"Scientists have recently determined that it takes approximately 400 repetitions to create a new synapse in the brain - unless it is done with PLAY, in which case, it takes between 10-20 repetitions."
— Ohio AEYC
Welcome, Bees and Butterflies!
New Classes in South Saratoga Springs!
Play Based Learning
Curriculum designed for indoors and outdoors.
Small Class Sizes
Each child receives individual attention with only 10 kids per class.
Whole Child Development
Build your child's confidence in a fun and safe learning environment.
Our Philosophy
We believe each child is an innately curious, creative, and capable person who is eager to learn and experience the world around them. Our goal is to build your child’s confidence in academics as well as with their social and emotional development. We encourage guided and independent exploration and discovery through our play and movement-based learning environment.
Your child can expect to have their day filled with lots of play and movement, art, discovery and learning. Literacy is integrated into all ascpects of our preschool day. Our small class sizes allow us to give each child individual attention to help them to not only learn and grow, but to thrive in a fun and safe learning environment.
In addition to our movement and play based learning, we have integrated sensory, social and mindfulness activities. These include wiggle chairs, and exercises to develop social skills, emotional awareness and regulation. Our curriculum also includes art and child-led exploration to not only encourage creativity and curiosity, but to build confidence and ownership in their own learning.
What Your Child Can Expect
Using the Whole Child Approach often begins with building a community within the classroom so each child feels known, safe and valued, then extending that into all that we do during our time at school. Our class will have a consistent routine and transitions during their day, filled with a healthy balance of play based learning, science experiments, art projects, music, reading, games and mindful/social awareness games and exercises.
During The first week of school, our busy bees will have the opportunity to take some time to get used to their new environment, routine, and new friends! We will do a short preschool entry assessment, track each child’s progress, and prepare each child for kindergarten. We will develop healthy and happy learning habits by easing them into organized education.
"Play builds the kind of free-and-easy, try-it-out, do-it-yourself character that our future needs."
— JAMES HYMES Jr
"Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much."
- FRANCIS BACON