We believe that children learn best through play and hands on exploration.

 

 

 

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About Us

At Prince of Peace Preschool, we believe that children learn best through play and hands-on exploration. Our indoor and outdoor classrooms provide a fun and stimulating learning environment where children can investigate and explore using their tremendous curiosity while developing kindergarten readiness skills. Our students explore our outdoor nature playground and garden year-round and on a daily basis. One of our primary goals is to develop a positive self-image in each child while practicing social, cognitive and language skills; affirming that he or she is a unique, special person. We utilize Creative Curriculum by Teaching Strategies to guide our learning with studies and activities that enable children to develop confidence, creativity, and life-long critical thinking skills. In addition, we utilize Learning Without Tears for pre-writing and incorporate a variety of music, process art, and gross/fine motor activities throughout the school day.

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                                      Preschool News                                                   Playmates Application Fall 2025

Happy Graduation, Class of 2025!     

   

On Wednesday, June 11, Prince of Peace Preschool celebrated the graduation of 14 students -our 20th graduating class! When our students walked over a bridge to signify moving on to a new chapter, it was announced what they would like to be when they grow up. We are sure that these dreams will change many times by the time these students become adults, but at this moment in time we are proud to have future chefs, farmers, police officers, bakers, firefighters, gardeners, construction workers, nurses, doctors and even a ninja as our graduates. This year we didn’t have any students that would like to be teachers, but we do sometimes receive photos from parents of
their children leading pretend circle times for their siblings or stuffed animals, and are aspiring teachers. If some of our students go on to become teachers, what would we like them to share with their students? The same two goals we have had for our 20 years of teaching early childhood education, and both involve love. First, we would like our students to develop a lifelong love of learning. In fact, our motto is “Explore, Discover and Learn!” (It was “Play, Pray and Learn”, but try to say that out loud-it’s a mouthful!) No matter how our students learn, or what type of studies and vocations they choose, we want them to love the educational journey.
The second goal is for them to know that they are loved, period, stop. They are loved by their families, by all of us at Prince of Peace, and by God. We want them to know that they and all of the other children in world, are beloved children of God. If our future teachers and all of us at Prince of Peace Preschool accomplish those two goals, we know that we have been successful!
“You are a child of God, you are wonderfully made, dearly loved, and precious in His sight.” Psalm 139

         For more information about Prince of Peace Preschool, please explore this website, visit our fb page facebook.com/poppreschoolnj/ or call us at 201-965-3354 to schedule a tour!

 

Health & Safety

Prince of Peace Preschool is licensed to operate as a Childcare Center from the NJ Office of Children and Families (OFC). All regulations from the OFC and recommendations from the Board of Health will be followed and may change at any time due to community health issues and regulations and recommendations are updated.
At this time:
*Masks are optional at POPPS.
*Students will have their own bin and cubby to store their extra clothes, water bottle, and personal use materials that will be separate from other students’ belongings.
*We ask that you perform a daily health check before coming to school. More information is available in our parent handbook.
*Students wash upon entry to our program and frequently throughout the school day. We have an outdoor sink and hand sanitizer available on our playground.
*Each indoor classroom will have a room air filter with windows ajar to promote air circulation.
*As research and regulations are updated periodically, these measures may be updated as guidance from the OFC, CDC and the Bergen County Board of Health change.