Welcome to Pumpkin Patch Preschool

Stoughton’s Community Cooperative Preschool

Pumpkin Patch is Stoughton's only parent-led, secular preschool. Join our independent community of committed parents, experienced educators, and engaged children.

One of the primary benefits of sending your child to a parent led cooperative preschool is that you get to be part of the process. This is not only rewarding, it also provides a sense of fellowship and the opportunity to build community with the other families at Pumpkin Patch. 

Pumpkin Patch uses a traditional preschool approach and emphasizes child development through independent, structured, and group play activities. Our primary focus is the holistic development of each individual child as we help them play, learn and grow in preparation for kindergarten and beyond.

“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning.
But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood."

— fred rogers

 

Our Objectives

• Cultivate a stimulating environment for emotional, social, and academic growth

• Encourage self-confidence, independence, and responsibility

• Develop understanding of others and their feelings

• Promote self-expression and discovery in learning

• Teach problem solving skills

• Build a positive attitude toward learning, creating a foundation for future education

Parent Co-op Benefits

• Parents are surrounded by a community of like-minded parents who highly value their children’s education

• School becomes special when a parent is there to share it

• Children see the value their parents place on education

• Parents have an opportunity to contribute their talents and perhaps discover new ones

• Children develop a more positive attitude toward school

• Parents have opportunity for involvement in all aspects of their child’s education and a voice in school decisions and policy