Hyde Park Play School

Happy faces, busy hands and active minds!

  • Leading childcare center and preschool proudly serving the Hyde Park and Oakley neighborhoods in Cincinnati since 1949
  • Tenured, credentialed teachers that are passionate about early childhood education including some that have been with us 10+ years
  • Committed to providing a loving and nurturing atmosphere, with learning experiences that are fun, creative and educational
  • Top kindergarten readiness reputation built with quality early learning curriculum and rich extracurricular activities
  • Historic, homely facility in a residential, safe neighborhood

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Hyde Park Play School
2 months ago

Smiles, sunshine, and a whole lot of learning! ☀️

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Hyde Park Play School
2 months ago

Shoutout to Ms. Seesa for creating such a fun and engaging fine motor activity! 💪 🌈

Activities like this help our little learners strengthen their hand muscles and coordination — the foundation for confident prewriting skills later on. 🌟

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Hyde Park Play School
2 months ago

🚒🔥 Sound the alarm — it’s Fire Safety Week! A huge thank you to Ladder 31 Cincinnati Fire Department for stopping by and making our day unforgettable. Our little firefighters-in-training loved exploring the truck, meeting real heroes, and learning all about fire safety! ❤️👩‍🚒👨‍🚒

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2 months ago

So thankful for our amazing neighbors who make our street feel magical year after year. Our kiddos look forward to their daily walks just to spot all the festive decorations—what a gift to grow up in a community that celebrates together ✨🎃🍂

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2 months ago

🎃 Science meets sensory… thanks to Mr. Jack for bringing the pumpkin magic to life today! Our kiddos had a blast exploring the inside of a pumpkin — feeling, smelling, and discovering all its little elements. 🍂✨

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Learning

At Hyde Park Play School, the child comes first. We take pride in not only providing for their physical and emotional needs, but for their developmental needs as well. Our curriculum was created for its balance between both teacher-directed and child-initiated learning. It is our goal to help the children develop the passion for learning that they will carry with them throughout their life.  Hyde Park Play School uses a weekly theme based curriculum that is designed to foster social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development and to enhance learning in literacy, math, science, social studies, and the arts.  This allows the teachers to plan and implement a developmentally appropriate, content-rich program for children of all backgrounds and skill levels that is constantly matching the interests of the students. Please be sure to look for the weekly lesson plans hanging in the classrooms.

Communication

Providing an environment where children grow their confidence and learn to express themselves in a variety of situations.

Social and emotional

Encourage children to develop an attitude of kindness, cooperation, courtesy and helpfulness towards others while developing self-confidence and independence.

Physical

Helping children develop their coordination, control and movement through a variety of fine and gross motor activities.

Expressive arts

Enabling children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials.

Literacy

Encouraging children to link sounds and letters and begin to read and write. Children are exposed to a wide range of reading materials to ignite their interest.

Mathematics

Helping children with their counting skills, understanding numbers and simple addition and subtraction problems.