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July 2025 by Aurelia Abcouwer
SPNS has been an amazing school home for my child, and a wonderful place for me to learn and grow as a parent and build our community here in San Carlos.
The teachers are so thoughtful and truly experts in their field. The school emphasizes play, social development, and hands-on opportunities for learning. My child comes home thrilled with the activities, outdoor play, crafts, and friendships, and especially with her teachers.
As a parent, I've made such meaningful friendships here, and have learned how to best support my child during these stages of development. And working in the classroom is a joy.
We love SPNS and are so grateful for the years we've had here!
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November 2023 by Grace Heller
The best school—fantastic space indoor and outdoor! Plus a great community with long-lasting friendships
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November 2022 by Ji-Young O.
My son has the most fond memory with this school.He needed a school that offers nurturing experience and this school met his needs.The teacher Kristina and teacher Mari meet him with eye-to-eye and emotionally connect with him.The parents connect with children and individually care for them.The indoor/outdoor classroom has thoughtful arrangements to promote experience in all senses- water table, bike track, shaded sand pit, toys, pretend play area, and creative art stations - just to name a few.I chuckled a bit at first when I heard 4-yo boy told me it is a 'magical place for kids'. But now I cannot agree with him more. Some of the older kids in grade school come back to this school for summer camp as helpers, as they miss it so much. It is the testament to how great this school experience is.I attribute a lot of my som's social, emotional growth to this school experience. We feel very lucky to have been part of SPNS.
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September 2022 by Tarah A.
Spns is a wonderful school with nurturing, thoughtful teachers. Our daughter attended the 3s class and I was amazed by how much thought went into the curriculum. Discussion topics, books, and activities change weekly. They change the set up upstairs (which is the nicest play area I've seen in local co-ops) every couple months, often related to the season, holidays or lessons. My daughter was very attached and initially uncomfortable with me leaving (crying and clinging to me). She bonded with each of the 5 main teachers in her time there in summer camps and in the school year. With the teachers' help, she became confident, comfortable and independent. This says a lot, for a toddler who was under 2 when covid began and I was always a SAHM. She had never been left with anyone other than her dad and me. We also got to know the teachers for the toddler and pre-k classes in the summer camps she attended (which are also very fun and well planned) and they're lovely, thoughtful people who also helped our daughter feel comfortable. We would have definitely continued in pre-k but we had scheduling problems so needed to find another option.
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December 2021 by cheryl bates
My son started pre-k mid year at SPNS. It has been a great experience for him and our family. Teacher Kristina is warm, calm, friendly and interactive. The indoor and outdoor place space is great and the community is friendly and welcoming. I am very happy we switched preschools and my son is thriving at SPNS!
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December 2021 by Sarah Johnson
SPNS has become our favorite place since moving to the Bay Area. If you’re looking for a play-based preschool program for kids 15mo-4yo, SPNS is now enrolling for FA21. Enrollment for Summer Camp ages 3-6yo opening very soon. Check it out at spnskids.org
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April 2021 by cheryl b.
My son started pre-k mid year (due to covid he didn't do any preschool for fall 2020) and it has been a wonderful experience. Teacher Kristina is fantastic- friendly, calm, interactive- everything you want from a pre-k teacher. The parents are all very friendly and welcoming. There is ample indoor and outdoor play space. The parent participation duties are reasonable (a lot less parent cleaning duties than our prior preschool) and I appreciate the succinct and appropriate parent education (no 3 hour long parent ed sessions like our prior parent participation preschool). My son is making friends and comes home with a smile every day from SPNS!
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December 2020 by Emily Hazelbaker
My son started at SPNS this fall. He started in the explorers class with Teacher Catherine and Teacher Jennifer. I could not be more pleased with our experience. My son loves going and misses it when we are on break. He has such a sense of pride when he talks about his school.I was a little skeptical of the time spent for parent education, but now this has become one of my favorite parts. It feels like a support group where we can bounce ideas off each other or just vent about a phase our kid is in. Both of which make me a better parent to my kids.The play based learning is one of my favorite parts. We all learn better when we are having fun, and they always have a lot of new fun activities for the kids to do (if they want to) each day. They do a great job of encouraging my kid to be who he is. If he wants his name tag on his back, that’s okay. If he wants to dig in the sandbox for an hour, that’s okay. If he wants to get really messy while digging in the sandbox, that’s okayThis school really has created a sense of community that was lacking in my parenting experience. My son and I could not be happier with our choice to attend.
