About our Activities
In the years since we started out in a chicken coop on Finn Hill in 1947, activities at Kirkland Co-op Preschool have not changed much. Children still learn best by playing and becoming social beings, and we follow the children’s lead when planning our activities.
We have three large classrooms with different developmentally appropriate activities set up in each one. The art room has a sensory table, water table, chalkboard, art table, playdough/activity table, free-form art creation station, and easels. The quiet room has puzzles, games, books, science activities, trains, Legos, and other small manipulatives.
In the active room we have large and small blocks, a dress-up area, a play kitchen, dolls, cars and trucks, dollhouses, trains, math games, musical instruments, puppets, a record player, and a writing center.
We are also lucky enough to have an almost-1/4-acre outdoor playground. There is a playhouse, a large wooden ship ready for any explorer, a workshop/toy shed, swings, slides, gravel for digging, and a large collection of riding toys we use in a blocked-off area of the parking lot.
Each class does various field trips, depending on their age and interests. We attend the plays presented by Storybook Theater at the Kirkland Performance Center, go to the pumpkin patch in the fall, and visit the Kirkland Library and other locations.
We also have Dad's Nights twice a year. The first is in the fall, when we carve pumpkins. The other is right before Mother’s Day.
Parents help the teachers plan activities monthly. Everyone's ideas and talents are welcome at KCP!