Old Firehouse School OFS

08/24/2026

The second week of school is off to a good start! Offering loose parts play is a way to help children feel free in exploring interesting and beautiful materials. Whether they enjoy the challenge of sorting and premath skills or the satisfaction of using their fine motor skills, we love to see how children engage with .

08/21/2026

“…no more than a third of parents raising a 3-year old can find an open slot in any form of preschool in California’

A new partnership between dwindling school district enrollment and childcare centers, are bringing new life to vacant classrooms.

Partnerships among providers and school districts are helping both address critical problems.

08/18/2026

We’re excited to welcome all our OFS families to the 2026-27’ school year. Looking forward to an exciting year ahead!

08/11/2026

Teachers need to play too! One of our goals for our OFS Institute Week is to build community, which happens through fun games like making up our own handshakes!

08/10/2026

We’re loving this graphic from ZERO TO THREE because it so accurately depicts why we see unwanted behaviors within the toddler stage.

07/30/2026

Our TK kids are ready for kindergarten! They reflected on their teach, which is a special part of our kindergarten project where the children teach something they know really well. After the teach, the children shared how it felt. They reflected about the nervousness of being a speaker, but also how much fun they had teaching their friends.

07/23/2026

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07/22/2026

Our garden continues to thrive! After the weekend, we had a lot of cherry tomatoes ready for picking. The children have learned to only pick ones that are ripe and pointed out to me which ones were orange and not yet ready. They are learning so much about gardening and nutritious eating through this experience, and also helping educate their peers about taking care of our garden. We’ve had such a bountiful summer!

07/16/2026

We all enjoyed the sensory experience of these textures! It not only felt interesting, it encouraged many descriptive language conversations!

07/14/2026

Searching for fun activities to fill the summer days?

We’re loving this curated list from early childhood educator, Susie of busytoddler.

Let us know what some of your favorites are!

Looking for summer activities for kids? Try this fantastic list of easy and doable ideas to keep kids busy this summer with outdoor play.