Winslow Center

This is a nice place to attend a meeting at, the upstairs room is comfortable. There is also lots of parking.

Through the Pleasant Hill Parks & Recreation, my son was able to participate in a little preschool prep class.
The class was every Friday morning for about a month and a half. I signed up from December through January because my work is slow then.
Class started at 9:00am and ended at 10:45am. A parent, or guardian, had to attend the entire time. Everyday we started with free play. Kids could move around the room and play with play-​dough or play with the pretend kitchen. Every day was always a new group of toys.
There was also a craft to do during free play. Whenever a kid was ready to do the craft they could just go over and paint their picture or decorate their cookie. My son was not the biggest fan of crafting. Some days he didn’t do one.
After free play there was outside time. The kids get to play on the same play stuff as the actual preschool kids in the room next door. My son really loved this time. They have slides, sand, castles, pretend houses, a tire swing and cars to drive.
Only once we had to stay inside because of the rain. The teacher had a fun snow game the kids played to get their wiggles out.
Once they got all the sillies out, it was snack time. Some kids packed a full big lunch but we brought little snack because lil John went to his babysitters house after wards for lunch. It was funny to sit and see what the other kids were having. Sometimes they even shared a Goldfish or a carrot.
The last thing they did for the day was group singing time. You could tell the kids, including my own, who occasionally didn’t want anything to do singing group time. They sang a few regular songs. The teacher always tried to bring something new to share. Whether a sing along cd or a book. My son loved Frosty the Snowman.
He loved his time here. I unfortunately couldn’t sign back up because my work starts getting way to busy in the spring to take Friday mornings off.
The price for the class is incredibly reasonable. If I did have the time I’d keep going until he really did have to go to real preschool.

adult meeting held in a children’s pre-​school room. kind of cramped and not great acoustics for discussion when the heater is on.

Reno goes to preschool here 3 days a week. Before Winslow he liked to keep his little shell intact… now he has little 3 – 4 year old friends! He makes me macaroni necklaces, practices his alphabet and numbers, learns songs, and almost every holiday I can count on a special little craft that he worked on oh-​so-​hard. On some holidays they take the kids on little field trips — like last Halloween, they went to a nearby pumpkin patch, had a hay-​ride and each got to pick out their own pumpkin!
It’s a long building with tiny little tables, tiny little chairs (which I LOVE seeing the teachers sit on — so cute!) The kids have their cubbies for jackets, snacks, etc. There’s a fenced-​in playground with play structures, open space.
And here’s the Big Fat Bonus. They now rent out the play area for parties — He’s been to three (!) parties here since they’ve started doing this about two months ago — I think it’s like $ 75 for 4 hours, which is a steal for a safe, free-​play space to host a kids’ birthday party — better than a local park b/​c it’s fenced in. Parking ample. BYO cake, supervision, etc. when hosting these parties. The little ones LOVE IT!