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Preschool

Preschool classroom at Columbia Children's Center in Santa Maria

3 years to 4 years

Our Santa Maria preschool program provides a fun, safe, and positive environment that emphasizes confidence building and self-esteem. Children in this classroom strengthen listening skills and early cognitive skills such as color, shape, alphabet, and number recognition.

Our daily schedule includes circle time, which promotes social development, sharing, cooperation and participation as a group. Math and Science activities reinforce practice counting, recognizing numbers, colors, sizes and shapes, as well as scissor practice. Story time and a language arts activity promote language development, alphabet and name recognition, individual expression and creativity. We have music and movement to develop skills of expression, rhythm, listening, coordination, as well as large motor skills.

Our classroom has centers such as Science, Reading, Dramatic Play, Manipulative, and Art. These centers encourage your child's learning experience. Our maximum teacher to child ratio is 1:12.

If you are comparing options for a preschool in Santa Maria, you can also visit our Santa Maria preschool page for location details, FAQs, and tour information.

A day in our Preschool program

Yellow Group

  • 7:00 - 7:30 Welcome, Free Choice Centers
  • 7:30 - 8:45 Outdoor Play Activities
  • 8:45 - 9:15 Clean Up, Snack
  • 9:15 - 10:30 Outside Play
  • 10:30 - 11:30 Art, Circle, Songs, Story, Manipulatives, Letter, Number & Shape Recognition, Calendar
  • 11:30 - 12:30 Toileting, Hand Washing, Lunch, Prepare for Nap
  • 12:30 - 2:30 Nap
  • 2:30 - 3:00 Quiet Time, Wake from Nap, Toileting, Hand-Washing, Snack
  • 3:00 - 5:00 Inside/Outside Play (Student’s Choice), Art, Free Choice
  • 5:00 - 5:30 Toileting, Hand-Washing, Story Time, Music, Free Choice
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A day in our Preschool program

Red Group

  • 7:00 - 7:30 Welcome, Free Choice Centers
  • 7:30 - 8:45 Outdoor Play Activities
  • 8:45 - 9:15 Clean Up, Snack
  • 9:15 - 10:30 Outside Play
  • 10:30 - 11:30 Art, Circle, Songs, Story, Manipulatives, Letter, Number & Shape Recognition, Calendar
  • 11:30 - 12:30 Toileting, Hand Washing, Lunch, Prepare for Nap
  • 12:30 - 2:30 Nap
  • 2:30 - 3:00 Quiet Time, Wake from Nap, Toileting, Hand-Washing, Snack
  • 3:00 - 5:00 Inside/Outside Play (Student’s Choice), Art, Free Choice
  • 5:00 - 5:30 Toileting, Hand-Washing, Story Time, Music, Free Choice

Preschool Weekly Tuition Rates

Half Days (leave by 12:15)

2 days per week: $135

3 days per week: $165

4 days per week: $200

5 days per week: $230

Full Days (attend after 12:15)

2 days per week: $165

3 days per week: $210

4 days per week: $260

5 days per week: $310

There is an annual registration fee of $150 per child. A 10% discount will be given for each additional child in a family.

Single extra days may be arranged with the director at a rate of half day: $75, full day: $90.

Preschool FAQs

What age is your preschool program?

Our preschool program is designed for children ages 3 to 4 years.

What does your Santa Maria preschool program focus on?

We focus on confidence building, self-esteem, listening skills, early cognitive development, language growth, social development, and hands-on learning through centers, circle time, art, music, and movement.

Do you offer full-day preschool in Santa Maria?

Yes. Our preschool program offers both half-day and full-day schedule options, and extra days may also be arranged with the director.

Elizabeth Pantoja

Elizabeth Pantoja

Preschool Teacher

Katherine Chenoweth

Katherine Chenoweth

Preschool Teacher

Hailey Fakoury

Hailey Fakoury

Preschool Assistant

Brigitte Ortiz-Tello

Brigitte Ortiz-Tello

Outdoor Lead Teacher