Prospect Cooperative Preschool

Join our Annual Prospect Preschool Alumni Clap Out for graduating Columbia High School Seniors this Friday at 9am!

This is one of our most special traditions! We can’t wait to celebrate the seniors that once walked our halls at 2, 3, 4 and 5 years old. 🥹

Congrats to the Class of 2026! 👏

Chalk to dust to paint to art! 👏

Have you ever used chalk to make paint? Our 3 year olds have.

Our 3s had the best time grating sidewalk chalk to mix with water to make paint. This activity is not only fun but great for sharpening our fine motor skills.

Way to go, 3s! ☀️

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The Spring Fling was a BLAST! 🤩 It was so fun to picnic, bounce, eat popsicles, make sand art, put on tattoos, listen to an acapella performance and run and play together! Our Prospect Preschool community is what makes our school so very special. ☀️ #njpreschool #soma #southorangemaplewood #maplewoodnj #prek

Another year, another clean up! 🌳 ♻️ 🌼

Please bring the kids and join us for an hour this Saturday, 5/30.

The Trash Pandas are part of the Maplewood Memorial Park Conservancy and welcome volunteers.

The meeting point is the Skate House (small brown building on Oakview between Valley and Dunnell.) Meet us just before 10am where they will hand out trash grabbers, gloves and bags!

They will review the rules of being a Trash Panda and each kiddo will earn a sticker! 🦝🥇

If it’s sunny, wear sunscreen and bring a hat. If it’s rainy/muddy, opt for boots and a raincoat!

See you there! ☀️

For returning, newly enrolled & prospective families!

Come play on our playground, check out our classrooms, meet our teachers/director and ask questions of fellow Prospect parents on Thursday, June 4th from 5:30pm - 6:30pm.

Pizza and fun for kiddos will be provided! 🤩

About Us:

☀️ Prospect Preschool is proudly committed to the idea of play-based learning for young children; and recognizing the individuality of each child is at the core of our curriculum. Using play as a context for learning, children can explore, experiment, and solve problems in imaginative, fun and engaging ways.

☀️ Each day at Prospect, children are involved in a variety of activities that promote their social, emotional, and intellectual growth; our teachers seek to foster each student’s self-esteem, individuality, creativity, social, physical, and cognitive skills through the use of music, movement, art, creative play, and language.

Feel free to bring a family/friend who is interested in checking out our special school! See you soon! 😆

Don’t miss our Spring Fling! 🌼

Join us for bouncy houses, music, tattoos, crafts of lots of family fun!

Bring a picnic blanket, dinner and a friend. See you there! ☀️

Why our play-based preschool is a great place for your 1.5 - 5 year old child:

☀️ Prospect Preschool is proudly committed to the idea of play-based learning for young children; and recognizing the individuality of each child is at the core of our curriculum.

🧸 Using play as a context for learning, children can explore, experiment, and solve problems in imaginative, fun and engaging ways.

✨Each day at Prospect, children are involved in a variety of activities that promote their social, emotional, and intellectual growth; our teachers seek to foster each student’s self-esteem, individuality, creativity, social, physical, and cognitive skills through the use of music, movement, art, creative play, and language.

🌤️ We incorporate outdoor play in all kinds of weather! We believe outdoor play is a crucial component in imaginative play, gross motor development and social-emotional skill building.

We’d love to have you join our Prospect family!

We’re so excited to offer the following classes next year:

☀️ Prospect Bunnies: 1.5 - 2.5 year olds with Caregiver
☀️ 2s classes: 2 day (M/W or T/Th)
☀️ 3s classes: 3 day (M/W/F) or 4 day (M-Th)
☀️ 4s class: 5 day AM class (M-F, 9am-12pm)
☀️ Mixed 4/5s class: 5 day/full day class (M-Th, 9am-1:30pm / Friday: 9am-12pm)

Classes can be extended through enrichment, lunch bunch and early drop-off! 🤩🤩

More details are available at the link in bio!

Still have questions, want to take a tour or need more information? DM us! ☀️

Join us as we celebrate Prospect Preschool with an unforgettable evening of community, connection, and impact! ✨

The Maplewood Little Club on Friday, April 24th, from 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM.

Enjoy an elegant yet lively gathering featuring delicious food, an open bar, DJ and an exciting silent auction; all in support of the students, teachers, and programs that make Prospect so special.

This year will also feature TRIVIA! Questions will include actual fun facts our little ones have heard in their classrooms. So come and test your knowledge to find out - are you smarter than a preschooler?! 😜

Ticket Options:
✨ General Admission – $70 Early Bird through April 6th and get a free Prospect canvas tote bag / $80 after April 6th

🌟 General Admission – $100 - Round your ticket up as an extra donation to the school 💛

🎓 Sponsor a Teacher – $60 Help ensure every teacher can attend this special night. This is a donation, not an event ticket.

Supporting Our Future:
🎁 FUN for the Playground and Classrooms!
Help us purchase long-lasting outdoor blocks and Michelin star worthy cookware/gadgets for the mud kitchen for our beloved playground!

We are also raising funds for various indoor games, mats and new flooring for the big classroom!

🎓 Student Scholarships:
Ensure every child has access to a quality preschool education, regardless of financial circumstances. Your support helps remove barriers for families in need, making Prospect’s nurturing environment accessible to all.

💛 General Support
Fuel what makes Prospect so special—our dedicated teachers, vibrant classrooms, and innovative curriculum. Gifts to general support ensure we can grow and evolve to meet the needs of our students today and in the future. ☀️

Get your tickets today: https://prospect.betterworld.org/events/prospect-preschool-spring-fundra?utm_campaign=as-npt117206356

Sometimes you just need a little rainbow magic! 🌈 🌟

Our 2s, 3s and 4s had a blast building leprechaun traps, exploring rainbow sensory bins, searching for hidden gold coins in their classrooms and using St. Patrick’s Day as a fun theme for imaginative play. ☘️

Abracadabra, entertain my kids on a Saturday! 🪄🤹

Bring your family and friends to our FREE Magic Show with Joe Fischer Magic at Prospect Cooperative Preschool! This event is open to the community. 😊

🎩 Saturday, 3/14
🎩 11am
🎩 Parish Hall in Prospect Church

We’ll try our best but we likely cannot make your laundry disappear. 😝