Fostering a sense of community
At Coastal Community Preschool, we believe children learn best in a warm, welcoming, safe, and vibrant community where their ideas are respected, their motives trusted, and their needs are met to the fullest extent possible. In addition to creating and maintaining this environment, we are committed to fostering a sense of community by facilitating shared experiences that engage intellect, emotion, and senses, encouraging children to reflect on these together. By focusing on the child as both an individual and vital community member, our goal is to help develop a sense of belonging and self-respect, as well as respect and compassion for others. We believe children have to develop socially in order to be prepared for school academically. Read more…
FROM OUR DIRECTORS
As Co-Directors, we would like to welcome you to Coastal Community Preschool. Our family-centered, play-based program, guided by skilled teachers, creates an environment in which every child’s unique spirit is honored and loved. We are committed to providing the best possible early childhood education experience for our students and truly value our partnership with families.
Our play-based learning philosophy recognizes play, movement, project-based exploration, creative expression, and open-ended discovery as essential parts of the learning process. We integrate developmentally appropriate readiness skills to promote the growth of the whole-child, encourage social engagement and empathy building, and engage students in constructive, joyful inquiry.
We invite you to visit Coastal Community Preschool to experience what makes our community so special. Our mission is readily apparent in the warm and unmistakable connections between children and teachers, the happy sounds of children engaging with peers in the Big Yard or making new discoveries in the classrooms, the wonder of dramatic play that spontaneously erupts in block areas and sandboxes, and the winding down activity of teachers reading stories that inspire children’s imagination and interests. We look forward to sharing our school with you.
– Stephanie Simmons and Kimberlee Biagini
“I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lay undiscovered before me.” – Isaac Newton