Little Mountain Preschool
Little Mountain Preschool a multi-age, play- and nature-based program serving children ages 2 years 9 months–5 years. Our mission is to nurture lifelong learners through exploration, discovery, and play, supporting the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical growth of every child.
Our teachers are the heart of Little Mountain. Their joy, passion, and commitment to lifelong learning create a nurturing environment where every child feels known, valued, and inspired to grow with confidence.
Children spend approximately two-thirds of their day in our expansive three-quarter-acre ecological classroom, where learning unfolds naturally through exploration, discovery, and meaningful connection with nature. The changing seasons inspire our emergent curriculum, inviting children to search for roly-polies and slugs, follow the tracks of jackrabbits and quail, watch red-tailed hawks soar overhead, and delight in the annual spring visits of great blue herons to our yard. Rain or shine, children embrace the outdoors—jumping in puddles, exploring mud, and discovering the wonders of nature throughout the year. They plant, harvest, and enjoy Dino kale, pumpkins, snap peas, and other seasonal fruits and vegetables as curiosity and wonder guide their learning.
Through hands-on, inquiry-based learning and purposeful play, all domains of learning are seamlessly woven into every experience. Whether climbing hills and large rocks, riding bikes, building, creating, gardening, cooking, woodworking, or engaging in art, music, dramatic play, and storytelling, children develop confidence, creativity, critical thinking, resilience, and the social, emotional, cognitive, language, and physical skills that provide the foundation for lifelong learning.
Little Mountain Preschool is a close-knit, inclusive community where children, families, and teachers learn and grow together, celebrating curiosity, meaningful relationships, and the joy of childhood.
School Year Program: September–June
Ages: 2 years 9 months–5 years (independent in toileting)
Program Hours: 9 am–1 pm
Additional Programs: Morning Care, Aftercare, and a 5-week Summer Program
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Little Mountain Preschool is a wonderful school with the most amazing teachers. They are the most loving, experienced and passionate teachers one could hope for in a preschool. The space is beautiful - very open with an incredible outdoor space filled with inspiring play structures like old boats, tee pees, a rock climbing ramp, and a slide built into the hill. The kids are engaged every minute of the day, and learn such valuable skills and behavior through play. There is an abundance of art, cooking, music, science, exploration, friendship, compassion, and imagination. It's a truly magical preschool! The community of parents and families is also very special - everyone is involved as much as they can be in making LMP a unique place.