St. Vincent's preschool is now registering students for this fall. Located in the Parish Center, our Preschool offers programs for 3 and 4 year olds, with options for two, three or five mornings a week. 

Please contact our Preschool Director Eileen Jaklitsch at 518-482-5346 for more information, or fill out the interest form at the bottom of this page.

Welcome! 
St. Vincent’s Preschool offers a small, nurturing environment and a self-directed play-based curriculum as our learning strategy.  We offer programs for 3 to 5 year olds.
Our program uses an interfaith approach.  We welcome families of all religious traditions.

Location: 

We are located next to the Campus of The College of Saint Rose.
Learn more about us by scheduling a visit to our school!

984 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY  12208
518-482-5346

How Will My Child Learn?

Toys, art materials, and sensory items like play dough and shaving cream are fun, but they are also tools that help children learn about themselves and the world around them. Play is critical to the healthy growth and development of our children. As they play, children learn to solve problems, to become curious, and to take initiative. They learn to get along with others and to develop the fine and gross motor skills needed to grow and learn. Play helps a child do the following:

Develop physical skills. Gross motor skills are developed as a child learns to reach, grasp, jump, run, climb, balance, and handle large materials. Fine motor skills are developed as children handle small toys, use scissors, stickers, play with play dough, and handle writing tools.

Develop cognitive concepts. Children learn to solve problems and find out how things work. (What does this do? Does this puzzle piece fit here?). Children learn colors, numbers, letters, size, and shapes by using manipulatives, mixing paints, counting, measuring, sorting, and sequencing. They learn science and math through studying their environment, observing nature, playing with blocks, planting, and caring for the class guinea pig. They have the ability to enhance their memory skills as well as their attention span. Children move on to higher levels of thought when they are actively engaged and play in a stimulating environment.

Develop language and pre-literacy skills. Language develops as a child plays and interacts with others. This begins when parents play cooing games with their babies, and advances to practical levels such as describing things to someone else, telling a joke, predicting a plot to a book, or creating stories and books of their own. The entire process lays an important foundation for literacy skills.

Develop social/emotional skills. Learning to cooperate, negotiate, take turns, and play by the rules are all important skills learned in early games. Children develop self-esteem as they create their own artwork or block masterpiece and learn to be resilient when they face adversity such as when that block tower tumbles! These skills grow as the child plays, and as a result, children learn the rules and roles of society.