JKPS is dedicated to making this first venture away from home a safe and happy experience for each child. We believe that we are in partnership with parents in helping each child to develop a love of school and a strong desire to learn.

As a play-based program, our children learn by experience, rather than workbooks & worksheets. There is a balance between free-play [allowing children to make choices] and teacher-directed learning opportunities, between active development and activities designed to nourish growth. Learning is a creative life-long process, which for children begins in play and flourishes in wonder, discovery and active involvement in first hand experiences that have meaning for them. School is a place for living and learning age appropriate developmental skills, guided by supportive teachers who work closely with parents.

Individualized learning is stressed in all areas. Developmentally appropriate activities are structured throughout the day, helping each child grow in areas of self-discipline and self-esteem. Our classes play and experience through a variety of learning centers during the day: 

• discovery
• science and nature
• manipulatives
• sensory
• dramatic play 
• building
• books
• creative art
• directed art 

 Differentiated instruction allows us to work with each child at their own level.  While we are happy to enroll children of all temperaments and abilities, each student must be able to participate in classroom activities without extraordinary accommodations. Class assignment is based on enrollment and individual assessment.