PARENTS
PARENTS
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We are a Parent Cooperative (Co-op) and parent participation is the cornerstone of our school. This structure promotes a community atmosphere while keeping tuition costs down. Parents have the opportunity to contribute time in the classroom on a regular schedule as well as provide support to facilitate the day-to-day management of the school.
As a Cooperative Preschool, Norwood Park Preschool offers both parents and children the opportunity to interact with diverse personalities and the many gifts each individual has to offer.
Every enrolled family has a supportive role in managing the school from maintaining our library, ordering supplies for lessons, contributing to the newsletter, fundraising opportunities, to spending time in the classroom to support students and teachers.
Parent Responsibilities:
- In-Class Parent Helper (Participation) Days (3hrs/day scheduled). The number of days varies based on the number of days your child attends in a week (Cooping duty)
- 2 Maintenance Days: Beginning & Ending of School Year (Saturday, 8am to 1pm)
- School Jobs (1 Per family)
- Snack: Each week a different family is responsible for providing a daily snack for all students, with responsibilities rotating throughout the year
- Buyout Options are available for the above
- Parent Orientation
- Cooperative Training/Meeting
- Quarterly Parent Meetings
HOME
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Today, Norwood Park Preschool continues to provide preschool education through community support with small class sizes, low child to adult ratios, as well as learning opportunities guided by teachers and family experience.
Located within Norwood Park in Chevy Chase, Maryland, the preschool is nestled within a picturesque open green space.The teachers fully access the natural space of the park and play venues, extending the outdoors to our classrooms.
The mission at Norwood Park Preschool is to instill curiosity, love of learning, creativity and the necessary problem-solving skills needed for our student's foundation of personal and academic growth.






ADMISSIONS
ADMISSIONS
Welcome to Norwood Park Preschool
Thank you for considering Norwood Park Preschool as your child's first learning experience. Our main focus is to prepare your child for the early process of learning, both socially and academically, and to set a foundation for the value of education. We are grateful you are exploring our preschool to approach this wonderful journey for your child and your family.
At Norwood Park Preschool, we strive to offer a quality, nurturing, and a productive learning environment for your preschooler. Your child will have the opportunity to learn and play with his/her peers in a variety of different ways. Various activities, both teacher led and student initiated, will allow for your child to grow into an independent preschooler.
Our curriculum is based on different themes. We will spend a week (or more) on a particular topic. Some topics covered throughout the school year include water, seasons, holidays, shapes, and many more! This approach will allow us to spend a great deal of time on different projects, reading, and play related to each topic. When appropriate, special activities will be incorporated into our day (special snacks, visitors, field trips, activities, and more). And of course, spending lots of time exploring the outdoors within our own backyard of Norwood Park.
We are looking forward to partnering with your family and your child during the upcoming school year! There are many opportunities for us to learn from our diverse community of families. We encourage you to be a part of our lesson plans. Please share your ideas, every child will benefit from exploring a new way of seeing the world.
We know that choosing a preschool for your child is a very important decision for the entire family. We have additional information available at our website, www.bbcnurseryschool.org to further assist you in your decision. Please feel free to call us or schedule a tour. We also have many alumni families willing to speak with you of their experience and can connect you to a family to interview. Or come play with us during recess at the park!
We look forward to seeing you at Norwood Park Preschool this school year!
At Norwood Park Preschool, we strive to offer a quality, nurturing, and a productive learning environment for your preschooler. Your child will have the opportunity to learn and play with his/her peers in a variety of different ways. Various activities, both teacher led and student initiated, will allow for your child to grow into an independent preschooler.
Our curriculum is based on different themes. We will spend a week (or more) on a particular topic. Some topics covered throughout the school year include water, seasons, holidays, shapes, and many more! This approach will allow us to spend a great deal of time on different projects, reading, and play related to each topic. When appropriate, special activities will be incorporated into our day (special snacks, visitors, field trips, activities, and more). And of course, spending lots of time exploring the outdoors within our own backyard of Norwood Park.
We are looking forward to partnering with your family and your child during the upcoming school year! There are many opportunities for us to learn from our diverse community of families. We encourage you to be a part of our lesson plans. Please share your ideas, every child will benefit from exploring a new way of seeing the world.
We know that choosing a preschool for your child is a very important decision for the entire family. We have additional information available at our website, www.bbcnurseryschool.org to further assist you in your decision. Please feel free to call us or schedule a tour. We also have many alumni families willing to speak with you of their experience and can connect you to a family to interview. Or come play with us during recess at the park!
We look forward to seeing you at Norwood Park Preschool this school year!

PROGRAMS
PROGRAMS
EDUCATION
Morning Program (9:00 AM - 12:00 PM)
CATERPILLAR CLASS (2-3'S GROUP)
Mondays through Fridays
The focus of this class is to provide numerous opportunities for students to explore their natural environment with all their senses and become in-tuned with their best learning style: visual, verbal, auditory (auditory-musical), and kinesthetic.
Mondays through Fridays
The focus of this class is to provide numerous opportunities for students to explore their natural environment with all their senses and become in-tuned with their best learning style: visual, verbal, auditory (auditory-musical), and kinesthetic.
BUTTERFLIES CLASS (3-5'S GROUP)
Mondays through Fridays
This class embraces an Emergent Curriculum, play- based program that also uses developmentally appropriate practices to instill cultural appreciation and respect in our students.
Mondays through Fridays
This class embraces an Emergent Curriculum, play- based program that also uses developmentally appropriate practices to instill cultural appreciation and respect in our students.
AFTERNOON ENRICHMENT PROGRAM/LUNCH BUNCH(Please see Lunch Bunch PDF for full details)
Monday: I'm Building...on my Character!
Tuesday: Let's Get Craftin'
Wednesday: Arco Iris Somos-We are Rainbows (Spanish)
Thursday: Bon Voyage
Friday: Groovin' and Movin'
Monday: I'm Building...on my Character!
Tuesday: Let's Get Craftin'
Wednesday: Arco Iris Somos-We are Rainbows (Spanish)
Thursday: Bon Voyage
Friday: Groovin' and Movin'
IMAGINATION STAGE
Once a month
Our school is partnering with Imagination Stage. Once a month IS will be coming to our school to collaborate with our students. The Early Childhood curriculum at Imagination Stage employs a holistic approach in order to nurture the whole child through the arts. In this creative drama workshop series, our Teaching Artist will use stories, songs, movement, and visual arts to engage children in multi-sensory play and to provide an arts based approach to the classroom theme of the month. The curriculum developed for this workshop series will support student's emerging sense of independence and will encourage a greater capacity for dramatic play and storytelling.
Once a month
Our school is partnering with Imagination Stage. Once a month IS will be coming to our school to collaborate with our students. The Early Childhood curriculum at Imagination Stage employs a holistic approach in order to nurture the whole child through the arts. In this creative drama workshop series, our Teaching Artist will use stories, songs, movement, and visual arts to engage children in multi-sensory play and to provide an arts based approach to the classroom theme of the month. The curriculum developed for this workshop series will support student's emerging sense of independence and will encourage a greater capacity for dramatic play and storytelling.

