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St. Andrew Nature Preschool offers a nature, play-based, and emergent learning program where children explore, build and dig, splash in puddles, balance on logs, and roll down hills. The program follows a balance of freedom and structure that follows the interests of the children and uses open-ended materials in outdoor spaces. It is a child-centered school that values children’s opinions, ideas, and unique learning styles.
• Ages: 3–5 years old
• Schedule: Mon–Thurs 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
St. Andrew Preschool was founded in 1984 and operates as a non-profit Christian organization welcoming students and families of all faiths and backgrounds. The program is described as Vancouver's Favorite Nature Preschool and offers a part time preschool program. It includes a new bilingual classroom, the Cedars class, offering education based on play in Spanish and English starting fall 2026.
The mission of St. Andrew Nature Preschool is to foster the development of the whole child through intellectual, physical, spiritual, and social emotional growth. The program states that it demonstrates God’s love by honoring diversity and caring for one another and the natural world. It provides a nature based learning environment based on emergent curriculum and child-led exploration and problem solving, and it continuously seeks and implements best practices while building relationships of collaboration, trust, and support with families and the community.
The school’s outdoor space is described as amazing, with interactive playgrounds and outdoor spaces where children spend a large portion of the day outside. The facility is described as huge, with a small class size that provides a great student-teacher ratio. St. Andrew Nature Preschool is a Nature Explore Certified Classroom (since 2012), with predictable spaces, ample and consistent time outdoors, open-ended materials, and caring, observant adults who support creative play and learning. The program states that it is committed to anti-bias work by recognizing, celebrating, and honoring the differences in all people and families, and that teachers encourage a sense of wonder as they honor the development of the whole child.
Parent testimonials describe the teachers and staff as great, nurturing, patient, kind, wonderful, communicative, and child focused. Parents note that their children love St. Andrew Nature Preschool, enjoy being outside for a large portion of the day, and look forward to playing with friends. Families also mention the blend of inside and outside learning, the amount of space, the interactive playgrounds, and that the program has been what their children needed to get ready for kindergarten. The school invites families to ask questions and to take a tour of the school and outdoor spaces.
Last updated May 19, 2026.
• Ages: 3–5 years old
• Schedule: Mon–Thurs 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
St. Andrew Preschool was founded in 1984 and operates as a non-profit Christian organization welcoming students and families of all faiths and backgrounds. The program is described as Vancouver's Favorite Nature Preschool and offers a part time preschool program. It includes a new bilingual classroom, the Cedars class, offering education based on play in Spanish and English starting fall 2026.
The mission of St. Andrew Nature Preschool is to foster the development of the whole child through intellectual, physical, spiritual, and social emotional growth. The program states that it demonstrates God’s love by honoring diversity and caring for one another and the natural world. It provides a nature based learning environment based on emergent curriculum and child-led exploration and problem solving, and it continuously seeks and implements best practices while building relationships of collaboration, trust, and support with families and the community.
The school’s outdoor space is described as amazing, with interactive playgrounds and outdoor spaces where children spend a large portion of the day outside. The facility is described as huge, with a small class size that provides a great student-teacher ratio. St. Andrew Nature Preschool is a Nature Explore Certified Classroom (since 2012), with predictable spaces, ample and consistent time outdoors, open-ended materials, and caring, observant adults who support creative play and learning. The program states that it is committed to anti-bias work by recognizing, celebrating, and honoring the differences in all people and families, and that teachers encourage a sense of wonder as they honor the development of the whole child.
Parent testimonials describe the teachers and staff as great, nurturing, patient, kind, wonderful, communicative, and child focused. Parents note that their children love St. Andrew Nature Preschool, enjoy being outside for a large portion of the day, and look forward to playing with friends. Families also mention the blend of inside and outside learning, the amount of space, the interactive playgrounds, and that the program has been what their children needed to get ready for kindergarten. The school invites families to ask questions and to take a tour of the school and outdoor spaces.
Last updated May 19, 2026.
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