Play is our work.
The Menlo-Atherton Cooperative Nursery School is a play-based preschool where parent participation allows children and families to learn and grow together.
In these times of so much pressure and expectations on our young children, I am grateful for the firm belief in the power of play.
The whole experience of being there with my child is priceless for me. I also love that I have met so many like-minded parents!
An incredibly powerful learning experience… I am a much better parent now than I was before I started participating at the co-op.
what we’re reading
Why Boredom is Good for Your Child Aha! Parenting
Why boredom is good for your child: unstructured time is “how they learn to engage with themselves and the world, to imagine and invent and create.”
What I Changed for the Sake of My Kids Huffington Post
“‘Softer’ is a way of being, of parenting, of thinking that I learned to embrace over this past year. I had to. For years, I had been tightly wound around the idea that rigidity and harshness were my best options in dealing with my kids.”
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calendar
Sep 19
General meeting
Oct 6-7
Picture days
Nov 6
17th Annual Auction
support us
Shop at Amazon or visit our store filled with teacher-selected books and toys to earn money for the co-op.
Make a gift to our school