Prince of Peace Preschool NJ – We believe that children learn best through play and hands on exploration.

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.

Learn more about our teachers here.

Preschool News

Perseverance

Our preschoolers recently had a lesson in perseverance! One of our families generously offered a load of “clean”sand (washed and safe for sandboxes) and to deliver it with their excavator! Oh joy! If you have a preschooler in your life, you know that trucks are one their top favorite things to watch and explore. They are so huge and each one has a job, purpose and special name. Well, trying to get an excavator loaded on a flatbed truck into our curved narrow driveway was an exercise in navigation, mechanical knowledge and patience! Mr. Hartman finally prevailed and the students were treated to one of the highlights of this spring if not the year, with the opportunity to observe the enormous bucket dump something meaningful to their daily school life and examine the truck up close and ask questions.
The teachers had an opportunity to discuss trying more than once, not getting frustrated, not giving up and the rewards of “try, try again.” Why is this important? Nurturing resilience, persistence, and flexibility can lead to children who are competent problem solvers who set goals, take risks, feel empowered and are willing to take on more challenges and develop strategies in the face of challenges. So yes, we will talk about the cool truck, make a thank you card, scribe their words and post photos in our classrooms, but we will also notice and reflect out loud about the perseverance it took to get that truck over to our playground and the amazing fun we had as a result!

Thank you, Hartman Excavating!

Galatians 6:9- “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

POPPS Playmates Application for Spring

Thursdays 4/3/25-5/15/25 (No class 4/17/25) 9:30 -10:45 a.m.

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.