WHAT IS A COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL?

• A cooperative preschool is a unique opportunity where parents become active partners in their child’s education.
  
• The program consists of a child-centered preschool laboratory setting and adult-centered lectures and discussion groups.
  
• The parents assist the teacher in the classroom on a rotating basis and participate in the educational program of their children.


• Each family shares in the business operation of the school.
  
• Parents, preschool children and their teachers all go to school together and learn together.
  
• Cooperative preschools promote parent involvement, parent participation and parent education through early childhood education programs.