Cottage Co-Op Nursery School

You can’t write a review about a pre-school without talking about the teachers. The small group of amazing professionals here at Cottage are the heart and soul of the school. They come from different parts of the world, some even attending Cottage when they were a child and combine to be an incredible team that continues to inspire the entire community every day.
My family and I are proud that our family has been a part of the Cottage family for 18 months now. We wanted a school where learning to navigate social situations and solve problems/conflicts together was the main focus, not academics, there is plenty of time for that later in life. Cottage Co-Op not only was the right classroom environment for our child, but an amazing community as well. Between the pot-lucks that give you time to talk with parents going through similar challenges to the focus on learning and growing as parents, together in a supportive atmosphere, being a part of this community has changed our lives for the better in everyway. The Co-Op is not easy, there is classroom time, fix-its and family jobs, but putting in the effort only adds to the overall community.
We really appreciate the involvement and participation of the families in the Co-op. Working for the benefit of the school (as opposed to just paying a tuition and dropping of your child) really connects the parents. Anytime there is a conflict for one family, the other families jump in and help out. Being a part of Cottage allows us to truly "walk the walk" of helping others that we all teach our kids, and they see it right in the classroom. During Winter Break, our class got together for park play dates and to catch up with each other.

All of the activities we know our kids need to do, but are so messy or dirty... they get to do them at Cottage. Painting, playing in the sand, mud, play dough, splashing in puddles, you name it. We believe a messy kid is a happy kid and Cottage kids are happy.

My son attended Cottage for 3 years and my youngest will enter in the Fall. We couldn't have been happier about their philosophy, curriculum, teaching style, commitment to helping children gain social skills and resolve conflicts with each other during every developmental stage. Cottage has a very low adult to child ratio. One of very few schools who begin with a 2year old program, this is a school which relies and requires participation of parents with the guidance of the director and teachers.