Primrose School at Palm Valley

When it comes to developing good character, Primrose students have 12 special helpers. Through songs, stories, activities and more, teachers use the Primrose Friends to help children learn about positive character traits like generosity ❤️, courage 🦁 and cooperation 🤝.

Which Friend is your child most like?

The start of a new school year is always exciting, but little ones sometimes feel nervous about making the transition whether that be the prospect of a new classroom, new teachers or new friends. Try these tips to help build your child's confidence for the first day of school and beyond:​
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👋 Wave Goodbye to Summer: Enjoy an end-of-summer picnic and a first day back at school breakfast with your family.​
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🙂 Keep it Positive: Your attitude makes a huge difference when it comes to building excitement about the school year. Talk to your child about all the fun they'll have and how they'll get to see their school friends soon. ​
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🍎 Practice Healthy Habits: Schedules tend to get off track in the summer, so it's important to reestablish your child's normal sleeping and eating schedules. The transition will be easier for both of you when your little one is well-rested and feeling good. ​
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🗓️ Make a Paper Chain: Starting in the final days of summer, create a paper chain with every "link" representing one day. Have your child draw what happened that day on each link. When the first month of school is over, you'll have a fun memory craft to decorate with. ​
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📚 Read Together: Reading books about heading back to school is a fun way to get your child excited while helping strengthen their early literacy skills. ​
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Share these tips with a friend who is looking for "back-to-school" advice for their 0-5-year-old!

Starting a new school year can be full of adorable insights from children! We'd love to hear about the funny, cute and sometimes ridiculous things your child has said about school.

Share with us in the comments below. 🏫🥰

During Circle Time Toddlers brought out our Primrose Friend, Ally the Bunny, to talked about camping and camp fires. They then used paper and blocks from around the classroom to build our own camp fire! Each child took turns “roasting” their own marshmallow!

Congratulations to our July 2024 Family of the month the Ratalsky Family! The Ratalsky family started with us in January of 2024 when they brought their precious children through our doors. Emma started in the Pre-kindergarten 2 classroom when she was just 4 years old. Her brother Waylon, started in our EP2 classroom as a sweet 2 year old. They quickly won over the hearts of their teachers with their warm and loving personalities. Their teachers say that they immediately fell in love with their hugs. They both love playing with their friends and learning new things! You can tell where Emma and Waylon get their contagious smiles and caring personalities from, their parents, Kyle and Magan Ratalsky. They are always engaging and friendly, and the love they have for their children is undeniable. We truly love having the Ratalsky family as a part of our Primrose family. We are honored you choose us to help Emma and Waylon grow and learn here at Primrose. Congratulations on being our July 2024 family of the month.

In the weekly unit, Zoop! Zoop! We Love Soup! the Preschoolers engaged in the Engineering Design process as they explore vegetables using their five senses as they made their very own stone soup today.

Reading is an important part of a day at Primrose schools. It helps build vocabulary and language skills, encourages listening and focus, introduces new concepts and so much more. As you’re looking for activities to do with your little one this summer, add reading to the list! We’ve put together a few of our favorite books to get you started. Check out these fun recommendations. 📚 https://bit.ly/3S6K93I

In June, Primrose schools in Middle Tennessee hosted over 340 teachers for Professional Development Day! This event was full of learning, collaboration, team-building exercises and networking. ​

We're happy to support by providing them continuous opportunities to learn and grow. Thank you to everyone who helped bring this Professional Development Day to life, from schools and Franchise Owners to our guest speaker and the amazing teachers who help build a brighter future for every student.

Happy Independence Day! ❤️🤍💙 Today our students had so much fun participating in Red, White & Blue activities & a enjoyed a special snack!

Today our Summer Campers had a few visitors from the Wildlife zoo visit them! They then drew a picture of their favorite animal they saw.

The celebration isn't over! 🎓🎉​

Join us in saying a final congratulations to the incredible Primrose Class of 2024! We wish you nothing but success as you continue on your bright path. ​

These special memories were captured at Primrose graduation ceremonies across the country. Share a photo of your Primrose grad in the comments. 📸

This week for our Superhero Training Camp the students are learning about heroes, superheroes, and heroes of daily life—including themselves. Who are these heroes? What makes them important? How did they get to be heroes? The Summer Adventure Club had a blast practicing all of their superhero moves in the video game truck!

Children can learn so much about life through the experience of a garden. They learn that small miracles happen when the sunshine warms the dirt where they have carefully planted seeds and tended to their care. What is most important, they learn that life is fragile and we all have to help take care of things to grow strong and healthy. The "Primrose Patch" garden is a place where many children will experience the wonderful world of gardening for the first time.

During this week's Unit of Learning: In Rescuing Our Friend Rabbit, the Preschoolers listened to the book, My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann, and then engaged in the Engineering Design process as they use a variety of materials to design a way to help rabbit get his plane unstuck. They also had fun pretending to be pilots and passengers in their dramatic play airplane!

Spring Fling has come to an end, and this year the Primrose community has raised more than $510,000 as children learned about the joy of giving without expectation. 🌸🎉​

Half of the funds raised will support local charities in Primrose school communities, and the other half support the Primrose Schools Children Foundation's mission to empower people, care for the planet and give back to communities through contributions to West Lakes Early Learning Center, No Kid Hungry®, Save the Children® and more.

Thank you to all the Primrose students, families, Franchise Owners, teachers and staff for making this possible. Primrose schools across the country hosted amazing fundraisers full of fun. Check out some of the exciting moments from these events!​

Today is Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates Black history, equality and freedom in the United States. It's a day of remembrance, but also a day of joy and celebration for Black Americans. We honor and encourage families to join us in recognition of this important occasion!

