Voted Top Pre-School Five Years In A Row
Our qualified teachers and parents work together to provide a safe, nurturing, educational experience that embraces diversity and prepares children for elementary school. Through 2010 - 2015, Creative Wonder Early Learning Center was selected as the best preschool in Northern Virginia by Northern Virginia Magazine. In fact, our school received the highest grade of all 33 schools listed for Fairfax County. This is in no small part due to the dedication of our teachers, parents, and staff.
Creative Wonder Early Learning Center provides a high standard of care, education and learning opportunities. Children are able to explore a rich and diverse range of activities within a flexible, stimulating, inclusive and welcoming learning environment. We aim to help the children develop self-respect, respect for others and respect for their environment, to fufill their full potential and achieve the outcomes of Every Child Matters.
Children develop in a fun and relaxed environment. The involvement of parents in their child's preschool experience plays a crucial role in building a firm foundation for future education.
Back to School Night is a time for parents and teachers to share information as a classroom and as a school community. You'll have time to meet and greet other parents, hear about long term plans for the Pre-School, and learn more about a typical day in the classroom for your children.
Earth Day is an important day set aside to inspire appreciation for and awareness of the earth's environment. It is celebrated by people in different countries - all over the world, all sharing an appreciation of the planet and a dedication to protecting its natural resources.
The students were asked by their teacher what they wanted to learn about next and the children chose space! To kick off their learning, the students were taught about the different planets in our solar system and what astronauts do. Afterwards, the students used food coloring to color their planets.
Please do not send a sick child to school. If a child arrives with symptoms of illness, the child will not be permitted to stay. Children will be excluded from contact with the other children; seated with the staff at the front desk until parents can be notified. Please notify us if your child becomes ill and will not be attending that day. We ask that parents notify us when their child contracts a communicable disease. The preschool will notify all other parents about any communicable disease outbreaks (This does not name the child involved just the classroom to indicate highest exposure). A child will not be permitted to attend preschool when he or she have vomited or had diarrhea during the previous 24 hours. Medication may not be administered during program hours, therefore, do not send any in with your child.
You will receive a calendar of events each month for you to review. Back-to-School Nights are held in October to give parents a chance to hear about the classroom routine and talk with the teachers without the children present. Periodically, teachers will send home Teacher Comments’ discussing your child’s adjustment to and enjoyment of the classroom routine. Parent-teacher conferences are available upon request.
Yes we do. We have a music teacher and a Spanish teacher on our faculty. Both conduct morning classes Monday through Friday to provide continuity in the learning experience. Music and language experiences in the early years are very important. We start toddlers in our music class to encourage the appreciation of singing and playing and listening to instruments. Music enhances brain development, especially spatial orientation and the ability to think mathematically. Our music teacher also includes many movement and literacy activities in the class. The brain is most receptive to learning languages during early childhood. That's why we start two-year-old children in Spanish class.
If someone else is picking up your child, you must inform Peartree in writing and in person. Send us a note detailing your plans, including the name of the person you are authorizing to pick-up your child and the date of its effectiveness. Please inform any escorts that we will check picture IDs to ensure they are authorized to pick-up your child. No one under the age of 18 may escort a child from Peartree. We cannot accept telephone authorizations. We will not send a child home with someone we do not know. Please introduce us to anyone who may be in to pick-up your child.
Please do not send a sick child to school. If a child arrives with symptoms of illness, the child will not be permitted to stay. Children will be excluded from contact with the other children; seated with the staff at the front desk until parents can be notified. Please notify us if your child becomes ill and will not be attending that day. We ask that parents notify us when their child contracts a communicable disease. The preschool will notify all other parents about any communicable disease outbreaks (This does not name the child involved just the classroom to indicate highest exposure). A child will not be permitted to attend preschool when he or she have vomited or had diarrhea during the previous 24 hours. Medication may not be administered during program hours, therefore, do not send any in with your child.