Fayette Co-Operating Nursery School & Kindergarten

We believe that a childs preschool experience should be one in which the foundations are laid for a lifetime of learning through appropriate early childhood educational experiences. Children are best prepared for academic learning when they have had opportunities for rich experiences in hands-on learning.
These fleeting years of early childhood are a time when children benefit most from being offered a variety of ways in which to make abstract concepts their own, rather than focusing on drills and rote memorization. While children may be trained to name letters at a very early age, for example, this exercise holds little meaning for them. Their nursery school time is better spent in activities that help them learn about the world, the people in it, and their relationship to it all.

At Co-op, we strive to give young children the skills and the confidence they need to be able to:

Work well with others
Respect themselves and others
Approach learning with an attitude of involvement and active engagement
Use their own initiative in exploring new learning situations
Have a strong sense of their own worth and the valuable contributions that each individual brings to a group
Make good choices for themselves
The Fayette Cooperating Preschool and Kindergarten provides a positive first school experience for young children and offers a unique program that nurtures parents as well as children. The curriculum and facilities are carefully designed to meet the social, intellectual, emotional, and physical needs of children. Children learn though age-appropriate activities and interactions with adults and other children.

The foundation of the Co-op program is direct involvement of the parents in all aspects of the school. In addition to a qualified teacher and a teachers aide, up to three parents work each day in the classroom. Many programs and training opportunities are sponsored by the school each year for parents to learn about working with groups of children, as well as to gain insight into the development of their own child. Positive approaches and constructive choices are integral parts of the philosophy of the school.