Our School

our school

At the Village Co-op, we provide a fun, nurturing, play-based preschool experience for our children. We do our best to teach our preschoolers the importance of helping out and being connected to our community. We hold regular community mornings, gathering together at new locations to expose the kids to new places and experiences, like apple-picking, nature walks, and trash clean-ups in local parks. Recently, we spent some mornings making thank you cards for Fire Station 2 and valentines for a local nursing home. We sponsor a tree in the Village Green during the holiday season, and this spring we are partnering with Casey Farm for Project Chick, where our kids will learn about bird life cycles and watch chicks hatch in our own classroom. We also sponsor a yearly warm and cozy drive in the winter, donating items like hats, gloves, socks, toothbrushes, etc., to the Jonnycake Center.

We recently raised tuition to reduce our need to fundraise for operating costs. Now, fundraising can be more intentional. The school and families can fundraise for causes in our community and for items we want for the benefit of the school and our children's education.

School Hours

Monday: 9am to 12:30pm (OPTION OF EXTENDED DAY FROM 12:30PM TO 2:30PM FOR 4-YEAR-OLDS )
Tuesday: 9am to 12:30pm (option of extended day from 12:30pm to 2:30pm for 4-year-olds )
Wednesday: 9am to 12:30pm (OPTION OF EXTENDED DAY FROM 12:30PM TO 2:30PM FOR 4-YEAR-OLDS )
Thursday: 9am to 12:30pm (OPTION OF EXTENDED DAY FROM 12:30PM TO 2:30PM FOR 4-YEAR-OLDS )
Friday: 9AM TO 12:30PM (optional add-on)

"The Village Co-op Nursery School has such an amazing community feel and we have made such great lifelong friendships from our time there. My children each received a personalized education from the incredible teachers and were very prepared for Kindergarten. They also learned how to be valuable community members from partaking in the schools community mornings, doing various acts of service such as bike path clean ups. I can’t recommend the Co-op enough and will always treasure our experience! "

- Caitlin, VCNS Parent

"We absolutely loved VCNS - Alison puts her experience, patience and heart into the school! It’s a loving, creative, inclusive, social and safe learning space for young and developing minds. We especially loved that we were involved in the program. The co-op part of the school gave us the opportunity to get to know more parents, be part of a community and play a role in our child’s preschool. This is something we didn’t realize how much we would value as our child grew older. We highly recommend VCNS - it’s truly one of the best pre-schools in southern Rhode Island!"

- Annie, VCNS Parent

"Our family was lucky enough to stumble upon the Village Cooperative even though we live "north of the tower". We enrolled both of our daughters and were part of the school for four years. We can't say enough about the school. The teachers work to provide the perfect mix of fun and structure and we felt our girls not only received the best possible preparation for elementary school but also developed life long friendships. VCNS is a great place to help your little one develop some independence but with ample opportunity to stay involved. We still treasure the memories built at this special place."

- carrie, VCNS Parent

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