We are a mixed aged preschool for 3-5 year olds

We believe that all children grow and develop at their own pace and while it is important to ensure children are ready for kindergarten and for life experiences, we also feel they should not be hurried through childhood. Our goal is to provide a safe learning environment where children can simply be children. 

We feel play is an essential aspect of young children’s lives. It is essential to their well-being and development. Our preschool program provides time for free play as children need these experiences.  New concepts, new skills and new understanding come to children through play. In play, children learn to formulate and organize ideas and to become more flexible in problem solving.  Children’s attention begins to lengthen when they play. Their imagination can take them anywhere they want to go. During play children learn to communicate their thoughts, feeling and needs to others. We feel by arranging our childcare areas to offer challenging, interesting play and learning choices at a range of developmental levels, children will learn through their play.  

We balance play with many structured activities such as table time, circle time, open ended art activities, music, snacks, clean up etc. We choose curriculum activities based on the needs of the children enrolled and where we feel they need to be for kindergarten. We feel it is important to help each child succeed at his or her own level and will always adjust projects to meet and challenge their current level of development. We strongly feel that developing their love for learning and exploration is every bit as important as their care and safety!

We believe social skill and self-help skills are essential for each child to develop and we reinforce this through modeling responsibility, acceptance, caring, sharing and respect for all children and adults. We believe by truly listening and engaging in conversations with children provides numerous opportunities for the development of emotional, language and social skills as well as enhancement of self-esteem. We are sensitive to each child’s social, emotional, intellectual and physical needs. We strive to meet their individual needs as well as the group’s needs as a whole. We believe given these experiences and opportunities, children will develop a positive self-esteem and love of learning that will follow them throughout their lives. 

At Creative Caps Preschool we look forward to working with you to provide a safe, loving and enriching environment for your child! We are so excited for all of the fun we are going to have together!