What & How We Teach

Play.

Our classrooms and daily schedules promote children to learn through play.

Research shows that children’s brains are wired to learn more effectively through playful activities. We have centers that allow children to build, create, use their imaginations, explore, experiment and engage with others. Our teachers teach lessons that involve playfulness, music, songs and being silly. We know life is more fun when it is playful and so is learning!

Girl from class holding up a toy, sitting at a table with toys, very happy
Two boys holding green balloons, one boy is looking at the other as he makes a goofy dance move with his balloon up in the air
kids dressing up as superheroes, both have red masks on and one has her fist up in the air, the other has her arm forward
Boy holding ticket dressed in policeman outfit

Classroom centers such as dramatic play, building and science, our playground, and other activities offer our students a variety of options to be involved in the type of play they enjoy. Playing outside is important to us!  Our students play outside twice each day for fresh air, space to run and climb and play games with their friends.

kids sitting at a table doing an art project

Art is a daily part of our curriculum. In our hallways, you'll find students' art proudly hung up at every corner. Join us for our annual art show in the Spring!

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Love.

We build strong and respectful relationships.

Empathy
Friendship
Working Together
Communication
Through a sense of belonging to a school family, children feel safe, loved and are ready to learn. Connections between teachers and students, students to students, and teachers to parents is what makes our school family. We build these connections every day.

Each student has a job in the classroom so they can provide meaningful service to their school family and this fosters a sense of unity and pride.

Strong, respectful relationships allows students to feel safe in the classroom. They know their teachers are here to keep them safe, to love them, and to help them be helpful members of the school family.

We love to celebrate our school family with events throughout the year. Such as our Back-to-School Night, Thanksgiving Potluck, Art Show, Pre-K Graduation Celebration, and Family Hike at Rock Bridge State Park.

kids standing at the top of a swing set with sunglasses on and a soccer ball in hands

Conscious Discipline

We believe the relationship between science and brain development is so important that we employ Conscious Discipline techniques. These techniques help children self-regulate and achieve emotional intelligence, recognizing and processing their feelings in a healthy way. Childen go into the community being able to regulate their emotions and accept “no”.

Learn more about Conscious Discipline

Learn.

We help your child prepare for kindergarten and beyond.

Young children are learning every second from all around them.

We take our jobs as brain-builders very seriously. We model how to handle frustrations, mistakes, successes and how to be safe, helpful and kind.

We teach skills that equip our students with life-long skills and skills to prepare them for Kindergarten.

Our curriculum teaches:

  • Social-emotional skills: how to recognize their own feelings, process them and problem-solve; how to ask for a turn; how to respond when someone says “no”; how to respect themselves and how to teach others how they want to be treated; how to be assertive; how to wait patiently; how to respect others and use manners; how to do their best; how to show appreciation
  • Literacy: how to identify letters, their phonics; how to read and write their names and other works, appropriate use of books
  • Art: identifying colors, expressing themselves with different mediums of art
  • Math: how to count, recognize numbers and what they represent; shapes; classifying items by size
  • Science: exploring the world around us, how objects move, living things, how our bodies work
  • Gross-Motor: running, jumping, climbing, pumping legs to swing, walking safely
  • Fine-Motor: developing use of hands and fingers to manipulate objects, using scissors, lacing, tying shoes, holding a pencil properly

Joe W.

"I absolutely love Learning Star Preschool!! My daughter and son both went there. The staff is incredible and the development of my children has been amazing. If you want your child to develop skills (emotional/social/cognitive/behavioral/etc) and to transition well to school you will not be able to find a better place. Highly recommend. Thank you to Michelle and her staff for everything."

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Parent

"I absolutely love Learning Star Preschool!! My daughter and son both went there. The staff is incredible and the development of my children has been amazing. If you want your child to develop skills (emotional/social/cognitive/behavioral/etc) and to transition well to school you will not be able to find a better place. Highly recommend. Thank you to Michelle and her staff for everything."

Kalynn R.

"We love Learning Star Preschool! Everyday we knew our kids were taken care of, and more importantly, loved. Our boys couldn’t wait to go to school each morning and were more than prepared for school."

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Parent

"We love Learning Star Preschool! Everyday we knew our kids were taken care of, and more importantly, loved. Our boys couldn’t wait to go to school each morning and were more than prepared for school."

Angie R.

"The facility is nice, clean, and decor aimed at learning and fun for the kids. The teachers are all amazing- even though my child has started kindergarten, we all still keep in touch and my child visits often. The programming and events are outstanding. I am positive that Learning Star Preschool was one of the reasons my child has done so well in kindergarten. They have truly become part of our Columbia family and I will be forever grateful!"

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Parent

"The facility is nice, clean, and decor aimed at learning and fun for the kids. The teachers are all amazing- even though my child has started kindergarten, we all still keep in touch and my child visits often. The programming and events are outstanding. I am positive that Learning Star Preschool was one of the reasons my child has done so well in kindergarten. They have truly become part of our Columbia family and I will be forever grateful!"
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students standing outside in graduation gowns smiling

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