Teddy Bear Preschool in the News:

Infants and Toddles get early schooling (Durango Herald)

Teddy Bear Preschool Earns Distinction (Cortez Journal)

Teddy Bear Preschool offers an Infant/Toddler program. Please contact the preschool director Valiena Rosenkrance for more information.

Telephone: 970-739-4244

Email vrosenkrance@dolores.k12.co.us

Teddy Bear Preschool has attained NAEYC Accreditation!!!  Only 3 % of the preschools in the nation have attained national accreditation.  This accreditation is the mark of excellence and quality in the early childhood field. 

Teddy Bear Preschool is a collaborative preschool.  We offer Head Start, Colorado Preschool Program and tuition.  We have 4 large classrooms with 2 teachers in each.  Our ratios are 8:1.  We serve 3-5 years of age. We provide breakfast and lunch each day.  Food is served family style to help promote health eating habits.

We use the Incredible Years curriculum to help promote social/emotional understanding.  We use the Creative curriculum for lesson planning that individualizes for each child.  Mighty moves and Food Friends curriculum is used to promote physical activity and healthy nutrition.  We introduce beginning numbers and letter recognition and other kindergarten readiness skills.  We also encourage healthy family partnerships.

WE ARE A COLORADO SHINES RATED PROGRAM

Colorado Shines is a nonprofit organization working to advance quality early childhood education across Colorado.  Colorado Shines measures the quality of early learning programs through an evaluation of their learning environment, family partnerships, training and education, adult-to-child ratios and group size, and accreditation.  Points are earned in each of these areas and are added together to arrive at a 1-4 Star rating.                       

TEDDY BEAR PRESCHOOL IS RATED A 4 STAR PROGRAM

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