschool I could possibly find in our area and what I found was that not all Montessori is the same, and not all preschools that use the "letter of the week" academic philosophy are all about academics - sometimes they came with great creative/play opportunities.

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