History
Bright Prospects Cooperative Preschool (BPCP), founded in 1948, is one of the oldest continuously running cooperative preschools in the nation. Our passionate teachers and parents strive to ensure that each child have a positive introduction to the classroom environment. We nurture the natural ability of children to be thoughtful, motivated, and self-reliant individuals.
Specialties
We strive to create real-life experiences for the child: the opportunity for conflict and conflict resolution, independent social interaction, child-centered exploration of their environment and imaginative play, verbal self-expression, the chance to exert independence in daily activities, and the opportunity to make and learn from mistakes and to overcome challenges. Outdoor Time: Unstructured outdoor time offers one of the best opportunities for social interaction and growth. On the playground, children are able to interact with one another and negotiate the social structure on their own terms. They introduce themselves to one another, ask to play, or invite others to join them. Circle Time: We are working on listening skills and attention span as well as how to interact with others in a large, formal group. Academically, Circle Time offers an opportunity to introduce literacy and math concepts through songs, books, and the calendar. Group Time: The first half of Group Time is set aside to work on math and prediction skills as we chart the weather, make predictions about what types of weather will occur both most and least often during the month, and count the first hundred days. The second half is devoted to gross motor, singing, or skill-building games. For our full educational philosophy, please visit: brightprospectscooperativepreschool.org.