Mountain View Preschool

Mt. View Preschool is an extraordinary preschool with a long history of excellence (over 40 years)! Both of my children have attended Mt. View (7 years apart!), and they have thrived! The teachers, who have been with the school for many, many years, are not only well-​educated and qualified, but they are passionately invested in each child’s success and joy. The play-​based curriculum is rich with literacy and social-​emotional growth. The teachers are experienced with sensory integration issues, learning differences, and typically developing children. My daughter is happy and loves, loves her preschool! The parent community is involved, down-​to-​earth, and friendly. I toured many preschools for both of my children, and Mt. View truly is my first choice in Boulder. It is an incredible program!

This is my son’s first year at Mt. View Preschool and we absolutely love it! The care the teachers show the students is remarkable. We love how bright and colorful all the classrooms are. The playground is wonderful and a safe place for kids to play at. We love the low turnover rate among the staff and teachers (most have been at the school for 15+ years). I would highly recommend Mt. View to anyone looking for a warm, caring environment for their preschooler to learn and grow.

Mountain View Preschool is a wonderful school. It has a terrific staff of very experienced educators and is a real Boulder tradition (I’ve met 3^rd generation Mt. Viewers). It is a play based preschool that incorporates a lot of traditions (i.e. Montessori, BVSD preschool curriculum, music based, it even has Waldorfian elements). It’s also one of the best value preschool (quality and price) in Boulder. My son (an October baby) went to the pre-​K enrichment (a four day a week afternoon program) and loved it. They explored different placed in Boulder (the CU athletic department, the planetarium, Dinner Theater, farms, firehouses, rode the bus. They had music every week (beyond singing and dancing in class), the arts were tremendous and the playbase activities were terrific. I think the conflict resolution skills they learn there are excellent. My shy daughter just entered the four year old program (having completed the three year old program). Our only problem is that she wants to go five days a week and currently only goes three. Btw — There is a five day a week program called «A Place to Be» that is really interesting (i.e. they do a self-​directed project), but we do other things (like gymnastics and swimming and don’t have the bandwidth). One thing to note is that children attending this school come from a variety of schools (Superior, Bear Creek, Mesa, Eisenhower, Louisville schools, etc). I found this a strength (since Boulder County is essentially a small place), but I have some friends who preferred just having children who were going to be in their kindergarten class…