Our preschool program is designed so children can experience preschool without having to attend every day or a minimum number of days each week. At Hands On your child may attend 1 – 5 days a week.
We partner with local children’s programs to offer a variety of classes for children. This year we are pleased to work with Northwest Children’s Theater, Soccer Shots, Portland Early Learning-Adventures in Spanish, & The Independent Dance Project.
Join Hands On Art & Play for summer fun! Every week of camp has a new exciting theme. Each day our teachers will lead a group of children through art and craft activities, a special snack and plenty of outdoor play.
Play As You Learn
Words from Parents
I love Hands On for their nurturing approach to learning. I never hear negatives to a child’s personality or behavior. My experience has been that this is a positive, accepting environment. My daughter has a ton of energy yet Jennifer, Julie, Kathy and Serena are attentive and very calm and grounding and she loves seeing them as well as her friends on school days. They’ve been vital in helping her learn her ABC’s and numbers as well as allowing her to grow creatively through play, art, music and dance. My daughter especially loves the music component and I find her singing constantly outside of school.
Hands On has been such a great experience for my daughter as she has grown from a toddler to a big kid! From the moment I visited Jennifer’s classroom, I knew it was the place for my daughter! We looked at a lot of different schools with different teaching philosophies and Hands On’s focus on arts-based curriculum, a small mixed-age group and hands on play was very appealing for my active, curious daughter. My daughter has a firm foundation for kindergarten this fall, but, perhaps more important, I know that the enthusiasm for learning that Hands On has fostered in her will serve her well for years to come.
The teachers at Hands On have taken care of my kids as if they were their own. My older son used to ask for “teacher Kathy” in his sleep! My younger son had a very hard time starting preschool, and the teachers helped him work through the transition with a lot of love, care, and unconditional support. I can’t thanks them enough!