Preschool at St. Pete Primary
Where curiosity, confidence, and a love of learning begin.
From 18 months through Pre-K, children learn through purposeful play, exploration, friendships, and hands-on experiences in a warm and welcoming community.
Where curiosity, confidence, and a love of learning begin.
From 18 months through Pre-K, children learn through purposeful play, exploration, friendships, and hands-on experiences in a warm and welcoming community.
At St. Petersburg Primary School, we believe young children learn best when they are actively engaged in the world around them. Our play-based preschool program combines purposeful play, exploration, peer interaction, and direct instruction to build strong academic, social, emotional, and physical foundations.
Our teachers thoughtfully design learning experiences around each child’s developmental needs, interests, and growing independence. Through hands-on experiences, meaningful relationships, and opportunities to make choices, children develop the confidence and curiosity that support them throughout their educational journey.
Our preschool curriculum incorporates research-based resources and the Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards while maintaining a joyful, child-centered approach to learning.
Every stage of early childhood brings new opportunities for growth. Our preschool programs meet children where they are developmentally while helping them build the skills, confidence, and independence they need for what comes next.
Our youngest learners experience their first school environment through nurturing relationships, sensory exploration, movement, music, and purposeful play. Teachers provide a predictable, loving, and supportive environment where children begin developing independence while building trust and confidence.
Curriculum:
Experience Early Learning
Two-year-olds are busy discovering how their world works. Through hands-on experiences, language development, movement, music, and social interaction, children develop greater independence while learning how to participate in a classroom community.
Curriculum:
Frog Street Toddler
Three-year-olds are naturally curious and eager to explore. Our program encourages children to ask questions, solve problems, develop friendships, and strengthen early academic and social-emotional skills through purposeful play and hands-on learning.
Curriculum:
Frog Street Preschool
Pre-K builds upon the skills children have developed throughout preschool while preparing them for their next educational adventure. Children strengthen early literacy, mathematics, problem-solving, independence, and social-emotional skills through engaging, developmentally appropriate experiences.
Curriculum:
Learning Without Tears & Kickstart Literacy
Play is more than fun, it is how young children make sense of the world. At St. Pete Primary, purposeful play gives children opportunities to explore, experiment, create, communicate, and solve problems.
Our teachers thoughtfully plan experiences that encourage children to make choices, interact with others, and apply new skills in meaningful ways. Children may build with blocks, create in the art center, explore sensory materials, engage in dramatic play, investigate science concepts, or practice early literacy and mathematics skills.
Through these experiences, children develop essential cognitive and physical skill sets, including problem-solving, early literacy, mathematics, creativity, and fine and gross motor abilities. Alongside these, they build vital social and emotional skills, fostering independence, self-confidence, effective communication, and natural curiosity.
Every day at St. Pete Primary balances purposeful learning, engaging play, joyful movement, creative expression, and meaningful connection. While each classroom’s schedule reflects the developmental needs of its students, children experience a thoughtful mix of child-directed exploration and teacher-guided learning throughout their day.
Children choose from thoughtfully designed learning centers where they explore, create, imagine, solve problems, and develop independence through purposeful play.
Teachers guide engaging experiences through stories, music, movement, art, early literacy, mathematics, and hands-on activities designed for each developmental stage.
Children enjoy a nutritious snack and lunch provided by their families while practicing independence, conversation, and positive social routines.
Pre-K families may choose to cater lunch from Saltwater Catering.
Daily outdoor play gives children opportunities to run, climb, explore, build gross motor skills, and connect with friends in an active environment.
Pre-K students enjoy daily recess and coach-directed Physical Education (P.E.), providing opportunities for active play, movement, and gross motor development.
Children have opportunities to slow down and recharge through nap or rest time, books, stories, music, or quiet activities appropriate for their age and daily schedule.
The best way to experience St. Pete Primary is to see it for yourself. Visit our classrooms, meet our teachers, and discover how purposeful play, meaningful relationships, and joyful learning come together each day.