The Preschool classroom serves children ranging in age from 3-4 years old. The Pre-Kindergarten classroom serves 4 and 5 year children that have not yet entered kindergarten. The preschool and pre-kindergarten classrooms serve 18 children and follow a 1:9 staff-to-child ratio.

What You Can Expect from the Preschool Program:

• trusting relationship with each child
• respect for each child's ideas and efforts to solve problems
• children learn to express feelings and resolve conflicts in constructive ways
• play materials that support and challenge children's abilities
• observation and documentation children’s development in order to plan for each child and the group
• appreciating cultural, family, and individual differences
• taking advantage of every opportunity to build a foundation for lifelong learning
• support for dual language learners
• inclusion of children with special needs in all aspects of the program
• children have choices, are able to investigate, and have curriculum designed around their interests
• partnerships with families