Our Portland Preschool Program

Lilyposa Schoolhouse is licensed by the State of Oregon for a class size of 11 children at a time and we are proud to offer two identical morning and afternoon sessions that are three hours in length. 

This program is offered Monday through Friday.  Morning sessions are scheduled from 8:30am-11:30am while the afternoon session is scheduled from 12:30pm-3:30pm.  Each session will include a light snack.  We do not require children to be potty trained to enroll. We have an onsite changing station and are happy to help support their potty training journey when they are ready.

Families can choose the days to enroll their children (which may be based on availability). We do encourage families to enroll for at least two days a week to allow for children to get the most out of the programming.  Please look at our Tuition and Enrollment section to find more detailed information regarding cost and the process to enroll. There is also more detailed information regarding the program in our Curriculum and Philosophy section. 

Both the morning and afternoon sessions are open to children from 2 to 5 years of age. While we understand that the afternoon session may not work for all younger children due to nap schedules we are also aware that all families do not follow an identical nap schedule. We would love to welcome younger children into our afternoon session if this works for your child and family.   We encourage mixed age groups as we believe that children have the innate ability to learn from each other. Younger children will look up to their older peers while older children can also display their skills in assisting their younger peers.  We will always scale activities to each child and their own unique level of understanding and learning style.  We believe in teaching and demonstrating self help skills and integrate this into the schedule by asking children to engage in taking off and putting on their own shoes, jackets, coats and helping them in organizing their own belongings (with age appropriate guidance and assistance from teachers). 

We hope that by offering two sessions we can allow families to choose the timing that works best for their family and their child.