Founded in 1980, Pre-School Playmates offers unique programs for children ranging in age from 2 years 9 months to 6 years old. We follow a “play based” learning curriculum which encourages our children to learn valuable social skills as a means to building the foundation needed to enter into kindergarten after graduation. Our school is licensed for a maximum of 61 children at any time and is divided into 4 main classrooms. Our child-to-teacher ratio is approximately 8:1 which allows us to closely monitor development of all the children! Children are organized by choice of program, age and developmental progress.
Our programs offer many things that make us a truly unique preschool. Along with the everyday experiences your child will have at our school to help them develop socially, emotionally and academically, we offer activities that involve our parents as well. Our annual “Holiday Show” takes place in December and parents are welcomed to come and watch the children sing songs they have learned, recite poetry and dance to many of our favorite holiday songs. We hold our annual “Art Show” one night each spring for all families to come and see the various works of art that the children have created during March which is our official “Art Month.”
We set up the school to look like an art museum and parents and children get all dressed up to attend the show. During March the children also learn about various artists from impressionists to water colorists. In May we hold our “Mother’s Day Tea” where for which the children spend several weeks preparing projects and baking special desserts to share with their mothers during our morning tea. The mothers come to the school and the children sing special songs and serve “goodies” as well on this special day. We also hold something for fathers…“Donuts for Dads” take place one morning from 7:00AM – 9:30AM where dads come in and enjoy donuts, coffee and juice with the children. The children also have special gifts for dad to take with him that day! We end our school year with your grand finale…our Annual Graduation Musical. This is a musical in which the children perform many of the songs that they have learned during the school year. The older children in our pre-kindergarten program have a special graduation ceremony that day as well. In addition to the singing and dancing we present a slideshow presentation of the various things that we did during the school year. This is a very special time for us to say goodbye to our special friends.
We make sure that everything we do at Pre-School Playmates involves our families which are so important to a child’s development. The show and musicals and various events that we hold throughout the year help the children develop self esteem that will help carry them through their elementary school experience and beyond.