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

October Happenings

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” is a quote from L.M. Montgomery, and so do we! October is a special time in our preschool calendar. In addition to our students and staff becoming a school family with our youngsters settling into routines and the business of
discovering and learning, we have the first two of our annual special events. Both of our events
are fun, of course, but they also have benefits for our students and families. Our first event, an annual trip to a pumpkin patch, will be to our area’s local family owned farm, Stokes Farm in Old Tappan. Our students will enjoy a hay ride, choose the most perfect pumpkin, enjoy an apple cider donut and have a greenhouse tour with Farmer Ron. Our second event is Trunk-or-Treat: our families decorate their car trunks with fun but not spooky themes and our students go “trunk-or-treating” to the different cars for treats. Besides the fun that happens at these events, we also plan these events to provide experiential learning and build community amongst our families. As young children are hands on learners, our trip to Stokes Farm provides a full sensory experience-touching, smelling, hearing and seeing the farm, putting science into a real-world context, visiting with the Farmer Ron’s, 5 th and 6 th generation farmers, and tasting fresh baked goods. These experiences will build vocabulary and curiosity and an appreciation of the work that goes into the tomatoes, lettuce and other produce we buy from supermarkets. Both events build community with our families, introduce to new families to the POPPS’ family, strengthening the school-home connection. This connection supports a child’s early learning, emotional security and sense of belonging. So, while we are visiting each decorated car trunk for a treat or listening to Farmer Ron Sr.’s farm jokes while visiting his greenhouse, we are modeling that the important people in a child’s life work together while supporting their learning.
Farmer Ron: What did the corn say when it got complimented? “Aw, Shucks!”
For more information about Prince of Peace Preschool, visit www.princofpeacepreschoolnj.org
or call 201 956-3354.

Helene Welsing, Director

Prince of Peace Preschool 

106 Orangeburg Road Old Tappan, NJ 07675 

“Play is the highest form of research!” ~Albert Einstein 

Colossians 3:12 “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”

For more information about POPPS Preschool, please visit www.princeofpeacepreschoolnj.org,     our Facebook page at Prince of Peace Preschool | Facebook, email us at prek@princeofpeacenj.org, or call us at 201 965-3354.

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.