We offer a unique play-based, outdoor-focused preschool program.

Registration for the 2025-2026 school year now open!

NEW for 2025-2026: we have taken steps to make the program more accessible to families. Now offering Roster Buy-Out option!

 
 

We provide a welcoming, inclusive environment for our students to explore the world around them through play-based experiences. 

 

“Play is not a break from learning. It is endless, delightful, deep, engaging, practical learning. It’s the doorway into the child’s heart!”

- Vince Gowman, Learning and Exploring Through Play

We are a play-based outdoor-focused preschool program.

We are a parent co-operative not-for-profit organization.

We have Duty Days and other volunteer and fundraising expectations.

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Risky Play is Essential for Child Development
Risky Play is Essential for Child Development

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Play in Preschool: Why it matters
Play in Preschool: Why it matters

Parents often hear of the importance of play in preschool. But playing with dolls and blocks seems to have little to do with the academic knowledge that children will need to succeed in kindergarten. So why is it so important?

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Balancing Freedom & Safety
Balancing Freedom & Safety

Risk in play – possibilities and opportunities, Written by Tim Gill

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The Importance of Outdoor Play
The Importance of Outdoor Play

Excerpted from Play, Development, and Early Education by Johnson, Christie and Wardle.

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Best In Edmonton
Best In Edmonton

We are on the ‘Best Early Childhood Programs in Edmonton’ list!

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