3,4 & 5’s Preschool Half-Day Program

Harmony Preschool currently has one class of 14 students with two teachers operating Monday-Thursday, 9 AM-1 PM. We primarily follow the West Linn/Wilsonville School District Schedule.

Program Details

Harmony Preschool uses emergent curriculum which allows the interests of students to guide in-depth projects, and encourages collaboration for students to work together using dialogue, comparisons, negotiations and respect. Building a strong sense of community inside and outside the classroom is supported throughout the school year. The low student to teacher ratio allows more individual time with each student to help them have the best early childhood school experience.

Harmony Preschool is focused on kindergarten preparedness and follows the Oregon Early Learning and Kindergarten Guidelines to make sure each graduating student will be ready for Kindergarten.

The classroom environment is Reggio-inspired where the curriculum is flexible, hands-on, and largely interest based. To learn more about the Reggio Emelia method check out these articles:

NAEYC

NY Times

Students must be fully independent in the bathroom.

Students need to bring a cold lunch everyday. A healthy snack is provided by Harmony Preschool.

Enrichment Activities

Included in tuition are weekly enrichment classes: Yoga & Mindfulness, Music Class,and Spanish lessons. Cooking Club, gymnastics, community visitors (goats, firefighters, …) and special art classes with local artists occur monthly. Rebecca is a certified kid’s yoga teacher and gives lessons on yoga and mindfulness techniques and integrates student interests into fun, imaginary yoga adventures. Beginner Spanish is incorporated into daily lessons and includes colors, counting, animal names and more. Music Class helps students develop and fine tune their motor skills and body control through songs and movement.  Students are introduced to rhythm, pitch, dynamics, keeping a beat with rhythm sticks, and more. Harmony Preschool partners with local artists to provide exposure to mediums from pottery to water-colors. Monthly Cooking Club creates budding chefs as students prepare a delicious crockpot dinner, dessert, or snack for their family. Harmony Preschool will add enrichment activities throughout the year based on the interests of the students.