Tomorrow is Juneteenth, and as a reminder Primrose will be closed. Juneteenth is a holiday that commemorates Black history, equality and freedom in the United States. It's a day of remembrance, but also a day of joy and celebration for Black Americans.

This morning the Wonder Program talked about the different sandwiches you can make with bread. They learned that bread is healthy and helps our bodies grow. Then they used their dramatic play food to make their own sandwich and used their fine motor skills to color a piece of bread!

Happy to all the fun, caring, dad joke-telling father figures out there! To thank you for the endless joy and love you give, the Primrose Friends dedicate these jokes to you. 🤣❤️ Share this post with the dads and like-a-dads in your life!

Water Day at Primrose!

Here’s to the dads, granddads, stepdads, like-a-dads and all other kinds of father figures! You make a difference every day as you protect, nurture and inspire your children. Today, we’re celebrating you. Happy !

The future is looking bright! 🌟 Primrose graduates have had an amazing journey that has prepared them so well for their next big adventure - kindergarten! Thank you, Primrose parents, for sharing these adorable throwback photos with us and taking us down memory lane. Here's to many more milestones! 🎉

Congratulations to our June 2024 Family of the month the Manobianco Family! The Manobianco family started with us in June of 2021 when they brought their precious son through our doors. Lucas started in the Older Toddler classroom when he was just 1 year old. He quickly won over the hearts of his teacher with his sense of humor and huge imagination. His teachers say that they immediately fell in love with his adventurous spirit. Lucas is now in the Pre-Kindergarten 2 classroom and is doing amazing! His little sister Reggie started with us recently in our toddler classroom as well and is charming her teachers daily with her sweet smile, contagious giggle, and love of silly faces! They both love playing with their friends and learning new things! You can tell where Lucas and Reggie get their joyful and caring personalities from, their parents, Egie and Daniel Manobianco. They always have a smile on their face when they walk though our doors and the love they have for their children is undeniable. We truly love having the Manobianco family has a part of our Primrose family. We are honored you choose us to help Lucas and Reggie grow and learn here at Primrose. Congratulations on being our June 2024 family of the month.

Congratulations to our June 2024 Apple of Our Eye Ms. Connolly! Ms. Connolly started with us in January of 2024 and has been an amazing addition ever since. Ms. Connolly is one of our amazing Pre-Kindergarten teachers and does an amazing job making every child in her care feel truly seen. Ms. Connolly is phenomenal at bringing our curriculum to life and steadfastly ensures each child absorbs concepts with ease. Whether she is in her own classroom, or stepping in to help her fellow teachers elsewhere, the children who she interacts with are always having fun. She is always great support anytime her co-teachers need anything; she will go above and beyond. She is one of most dependable employees and we can always count on her to come to work on time with the best smile on her face! Congratulations on being the Apple of our eye, Ms. Connolly you definitely deserve it & we are so proud of you. We are so lucky to have you has a part of our Primrose Family!

At Primrose, giving back is at the heart of what we do. This dedication was recently recognized with two 2024 Gold Stevie American Business Awards. Our Primrose Promise program, which features events like the Caring and Giving food drive, comes to life with help from students and families nationwide. We'd like to thank the entire Primrose community for the amazing and continuous work towards these efforts. Visit our Newsroom to learn more! https://bit.ly/3yQsTZG

For this week's Summer Camp Unit: On the Ball, the Explorers had so much fun playing Mini Golf and our Pre-K classes were also able to join in on the fun as well!

Our butterflies have emerged from their chrysalis and the students have so much fun saying good bye before they released them!

Love, acceptance, tolerance and hope: we celebrate these values in Primrose schools every day by welcoming families and providing a safe, nurturing environment for children to grow, learn and be uniquely themselves. Belongingness is part of our Balanced Learning® curriculum and is at the heart of the joyful experiences Primrose teachers bring to life every day for children. 🫶🌟🎉

We would like to thank all the families, students and Franchise Owners for recognizing and celebrating their during ! See how Primrose schools across the country recognized their teachers with Gratitude Grams, fun outings, themed events, gifts and more. 🏫🌟🍎

The first week of summer camp is in full swing. During this week's unit Dino Dash: The Explorers had a couple of special visitors, made dino creatures during their culinary zone and had fun digging for fossils!

On this important day, we remember and honor the heroes who sacrificed everything in service of our country.

In honoring AANHPI Heritage Month, we celebrate the history, traditions and achievements of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders! Our Primrose students enjoyed books written by AANHPI authors, like "Grandpa Across the Ocean" by Hyewon Yum, and folk songs from our Harmony and Heart® music collection like "Sakura" to learn about the importance of celebrating many cultures and backgrounds.

We are thrilled to congratulate our Pre-K & Kindergarteners graduates. This year was full of many accomplishments such as making lifelong friends, enhancing character development skills, practicing physical development skills, and learning how to count, read and write. Together, we have shared many laughs and warm memories as your child has grown over this year. Graduation marks a new, exciting chapter in your child’s educational journey. It has been wonderful watching your child grow throughout the year, and we are excited about the journey that lies ahead! We would love to see more pictures from the graduation in the comments!

While tantrums are a normal part of growing up, there are ways you can help your toddler keep their calm when their emotions are running high. From acknowledging positive behavior to working through the tantrum together, learn more about how you can be there for your child when they're experiencing big emotions. https://bit.ly/3yxBG2r