Oakview Preschool

Oakview Preschool includes outside time where children can converse in the sandbox and practice mastering a two-wheel bike. Inside the classrooms, children join inside story groups, take part in science exploration, and participate in yoga as part of the daily routine.

• Ages: 2–5 years old
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8am–5pm

Oakview Preschool describes its mission as nurturing children’s desire to create, explore and grow in a safe and supportive environment that offers them comfort and room to push their own boundaries, with a play-based approach that lets children explore and discover at their own pace. The program states that it paves the foundation for confident, curious, kind and empathetic learners, allowing for growth into socially aware problem solvers of the future. The school identifies itself as a play-based preschool and notes that it draws on many theories from Reggio-Emilia, Jean Piaget and Maria Montessori, among others, and that it is one of the only truly play-based schools left in the area.

Oakview Preschool reports that it is made up of four spacious classrooms, a lobby area and a large dynamic playground. The program holds License #214005491. All teachers have at least the core 12 Early Childhood Education (ECE) units and are CPR and first aid certified, and the school notes that teachers are dedicated Early Childhood Education professionals who attend conferences, workshops and classes to keep polished.

The founder is Olga Scharninghausen. The Head of School and Director is Lindsey Toomajian, who has a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies from CSU Chico and has taken numerous Early Childhood Education classes from SFSU, COM and SRJC. The program’s history notes that in 1977 the Dixie School District leased the Oakview School property to founder Olga Scharninghausen, and that in 2019, after 12 years of teaching the TK class at Oakview, Lindsey Toomajian purchased the school and took over as Head of School and Director.

Last updated August 14, 2026.