About Us

Freedom Park Preschool is a half day preschool program providing a loving and nurturing environment for the children of the neighboring communities since 1982. We are a community of learners: children, families, and educators from diverse backgrounds.

We believe that children are natural explorers and collaborators with innate creative abilities.  We believe in process over product.  Our involvement as educators and parents working together serves to foster the love of learning in a safe, respectful community.

Building upon our 30+ years of well-established and successful experience with play based learning; we are a community influenced and inspired by the schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy. The schools of Reggio Emilia are studied and recognized world wide for their high quality educational programs for young children.

Some fundamentals of the Reggio Approach are:
  • Emphasis on the environment as a provocation for learning.
  • View of the teacher as researcher and collaborator.
  • Parents and families are essential partners in the life of the school
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” ~ William Butler Yeats