Redmond Parent Cooperative Preschool

As a new transplant to the Redmond area, a friend suggested Co-​op as a great option to build a community for my little guy during a time of great change. It was excellent advice. My son loved the preschool, curriculum and teachers. I loved getting to know his friends and their parents and seeing him learn and socialize. I can’t say enough about the teachers and the engaging and supporting program they created. At the end of the day, I want a well thought out preschool where my kid is loved. I lucked out and found it at RPCP.

My daughter and I love this school! Her favorite thing about it is the guessing show-​and-​tell game they do at the end of every class. The other families involved really make the parent commitments worthwhile. I love that I can be involved with my kid’s preschool experience and grow with my child. The 4-year-old’s teacher Miss Julie is empathetic, experienced, and full of good ideas. I am excited about attending with my son in another year when he turns three.

This is an amazing gem of a place for nurturing young children in a way that allows them to explore the world beyond their immediate family while knowing that their family are still a big part of their learning. My little one tells me she loves the cooperative pre-​school because «Children learn best with their families, don’t they, mummy?»
What drew me to this pre-​school was that they welcomed parents, in fact encouraged involvement. We have been in the 4s class for almost two months now, and the teacher Miss Julie is a powerhouse of energy and creativity. The kids have done rodeos, pumpkin carvings, been weather people, and been exposed to a huge variety of interesting things. But more than that, the children are accepted as they are, and the parents too! We all come from such diverse backgrounds, yet everything we do is genuinely accepted and welcomed. It is a real community, and I am really glad my child will be getting to experience lots of great moments with her class of kids and adults.
So, if you really want a hands-​on experience with your pre-​schooler, get to know a community of caring parents and awesome children, have the benefit of experienced and compassionate teachers, give this place a try!

We sent both of our boys to this school and all four of us benefitted … we Loved the teachers and the involved community.

Like a previous commenter said, the price is what initially peaked my husband and I’s interest. I had never heard of a cooperative learning preschool and as a stay at home mom, I thought I’d much rather send my child to a preschool where I didn’t have to stay in order to get some alone time but boy, was I wrong! Engaging with my child, other children and other adults was and is such a fun way to experience early education with my child. There is such a bond that forms with the teachers, parents and students. RPCP gives my family a great sense of community, and we couldn’t imagine going anywhere else which is great because they’ll have us for 3 more years! :)

To be honest, it was the price that drew us in first. While looking at other preschools like some of the Montessori programs, it seemed that we would be looking at spending close to 1000 dollars a month. The tuition at Redmond Parent Cooperative Preschool is less than 100 dollars a month. So we were instantly interested.
However, it was the school, the the teachers, the community within RPCP, the sense of involvement and more that kept us loving the school. Our son was in the 3 year old class with Miss Karen and learned so much and made wonderful connections with both the other children and also with their parents. (I have heard an elementary teacher comment that she can tell the students who had gone to coop preschool because they are much more comfortable around adults.)
Our son is set to go into the 4 year old class with Miss Julie and he is very excited — we are all excited. It has been a wonderful decision for our family to have our children enrolled at RPCP. And it has certainly been financially helpful as well.