Welcome to The Andover School "Learning through a sense of wonder."
We are a year-round preschool experience in West Seattle and Mercer Island incorporating pre-K education with dramatic play, cooking classes with etiquette, music with foreign language, and creativity with social interaction in an unbiased atmosphere!
We truly believe in our adage "learning through a sense of wonder" -- we are focused on experiential learning with art and hands-on activities central to the thematic curriculum.
For information:
Kelli Palsha, Executive Director and Lead Educator // faculty@theandoverschool.com // (425) 772-5970 cell // (206) 935-0924 office
West Seattle -- A class opening available! Call or email to schedule a personal tour!
Mercer Island -- A class opening available!. Call or email to schedule a personal tour!
Preschool is for children who love to explore, play, get messy, learn from each other and their mistakes, and so much more!Here at The Andover School we recognize that children acquire most of their knowledge through play-based activity. Hands-on experiences allow physical and mental connections fundamental to a child’s development. While many preschools divide children based on age, our program is all inclusive for 2 year olds to Pre-Kindergarten. In doing so, children better learn from each other. The younger children look up to the older children and get excited about what they are doing, while the older children learn responsibility, coaching and empathy from the younger children. Students do not need to be potty-trained to start their learning experience.
We aspire to help your child grow their pre-academic and social skills in experiential and hands-on learning. We emphasize social and emotional learning as this is the foundation for all other learning. We encourage children to feel empowered to put their own ideas into action (whether a rocket ship out of cardboard or inventing a new game). Our goal is to encourage a preschooler’s natural creativity and learning style.
Our goal is to encourage a preschooler’s natural creativity and learning style. We teach pre-K education including, but not limited to: colors, numbers, alphabet, shapes, sharing, social skills, pre-reading skills and pre-mathematic skills.
It is important to teach children that they can impact the world around them. Therefore, we focus on the ideals of organic and wholistic learning and encourage children to help in our garden, recycle, etc.Gardening combined with weekly cooking classes provide a wholistic understanding of our natural environment.Additional etiquette coaching bestows preschoolers with a social confidence uncommon amongst their peers.The Andover School also believes that our impact on the world around us involves community and we will incorporate a community service project into the curriculum at least once during the academic year.
Teaching involves creativity and dramaticplay with periods of focus alternated with time for the children to create on their own.
Spanish is incorporated into the curriculum on a daily basis at West Seattle location.Music class is taught by our guest teachers.
An equitable and unbiasedatmosphere is strongly encouraged and promoted.
Guest teachers are engaged to enhance the preschool experience, such as Spanish Music Class.
Communication:
Every week you will receive a newsletter outlining the exact projects and theme for the upcoming week. Sometimes you may be asked to bring things from home to add to what we are doing. Parental involvement is most certainly welcome.
Primary Contacts:
Kelli Palsha, Executive Director and Lead Teacher Cell: 425.772.5970 Office: 206.935.0924 Email: faculty@theandoverschool.com
Kari Cassidy-Diercks and Kyle Diercks, Founders Office: 206.935.0924 // Cell: 206.355.9165 Email: admin@theandoverschool.com
Mercer Island:
Prime Mercer Island location off West Mercer exit. Opened doors on September 7th, 2010!
Engaging preschool ares: school activity area, dramatic play area, reading room, strategic and safe kitchen access, fully fenced outdoor play area.
West Seattle:
Prime West Seattle location between Alaska and Morgan Junctions.
Engaging preschool areas: school activity area, dramatic play area, reading room, strategic and safe kitchen access, fully fenced outdoor play area.
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