Rooms by color, in the order a child moves through them. Every room takes children by age and by readiness, and the director looks at both.
We watch a child through their first month and make sure the room fits. Children join during the year when space allows, so it is always worth asking even in the middle of a term. What we look for at the start is the same everywhere: that a child can separate from the person who brought them, take a simple direction, and want to explore and be around other children.
Our youngest room, and the newest. Until August 2025 the school started at two; the state license now covers a toddler component, and the Red Room is it.
Learning here happens mostly through play, with teachers setting up what the day offers and following what the children pick up. Children do not need to be toilet trained to start.
The room for children who are two when the year starts, which means most of them turn three in it. It is the year the days get longer and the group gets bigger, and it is where toilet training usually happens. We provide it, and no child needs to arrive already trained.
The work is still play, and the teachers still lead from what the children are interested in, but there is more of a rhythm to the morning than in the Red Room.
There is more than one older preschool room and more than one schedule. Which one a three or four year old lands in depends on readiness and current availability. The director places children herself rather than sorting them by birthday.
Children getting ready for kindergarten need to be toilet trained and able to look after their own needs. Handwriting begins here through Learning Without Tears.
Email the Director and she will tell you which room your child would be in and whether it has space.
Not a preschool room. The Blue Room is our after-school program: we collect children from Blossom Hill Elementary at 1:30 and walk them over, and they stay with us until 5:30, including on early release days. Parents from other schools drop off instead.
The afternoons are hands-on projects and things done as a group, with the same staff every day.
The Director can help find the right room and tell you what is currently open.
