Play-Based Learning

Children learn best in a fun, active, hands-on environment.

Multi-Age

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Your preschooler's main business is play. Through play, children learn. Toys are carefully chosen and designed to help all children develop at their own pace in an atmosphere of love and care. Your child can build with blocks or work with wood at our workbench. Imaginative craft projects are offered daily to improve fine motor skills. A large climber, sand table, puppet theater, housekeeping area, dress-up corner, play-dough, easel painting, books, games and puzzles are also available to aid in learning. 
A teacher-directed circle time gives your child a chance to enjoy stories, rhymes, poems, and songs, as well as to practice turn-taking and paying attention. After snack time, children have a chance to go outside and enjoy our playground equipment.  When the weather does not permit outside play, the children enjoy a second group time with music, games, or other large motor skill activities.
Our classroom offers a balance of individual, small group, and large group activities with an emphasis on learning centers. Open-ended projects and activities will be prepared to support varied developmental levels as well as varied learning styles. Curriculum is planned to promote an environment of interaction and cooperation. We encourage children to learn by doing, imitating, observing, exploring, examining, experimenting and questioning during planned activities and experiences.
We are now a Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) provider, which is Michigan's free Pre-K program. By partnering with the Oakland Schools and the State of Michigan, we are able to offer FREE preschool for 4 year old children funded through MiLEAP. ​
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​Is the Multi-Age program the right one for your child?

  • Multi-age grouping is a term that refers to grouping children so the age span of the class is larger than one year. Our classroom is designed for 3-5 year olds.
  • Preschoolers have a wide range of developmental differences. Learning is guided by each child's individual developmental readiness and ability, not by his or her age.
  • Multi-age classrooms typically foster a strong sense of community with older children acting as models and mentors for younger children.
  • Younger children benefit from assistance by older children and exposure to advanced social, emotional, physical, and cognitive behavior.
  • Older children benefit from practicing leadership skills and improving cognitive skills through opportunities to reinforce, expand upon, and master knowledge that they share with younger children.
  • Multi-age grouping provides social experiences that encourage nurturing behaviors, independence, leadership roles, responsibility, and patience.​

Want to know more?

Find out more about the daily activities and how parents assist in the classroom.
Program Schedule Options:
Tuition-Based: Your Choice of Days: Monday - Friday
9:00am - 12:00pm
GSRP: 4 Day, Half Day Option: Monday - Thursday 
9:00am - 12:00pm
GSRP: Optional Paid Fridays
9:00am - 12:00pm
​GSRP and Tuition-Based: Extended Wednesday Option for Pre-K
12:00pm - 2:30pm; Runs January - May

Cost (Tuition-Based):
  • 5 Days - $4480/year, billed $498/month
  • 3 Days - $2790/year, billed $310/month
  • 2 Days - $1350/year, billed $207/month
    * Children must be enrolled a minimum of 2 days a week in order to provide the best developmentally appropriate preschool experience *
  • Extended Wednesday - $540/year, billed $108/month
    * Extended Wednesday is only available to children who will enter kindergarten in Fall 2026 and already enrolled in another program *​
Cost (GSRP)
  • Required:
    • 4 Days - Free through MiLEAP
  • ​Optional, tuition-based extended programs available to GSRP enrolled families:
    • 1 Day Fridays - $936/year, billed $104/month
      * 1 day option ONLY available to enrolled GSRP families *
    • Extended Wednesday - $540/year, billed $108/month
      * Extended Wednesday is only available to children who will enter kindergarten in Fall 2026 *

Eligibility
Tuition-Based: Children must be 3 years old by December 1, 2026 for the 2026-2027 school year.

GSRP: Children must be born between Sept 2, 2021 - Dec. 1, 2022 for the 2026-2027 school year.

Parent-Tot

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This introductory preschool class is designed for younger children aged 2 years old with their parent or caregiver and is led by a preschool teacher.  Our teacher helps the children in their first steps toward socialization and a love of learning. The program incorporates age-appropriate activities including crafts, sensory play, and circle time including songs, finger plays, and stories. These activities are meant to help in the fine-motor, gross-motor, sensory, and social development of your child.
Program Schedule Options:
One Day per week
2026-2027 School Year: Day/Time TBD, 1.5 hours

Cost: $25 non-refundable registration fee, plus tuition of $54/month ($480 for the school year)

​Eligibility
​Children should be 2 years old by the first day of class.

*Please note there must be a minimum of 4 students enrolled
**Additional sessions may be added to accommodate additional students.
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