Preschool and Pre-K Classrooms (3 -5 years)
Birch and Willow Preschool Rooms
Our 3 -4 year old preschool program is where our children learn to love school! Children continue to develop their cognitive, motor, and social emotional skills as they explore the world through play. Our days are filled with discovery, creativity, language, movement, and problem-solving through free play, guided play, and time outdoors. Play invitations, new materials, stories, and concepts are introduced to promote curiosity, imagination, and exploration.
Chestnut and Oak Pre-K Rooms
Building on the foundation of our 3 -4 yr classrooms, our Pre-K program dives deeper into the natural inquiries that are sparked through play. Planning and play invitations are driven by their curiosity as the concepts they explore become more complex and they gain language, science, and early math concepts. Their friendships deepen through play and we nurture their social emotional, communication, and self regulation skills to prepare them for the school years ahead!
A Typical Day
OPFS opens at 7am - arrival times are flexible
Drop off/Free Play/Breakfast
Circle/Story Time and songs
Outdoor/Gross Motor Play
Morning Snack
Morning play invitations/Areas
Lunch
Nap or quiet resting/reading
Afternoon Snack
Afternoon play invitation/Areas
Outdoor/Gross Motor Play
Story Time/Table Toys/Pick up Time
Llama House part-day Program
Our Llama house on the OPFS campus is home to our part-time (3 hr) preschool program serving children 3 -5 years old. The Llama house provides a warm, enriched environment where learning and friendships flourish. Planning and play invitations are driven by the curiosities and needs of the class with the same play and inquiry based approach as our other classrooms, including free and guided play as well as outdoor time every day! The hours of the Llama House Programs are:
AM 8:15 -11:15
PM 12:15 -3:15