our philosophy

Rainbow Factory Preschool has served families in our community since 1964, utilizing various pedagogies to implement our inclusive, developmentally appropriate curriculum. Our teachers and staff work with your student to foster independence and creativity through active learning centers including dramatic play, sensory experiences, movement exploration, language activities, early literacy works, and gross motor play in our beautiful natural playground.We provide opportunities to our students that stimulate their growth, believing that children learn primarily through play. Our goal is to encourage our student’s healthy emotional, social, physical, and cognitive growth in a nurturing environment they love!

active learning

Children are active learners.  Children learn through experiences with people, objects and things in their world.  Experience through play, knowledge, curiosity and sense of wonder are foundations for children’s learning.  Children’s ideas about themselves impact their interactions with adults, with other children, and with how they view themselves as learners.

development

Learning is most meaningful when it is integrated across all areas of development.  Children construct knowledge and integrate new ideas and concepts into their existing understandings.  Their achievements in language and learning are influenced by the social and emotional aspects of their development.  Communication influences mathematical and scientific understandings.  There are no clear lines between the domains or areas of learning.

COMMUNITY

Development and learning are rooted in culture and supported by the family. The child’s language, knowledge, traditions, and family expectations are the primary influences on development.  Learning is enriched by stable, nurturing relationships within the family and community.