What makes Gonzales Preschool unique?

• • Two qualified Early Childhood Educators on staff
  • Reggio Emilia inspired program: providing a true Learning-Through-Play educational experience
  • We inspire a child-centred fully engaged playtime with less transitions and interruptions
  • Nature, science and arts curriculum: inspiring projects, experiments, and art to simulate young minds
  • Nature Preschool, everyday: we celebrate nature and the natural environment both inside and out because we believe children thrive in nature
  • Touted as having one of the best natural playgrounds in Victoria

• Pro-social classroom friendship programme: teaching problem-solving and friendship skills to carry over into kindergarten and beyond
• Weekly music and movement programme for the 4’s class: a trained music educator comes into the classroom once per week
• Community-minded charitable projects: encourages children to think beyond themselves and become caring thoughtful community participants
• Regular field trips: an important educational milestone. Past locations have included Goldstream Park, Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary, Oak Bay Firehall, and Greater Victoria Public Library
• In-house guests: in an effort to reduce pressure on parents but still provide educational opportunities for our students we host in-class fieldtrips. Past fun has included Moondance Arts, Victoria Symphony, Victoria Conservatory of Music and the Victoria Compost Centre.
• A memory book is given to each child at the end of their preschool year

And for the families and parents:

• Lighter work load for participating parents: we have fewer duty days and smaller workloads
• Full- or Part-time parent participation: parents may choose to opt out of duty days
• Inspiring monthly parent education: topics such as parenting stratagems, technology safety, childhood anxiety, and the importance of outdoor play to name a few.
• Social events for the whole family: to build a sense of belonging, community and friendship among all Gonzales families
• FUN-raisers: We dodge the same old boring fundraisers with our own unique brand of Fun-raisers. From a Burger and Beer night to a Pancake Social, this preschool knows how to make it fun.

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We are allergy-aware. We are epi-pen trained.

We are a member of Vancouver Island Cooperative Preschool Association (VICPA).