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Playgarden Prep Preschool Learn Early, Learn Forever! - Playgarden NYC

The Best
Preschool in NYC!

Montessori-based Preschool and Pre-K for the early years

Make your little one’s first school experience count! Receive a well-rounded education that will prepare your child for Kindergarten and life.

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Tribeca Location

Upper East Side

Instill an early love of learning through our elite Preschool & Pre-K programs

Playgarden Prep ensures that little ones get a head start in life through a comprehensive curriculum, developed over 15 years by New York City’s most passionate early childhood educators, specialists, and psychologists. Students aged 18 months to 5 years old consistently achieve preparation skills for kindergarten which can place them up to two years ahead of national standards, all while they learn to socialize in a classroom setting, hit developmentally appropriate milestones, and acquire valuable life skills.

Locations and Programs

We have Manhattan locations in the UPPER EAST SIDE and TRIBECA with a variety of programs, including:

Preschool Monday to Friday 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Extended Day: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Full Day: 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Pre-K Monday to Friday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

3 to 5 day programs vary by location.

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Tuition:
UPPER EAST SIDE

2024-2025
School Year

Preschool Programs at 1366 Madison Ave

4- day AM Program: $21,000

Monday through Thursday

9 - 12 PM

4- day Extended Day: $26,000

Monday through Thursday

9 - 1 PM

5- day AM Program: $26,000

Monday through Friday

9 - 12 PM

5- day Extended Day: $31,250

Monday through Friday

9 - 1 PM

3- day PM Program: $15,500

Monday through Thursday

1:30 - 4:30 PM

4- day PM Program: $21,000

Monday through Thursday

1:30 - 4:30 PM

Pre-K Program at 106 E 86th St. (86th & Park Ave)
(must turn 4 before 11/1/2024): $36,500

Monday through Friday

9 - 3 PM

*Extended Day includes organic lunch service provided by Playgarden Prep.
A 10% discount will be applied for tuition fees paid in full upon first due date.

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Tuition:
TRIBECA

2024-2025
School Year

Preschool Programs

3- day AM Program: $17,500

Monday through Thursday

9 - 12 PM

3- day Extended Day: $21,000

Monday through Thursday

9 - 1 PM

3- day Full Day: $26,000

Monday through Thursday

9 - 3 PM

4- day AM Program: $21,000

Monday through Thursday

9 - 12 PM

4- day Extended Day: $26,000

Monday through Thursday

9 - 1 PM

4- day Full Day: $31,250

Monday through Thursday

9 - 3 PM

5- day AM Program: $26,000

Monday through Friday

9 - 12 PM

5- day Extended Day: $31,250

Monday through Friday

9 - 1 PM

5- day Full Day: $36,500

Monday through Friday

9 - 3 PM

Pre-K Program
(must turn 4 before 11/1/2024): $36,500

Monday through Friday

9 - 3 PM

*Extended and Full Day includes organic lunch service provided by Playgarden Prep.
A 10% discount will be applied for tuition fees paid in full upon first due date.

APPLY ONLINE

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ADMISSIONS

Our Curriculum

Preschool and Pre-K are essential for developing pre-literacy and pre-numeracy skills, as well as for cognitive, physical, and social-emotional development. At Playgarden, we introduce the following skills and more:

Language & Vocabulary
Early Reading/Literacy Skills
Early Writing Skills
Gross & Fine Motor Skills
Early Math Concepts
Science & Problem-Solving
Listening & Speaking Skills
Cognitive Thinking & Memory Skills
Social-Emotional Skills
Social Studies
Music & Creative Arts
Independence
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Language & literacy

Introduction to phonics, capital and lowercase letters and pre-reading.Introduction to basic Spanish words.

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Math

Focus on number recognition, counting and early addition.Introduces shapes, patterns and geometry to develop spatial awareness.

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Science & Sensory

Sensory table activities explore sand, rocks, water, soil and other textural elements. Introduction to the scientific method, color mixing, seed to plant and basic experiments.

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Art

Projects introduce a variety of mediums, styles and artists. Introduction to holding a stylus, stamping, clay, gluing and paint.

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Music

Focus on a new genre of music and introduces a new instrument each month. JAZZ-SOUL-CLASSICAL-REGGAE-POP-BLUEGRASS

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Movement

Physical education includes yoga, dance, obstacle courses and basic sports fundamentals.

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Nutrition

Weekly food tastings and vegan baking projects. Introduction to mindful eating, setting the table, food preparation, and food groups.

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Motor Skills

Children practice letter tracing for Fine Motor and letter construction with educational tools for Gross Motor, among many activities to build coordination and motor skills.

SPECIALIZED SPEECH & LANGUAGE CLASSROOM - Playgarden NYC

SPECIALIZED SPEECH & LANGUAGE CLASSROOM

Playgarden Prep, together with Support By Design, is offering a specialized preschool program for children 2 and 3 years of age with speech or language delays and communication challenges. Our curriculum focuses on learning through play and focused stimulation, as well as creating foundations of early literacy and learning from peer modeling. Emphasis is placed on pragmatic skills and social relationships, while ensuring language and communication growth to promote school readiness. The specialized classroom follows Playgarden Prep’s robust preschool curriculum, in tandem with the other Playgarden Prep’s classrooms. Support By Design will adapt the curriculum as needed with a team of specialists to nurture the whole child approach.

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ARENALES BILINGUAL DAY SCHOOL - Playgarden NYC

ENGLISH-SPANISH IMMERSION BILINGUAL SCHOOL

Playgarden has partnered up with Arenales Red Educativa to provide learning in English and Spanish for bilingual students.

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The Application Process

We do not conduct interviews of children or parents in the admission process. We created our program to be the first educational experience for toddlers with a curriculum that incorporates different learning styles. We believe every little one that joins Playgarden Prep will be a successful student and will graduate to be ready to be admitted in the Kindergarten program of choice.

Applications are accepted throughout the year on a rolling basis and they are started by filling out an application form on this website. Families may apply for September or January start dates.

In order to accommodate demand in excess of our capacity we have a priority enrollment system in place: returning students, legacies, existing Playgarden members and new families. Families may also request to be added to the Waitlist.

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ADMISSIONS

Meet Your Teachers

Our teachers are knowledgeable, experienced educators who love teaching little ones. Find out more about each Playgarden Prep teacher!

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Calendar - Playgarden NYC

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Exmissions

Playgarden Prep is well known by continuing schools and supports parents in the next steps in their child’s education. We offer informational sessions to learn about future schools and we happily offer guidance with application processes and interviews. We can also provide letters of recommendation upon request. Our graduates have gone on to the following schools:

Avenues
Bank Street
Blue School
Washington Market
Grace Church School
Brunswick School
City and Country School
Covenant of the Sacred
Heart
Greenwich Academy
Little Red
UNIS
Friends Seminary
Horace Mann
Marymount
Spence
St Ann’s
St David’s
St Luke’s
The Dalton School
Trinity School
Washington Market
Wetherby-Pembridge
Whitby School
92th Street Y
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