Willow Drive Preschool and Childcare, LLC.

Willow Drive Preschool is a Play-based, Child-directed Preschool program. We assess each child, through observation, interactions, and one-on-one activities in their environment, doing what they love, PLAYING. From this point, we begin to tailor each child’s learning needs, by meeting them where they are. Our program is designed as a small community.

Child-directed and Play-based is not a free-for-all form of education, our children are able to expand on their interests, their imaginative play ideas, as the teacher is the researcher, the guide. This approach fosters a deep love for learning as they were able to choose the direction of their learning. Our students are prepared and excited for kindergarten, when they move on from here.

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Expression

Piper loves to paint. At Willow Drive Preschool, water colors are made available, and her works are displayed as a progression of her learning. Painting is viewed as one of the many languages of our students; they guide themselves through a constructive environment.

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Wonder

These friends are talking about squirrels running between the trees and the fence line. I think. They have the time to communicate about nature as they see it with the entire class, discussing the behavior of the animals, their natural habitat. The students are allowed to express just how incredible their thoughts and discoveries are. And this leads us into…

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Exploring

He really cooks. He’s making French Toast for all his classmates with all his classmates because it’s what he asked to do, and the class thought it sounded delicious. He is curious about how and why the bread sponges the egg and about how the heat from the griddle conducts through his creation. Then we eat.

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Every Key

You go high. I’ll go low. It doesn’t always sound great at first, but there’s collaboration afoot. Each child has the power to negotiate his/her position and a turn in a preferred activity. Later on in life this will become a useful skill in many areas.


Hours of Operation:

Tuesday- Friday 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

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