Welcome to our School Family! That's what we are—Foundations Progressive Learning Center is a small, intimate early childhood environment that defies the conventional, institutional trend of preschools and childcare centers today.

We're a family, and our environment looks and feels like a home. Both children and adults reign over the space and are trusted as competent individuals.  #LetKidsBeKids is our motto, and we live by it. At Foundations, children do what science says children are supposed to at these ages: play. The learning that happens along the way is a nice plus that prepares them for life—not just for school. Read more to learn more about our program!

About Foundations

Foundations Progressive Learning Center is a forward-thinking, play-based learning environment for children, where students engage in natural, creative, and active learning. Our students learn with a balance of working one-on-one with teachers, cooperatively in small groups, and independently with practical life skills. 

While we do prepare children for school, our curriculum is focused on exploring life-long skills. We incorporate self-help and independence skills, such as buttoning and zipping clothing, tying shoes, pouring and serving our own beverages and food, picking up after ourselves, conflict resolution, socialization, and learning healthy emotional management. 

Foundations' teachers operate on the knowledge that children need to find and identify interest through uninhibited, free, and dynamic play in order to build strong connections with the world around them.

Our center is developed by childcare specialists to lead by example that it is possible to provide an honest, ethical, and functional play-based childcare center for our community that works to do right by the children we teach, the families we serve, and the teachers we employ. 

Is Foundations the right place for my child?

At Foundations Progressive Learning Center, we make it our focus to do right by the families we serve by investing hard work into each child's physical, social, academic, and emotional development. As part of a school family, each child is treated with equity, inclusion, dignity, and respect. We give acknowledgments to the many successes our students achieve, and also teach accountability and resolutions for any struggles along the way. 

Play-based programs have proven effective in diverse cultures throughout the world and in all socioeconomic circumstances.

What if my child is facing behavioral challenges?

We know that children going through behavioral struggles are often ignored by-, poorly treated by-, and even dismissed from other childcare and preschool programs on the basis of behavior alone. We do not think this approach is acceptable, because we understand by entering this field that it is our responsibility to handle all of the realities of child development; not just the ones that are easy to deal with. Our teachers practice Conscious Discipline with the children because we understand that every child's future is affected primarily by the way they're treated and guided as children, and we take that very seriously.

What if my child has a disability?

We consider our facility to be safe haven for all children. Children who require special attention with their education, development, and access to the space & materials will find a welcoming atmosphere at Foundations. We understand how hard it is to find trustworthy childcare for children in these circumstances. Our faculty is trained to connect with all children. Additionally, our facility is open-concept and easy to navigate for children for whom physical accessibility is a concern.