Teachers, parents and children agree... Ingraham Co-op is the place to be! Located in North Ballard, Ingraham Cooperative Preschool provides a fun and exciting environment for your child to blossom and grow. Our preschool hosts a safe and loving atmosphere with a developmentally appropriate curriculum and is shared by Pre 3's and 3-5's. Many of our enrolled students and their parents have returned from previous years. Ingraham Cooperative Preschool is located in the daylight basement of the Harbor Church in a bright and cheery space. We have a large outdoor play area with trikes, bikes, scooters, and climbers, and a large indoor gym room to play in on rainy days. We are located just south of Holman Road and east of 15th NW in North Seattle.
A tour is required for parents interested in registering. Please contact the parent coordinator to schedule a tour.
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Ingraham Cooperative Preschool has a thoughtfully planned environment divided into a number of creative learning stations. These stations are supervised by the parents who work as assistant teachers. Children are free to move about the preschool to explore and experiment with the materials and equipment as they wish. Small and large groups provide more structured learning experiences and circle time is the highlight of each day. Outside the classroom, activities are enjoyed as well, for example; visiting a pumpkin farm, attending a Children's Theater production, and a visit from Seattle Fire Department Firefighters are enjoyed by all.
Our 3-5's preschool teacher, Diana Wagner-Boyd, has been teaching at Ingraham Cooperative Preschool for 12 years with a total of over 22 years working with children. After graduating from the Theater Dept. at Cornish College of the Arts, she went on to do Children's Theater. She also ran her own daycare, was a foster parent for 4 years, and had her own children in cooperative preschool. She designs the curriculum, helps manage the classroom activities and plays the guitar. Diane is very tuned-in with each and every student and allows for class flexibility based on each student's interests and energies.
Our Pre-3s teacher, Jeanne McGrady, has worked with the Phinney Neighborhood Preschool Co Op where she is a Dragon Room Summer Programs teacher and a playgroup sitter for 1-5 year olds. She has over 5 years of preschool experience as an Assistant teacher when she had both her children in cooperative preschools, and as a curriculum aide and substitute teacher. She also brings rich experience from work in intergovernmental relations, sustainability and the environment, as a volunteer coach/mentor, and from a governing committee work with a YWCA program for at risk teenage girls. Her education includes BA degrees in political science and communication, and she also began her studies in Early Childhood Development as a student at North Seattle Community College last fall. Jeanne loves working with young children, believes in child-led play, and is passionate about community.
Harbor Church
9204 11th Ave NW
Seattle, WA
For information about class openings and tuition costs please contact our parent coordinator.