About Our School

Mission Statement:

Our mission is to provide reliable and high-quality care for children. We strive for excellence in care and education. Our enriched environment promotes independent thinking and the development of a positive self-image in all our students. We believe that children develop at their own pace and that teachers are intended to scaffold or assist them in reaching their highest potential through personal connection and the exploration of interests.  We recruit and hire applicants who share our mission. We have a thorough onboarding process that includes basic training and thorough background checks, and we support staff in ongoing Professional Development so that they can actively support the growth and development of children with current research and information. Wildflower provides employee benefits as well as competitive compensation. We maintain a Culture of Care throughout our program for our children, families, and staff.

Vision Statement:

Wildflower Preschool is committed to cultivating and caring for our entire community of children, families, and staff.  We believe in open communication, collaboration, and strength-based practices encouraging individual growth.  We embrace the African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child”.  It takes all of us, teachers, primary caregivers, and others in the community, to provide a safe and healthy environment where children can feel confident to explore and learn to realize their greatest potential as they venture out into the public school system or other private/parochial school environments.

• Wildflower Preschool serves children ages 2.5-6 years old.
• Universal Preschool Provider (UPK)
• CCAP Provider

We have 3 classrooms and are a Universal Preschool Provider with the State of Colorado. This means our families receive a substantial discount per month during the school year when their child is 4 years old, starting on October 1, as per state guidelines. 

Our highly qualified teachers enrich the environment daily to encourage child-directed exploration and sensorial learning.  We establish daily home-like routines and incorporate gardening, cooking, art, free play, nature walks, and quiet-time in order to bridge the child’s transition from the home to school.  

We follow the Colorado Early Learning & Development Guidelines through our use of The Creative Curriculum.  We document children's academic and social-emotional progress by using Teaching Strategies Gold and the Ages & Stages Questionnaire.  We utilize Second Step for additional curriculum support focused on social and emotional development with children.

Wildflower Preschool focuses heavily on building relationships with all of our children and their families. (see our Vision Statement)

We have 3 classrooms licensed for 20 students.  We strive to keep our classroom enrollment at 14-16 students per day.

Each room has at least two teachers, often a third. This maintains a ratio of 1:5 or 1:8! 

We believe the low numbers allow us to build deeper connections with our students and families. We can connect with each child one-on-one every day!

We are so fortunate to have a campus that is 4-5 acres where we can explore, enjoy nature walks, and ride bikes or scooters.

We grow an abundance of produce in our own family-built organic garden.   The children are a part of planting, watering, and harvesting from May to October each year!

Our playground includes five mature fruit trees that provide plenty of shade in the summer!  Our trike track, playhouse, sandbox, and play equipment provide ample space to run and explore.

Wildflower Preschool has a fantastic team of teachers dedicated to early childhood development best practices. We use Pyramid Plus strategies to guide our practices with children.  

All of our staff continue to further their education to increase our "team toolkit," which provides the best learning opportunities, improved respectful social interactions, and many self-regulation strategies that empower self-advocacy and compassion in children.

We have our own custom-built bus with 5-point harness car seats or seat belts that we utilize for Field Trips with our preschool classes.

In addition, during the summers we offer a School-Age Summer Camp called  Boulder Young Explorers. 

Some of our outings include Hiking, Bike Parks, Horseback Riding, The Denver Zoo, Wildlife Sanctuary, Downtown Aquarium, Dinosaur Ridge, Gold Mining, and MANY MORE! 

With 4 acres of property, most of which is in its natural state, we have a lot of space to explore through nature walks, outdoor lessons, collecting insects, riding bikes, enjoying water days or our mud kitchen! It is exciting to see wild animals on our campus, including rabbits, owls, robins, hawks, eagles, squirrels, and many other animals that wander through our property.

When Wildflower moved locations, it was the perfect opportunity for us to craft a new playground based on what we felt would be fun for children. We converted an old fruit orchard, retaining several trees within the playground. We built a play structure, a trike track, a playhouse, an astroturf area, an outdoor art easel, a huge group sand box, and a mag wall board area. 

Our classrooms are licensed for 20 or more children, but our class sizes are limited to 14-16 children. This gives us plenty of room for creative space, yoga, quiet time, and the ability to divide into smaller groups to work comfortably within the same classroom. We are able to meet the individual needs of each child and truly get to know them.

We work hard to provide many opportunities each year for our families.

We enjoy fostering connections between our families and growing a community in friendship!

Wildflower hosts multiple events each year to bring people together and share the joy of childhood with each other!

Some of our Events include a classroom Showcase, Fall and spring BBQs, Fall Festivals or Pumpkin Patches, a Gingerbread House Building, Pancakes and Pajamas, Spring Garden Prep Day, a Student Art Show, Holiday Performances, and more!

Our large classrooms allow us to create spaces for play, such as our loft area, cozy spaces, libraries, dramatic play areas, block areas, sensory tables, and art stations.

We utilize our building's common spaces for small group activities, baking, indoor recess during inclement weather, and family events.

Our garden has been a big hit each year. We harvest an incredible amount of cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, strawberries, lettuce, kale, zucchini, and sugar snap peas.  

All of our produce is planted, watered, and eaten by the children and our families. The children LOVE vegetables from the garden!

We are part of the Farm to Early Childhood Program and receive produce from a local organic CSA from May to October each year. We use this produce to make snacks for our children or use it in cooking projects. We also send it home with staff and families!