Our school is like no other – we did our homework to create the perfect indoor and outdoor spaces for preschoolers! The classrooms are lit by ample natural light, thanks to giant windows, with access to an enclosed patio for extra space and activities. With kid-sized furniture and enough toys and materials to satisfy even the most curious kiddos, there’s plenty to keep them engaged throughout the day. An attached bathroom with tiny toilets and sinks helps foster bathroom independence.
Each classroom features a view of our big playground areas with everything kids dream of: climbing structures, sandy digging spots, bike paths with a variety of bikes, three custom playhouses, sensory-play stations, a covered Art Pavilion and a big grassy area to run around. Plus, our acclaimed natural playground, the Orchard, boasting science activities, a mud kitchen, imagination stage, music corner, magnet wall and working water pumps flowing into a pebble river!
Welcome to our campus! From our private parking lot, find your way to our secure front door and feel free to stop by the coffee station for a cup of coffee on your way in. The front door is the only entrance into the preschool and it’s auto-locked, so we will click you in when we see you (we gotta make sure we’re keeping all our kiddos safe). Once inside, sign your child in or out of school on an iPad kiosk and head on through to your classroom!
Our school consists of seven classrooms featuring vaulted ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows and plenty of room for activities! Each room also has a children’s restroom and a teacher’s storage closet connected to it. There are soft spaces for free play, reading and imaginative play, and there are tiled areas for messy art and sensory play. Ample materials are rotated weekly or seasonally, so the toys and activities are always fresh and interesting!
Every preschooler knows that the playground is the place to be, and our playgrounds do not disappoint! Depending on the day, and to maintain teacher supervision, each class will play spend 45 minutes of their day on two of four distinct areas offering the space and materials to spark movement, imagination and socialization:
- Yard 1 with a large sandbox and climbing structure, grassy areas perfect for playing ball and running around, a custom playhouse that sometimes turns into Starbucks or a veterinarian office, and a sensory table that’s always filled with fun textures and interesting tools.
- Yard 2 also features a sandbox, climbing structure, sensory table and another unique playhouse, plus trikes, scooters and balance bikes to ride around the bike path, a tall climbing structure for kiddos climb under and on top of, and access to the Art Pavilion!
- The Large Grass is as advertised: a big turf area to really run around! We use the large grass to play sports, build obstacle courses and big group activities. There’s also a third playhouse out here – another opportunity for pretend play.
- The Orchard is our natural playground space complete with a mud kitchen, music wall, imagination stage, magnet wall and a riverbed for water play. Real fruit-bearing trees, a butterfly garden and garden beds with seasonal vegetation complete this natural environment!
The Orchard is a magical wonderland of a natural playground, featuring natural elements meant to remind you of playing in the wilderness. A riverbed runs through the middle of this space, with a manual water pump on one end and a pouring sluice on the other end. Kids love to work in the mud kitchen to create “delicious” recipes, they enjoy swinging in the corner, reading in the nook, creating ramps and mazes on the magnet wall and dressing up to perform on the imagination stage!
Come on down to the Art Pavilion for colorful, creative chaos that is just so much fun. Our amazing Art Teacher plans and prepares a formal weekly art lesson for all our PreK and JK students, and she’s available in the Art Pavilion during outside playtime for anyone who wants to work on a fun art project. This unique outdoor space has everything your little artist needs to create, and kiddos work together to make group projects and murals like cardboard “pizza ovens” and a snowy winter wonderland! They use paint, oil pastels, scissors, paper, watercolor, crayons, markers, clay, foil and anything else you can think of – so be prepared for colorful, messy, adorable art!
