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August 2023 by David Vance Wagner
This is such a wonderful "hidden gem" preschool. Play-based curriculum with a very low teacher-to-student ratio, an extremely loving staff, and an engaged parent community. They have recently expanded their hours and are offering a full-day program starting fall 2023. Highly recommended! (Note: the preschool is affiliated with the attached church, but it is not a religious school.)
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August 2023 by Fern Jaspers-Fayer
Our children love attending this preschool. The teachers are warm and attentive, and regularly take courses to keep up-to-date on play-based emergent curriculum programs. We particularly enjoy looking at all of the pictures and videos they send at the end of the day -- we can see there is lots of laughter, friends, and learning.
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July 2023 by Fern J.
Our children love attending this preschool. The school is small, with warm and attentive teachers. I know the teachers are also serious about early childhood education - they take courses to stay up-to-date on play-based emergent curriculum programs.We particularly enjoy looking at all of the pictures and videos they send at the end of the day. We can see lots of laughter, friends, and learning.
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July 2023 by Vance W.
This is such a wonderful "hidden gem" preschool. Play-based curriculum with a very low teacher-to-student ratio, an extremely loving staff, and an engaged parent community. They have recently expanded their hours and are offering a full-day program starting fall 2023. Highly recommended! (Note: the preschool is affiliated with the attached church, but it is not a religious school.)
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April 2021 by AJ P.
If I had to dream up a perfect preschool for my children it would be St. Timothy's. This school is completely secular. The director, Stacey (who also teaches), and teachers Kalpana and Amy are highly skilled, caring, and know so much about child development. I've learned so much about my son through them this year. Their conference notes were incredible! I feel like they know my son better than I do in some ways.Every student/family that is there currently loves this school because the teachers make it about the kids. They have a gentle way of encouraging each child to develop their true self, and my son's confidence in social situations has greatly improved. It is a wonderful student to teacher ratio with only 12 children! Also, the mixed age environment is very natural and appropriate for the children. They all seem to enjoy learning and teaching opportunities.If you are looking for a creative, modern curriculum where children are allowed to be children, this is a school for you. Students are encouraged to explore their interests. The director, Stacey, is an extremely hard worker and arranges an evolving environment that encourages innovation and learning through play.I have been an elementary school teacher for years, and I wish that all elementary schools embraced the style of this preschool. There are no major behavioral problems because of the way students are engaged and allowed to explore, collaborate, and be themselves. The teachers are so good at working with them in a constructive manner, and the students truly love each other and their teachers. In the fall they will have a 1pm and 3pm pick up option. They also have classes during the summer.
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March 2021 by Amber K.
I've never encountered a more loving, joyful, and nurturing preschool than St. Tim's. We joined in Fall 2020 because our almost-5-year-old son's previous childcare never reopened after closing for COVID. St. Tim's has been a wonderful experience so far, and our son has grown so much just in the past six months. I am especially impressed with Stacey Sullivan, the director, who keeps everything running efficiently with great compassion and remarkably open communication. The other two teachers, Kalpana and Amy, are also lovely and kind, and my son likes all of them.St. Tim's is a play-based school with an enticing variety of activities that vary from day to day. They do a lot of open-ended building and arts and crafts. They also play and work in the school garden, listen to and act out stories, explore musical instruments, and do many sensory activities such as play-dough and sandboxes. Academics are not pushed, but kids who are interested have ample opportunity to build their reading, writing, and math skills (my son's skills have definitely improved in the few months that he's been there). The teachers also pay close attention to gently nurturing social skills, and they have been able to report on my son's progress in initiating group play, resolving conflicts, and so on.The school is smaller under COVID guidelines (they only have 12 students in the whole school, but they still have 3 teachers, making the teacher-student ratio hard to beat). The allowed age range of students at St. Tim's is 2 years 9 months to 5 years 11 months. It seems to work well to have the kids all together, especially in such a small class of 12. If the older kids are doing something that the younger kids can't (like learning to read words at the letter table), the younger kids are still invited to explore, or they can choose a different activity.At present, the school is open 9-1 M-F (with a summer break), so it's not geared toward households with two full-time working parents. But for families with slightly more flexible schedules, it is a true gem. I can't recommend St. Tim's highly enough.
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December 2019 by Patricia Kubala
Fantastic school, great teachers, play based programs and lots of fun!
