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
We are Thankful for…..Stone Soup???
We have a newer tradition at POPPS-reading and making our own Stone Soup! In addition to making handprint turkeys, investigating flint corn, baking projects and being thankful, our students also explore this European Folktale! Through this book they learn about travelers who have a clever plan to convince reluctant villagers to each share a little of their food to create a delicious soup and a communal experience of fellowship. This story models problem solving, creativity and cooperation. As we have many versions of this book, the students are also able to compare and contrast this story as told by different cultures.
After reading the story, students have an opportunity to bring in and prepare their own ingredients, recreating a delicious soup to enjoy the week before Thanksgiving, learn about collaboration and thankfulness and share our gifts from God with each other. Outside in our mud kitchen during our Tinkergarten inspired lesson, they have an invitation to recreate the soup in their play, gather ingredients from our playground, build a pretend cooking fire, and share the soup with their playmates.
We hope you have a bountiful Thanksgiving with your loved ones! For more information about Stone Soup, visit Stone Soup Activity For Kids | Tinkergarten.
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.