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Douglas Park Preschool

Douglas Park Preschool strives to provide high quality, affordable and accessible child care to all children and families. The Douglas Park Preschool classes provide children with an environment that fosters a well-rounded social, learning, experience in a fun and safe space. Our enthusiastic, caring, ECE Licensed Professionals provide a warm, nurturing environment for children to play, learn and grow in.

The preschool program follows an Emergent Curriculum philosophy, it is play-based with programming initiated by the children’s interests.
The program encourages exploration and creativity in a fun, stimulating environment through, art, music, dramatic/creative play and outdoor play. Other skills children will learn through social play within the classroom are math, science, creativity, literacy and language and problem solving. These skills are learned in the block area, at circle time, at free art and free play time.

​2024/2025 PROGRAM FEES

🐋 Orca 3 Year Old Morning
(Tues/Thurs 2.25 hrs/day) 3yrs
$258 REGISTER 503184

🐋 Orca 3/4 Year old Split Afternoon
(Mon/Wed/Fri 2.5 hrs/day) 3/4yrs
$310 REGISTER 503185

🐋 Orca 4 Year Old Morning
(Mon/Wed/Fri 3 hrs/day) 4yrs
$359 REGISTER 503183

🦄Unicorn 3 Year Old Morning
(Mon-Fri 2.25 hrs/day) 3 yrs
$425 REGISTER 503186

🦄Unicorn 4 Year Old Afternoon
(Mon-Fri 2.5hrs/day PM) 4yrs
$485 REGISTER 503187

For more information on Licensed Preschool and School Age Care, please contact Rosie Laforges, Licensed Child Care Coordinator at 604-257-8134 or rosie.laforges@vancouver.ca.

Preschool Open House

Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Anytime between 9:30am-11:30am.
Do you have a child born in 2021 or 2022? Are you looking for a preschool program for September 2025? Come and meet the teachers, see the preschool space and ask questions! Children are welcome but please note there will be limited toys and activities available.

Licensed Preschool 2025-2026 Registration

Registration begins online on Wednesday April 2, 2025 @ 7:00pm

  • Child born 2022 is eligible to register for 3 Year Old preschool.
  • Child born 2021 is eligible to register for 4 Year Old preschool.

At the time of registration, if you are successful at securing a space, you will be required to pay the deposit.
The deposit is equivalent to 1 month’s fee. This deposit is a refundable deposit (further details to this in the registration package).
All registrants will receive a welcome email in the summer to come pick up a registration package.

Sibling Priority Registration

If you have a child born in 2022 and want to register for the 2024-25 preschool year, we have sibling priority available. Children with a sibling who attended Douglas Park Preschool in previous years are eligible.
Applies only to new 3 year old spaces, not 4 year old spaces!

Priority Registration: IN PERSON ONE DAY ONLY: Wednesday March 12, 2025, 8:30am-12:00pm
Anyone missing this date will register on the general public registration day

Please Note: Our current preschool families that have a child born in 2022 have priority registration for these spaces in advance of these dates. We do not keep preregistration wait lists.

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