🌟 Grades K–2 Enrollment Open 2025–2026

Sunshine
Sprouts
Academy

Where little minds bloom,
big dreams take root, and
every day is an adventure! 🌱

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340+
Happy Students
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Expert Teachers
15
Years of Joy
97%
Parent Satisfaction
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🏫 About Us

A Place Where Every Child Shines

Sunshine Sprouts Academy is a nurturing, award-winning kindergarten community where curiosity is celebrated and learning feels like play.

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Our Mission
Foster holistic development through play-based learning, creativity, and social-emotional growth in every child aged 4–8.
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Learning Format
Project-based, hands-on curriculum blending outdoor exploration, creative arts, early literacy, and STEM discovery.
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Our Philosophy
Child-led inquiry with expert guidance. We meet every child where they are and celebrate each unique path of growth.
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Accreditation
Nationally accredited by NAEYC with a 5-star Quality Rating. Recognized as a Top 10 Early Childhood School three years running.
🎓 Built for Grades K–2
We serve children ages 4–8 with full-day, half-day, and extended care programs. Our low 8:1 student-to-teacher ratio ensures every child receives the individual attention they deserve — not just academically, but emotionally and socially.
🧒 Who Is This For?
Ages 4–8 Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 First-Time Learners Gifted Kids Special Needs ESL Students
📖 Curriculum

4 Powerful Learning Tracks

Each track is designed around real-world problem-solving, sparking wonder and building foundational skills for life.

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STEM Explorers
Science, Technology, Engineering & Math for little inventors
  • Nature Science & Life Cycles
  • Block Coding & Robotics Basics
  • Math Manipulatives & Number Sense
  • Engineering Design Challenges
  • Weather & Earth Science
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Creative Arts Lab
Expression, imagination & storytelling through art and music
  • Drawing, Painting & Mixed Media
  • Music & Rhythm Exploration
  • Drama & Puppet Theater
  • Digital Art & Photo Journals
  • Dance & Movement
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Literacy & Language
Reading, writing, and communication that opens the world
  • Phonics & Early Reading
  • Storytelling & Journaling
  • Bilingual Language Program
  • Library & Book Club
  • Public Speaking Circles
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World & Wellness
Social-emotional learning, empathy, and global citizenship
  • Mindfulness & Feelings Classes
  • Community Helpers & Roles
  • Cultural Celebrations
  • Outdoor Nature Play
  • Nutrition & Healthy Habits
👩‍🏫 Teacher Gallery

Meet Our Amazing Teachers

Passionate educators from leading institutions, bringing real-world expertise and endless enthusiasm to every classroom.

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Ms. Sarah Bloom
Lead STEM Teacher
🏛️ MIT Alumni
Early childhood STEM, robotics, and inquiry-based science education with 10 years experience.
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Mr. David Chen
Literacy Specialist
📚 Columbia Ed.
Phonics, bilingual literacy, and early reading development. Published author of 3 children's books.
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Ms. Luna Morales
Creative Arts Lead
🎭 RISD Graduate
Visual arts, music therapy, and drama education. Former Sesame Street curriculum designer.
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Mr. James Park
Wellness Coach
🌿 Stanford SEL Lab
Social-emotional learning, mindfulness for kids, and trauma-informed teaching practices.
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Ms. Priya Nair
Coding & Tech
💡 Google for EDU
Block coding, computational thinking, and digital literacy for grades K–2. Google Certified Trainer.
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Mr. Tom Rivers
Nature Science
🌱 National Geographic
Outdoor education, ecology, and nature-based learning. NatGeo Young Explorer grantee.
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Ms. Amara Osei
Global Studies
🌍 UNICEF Education
Cultural studies, multilingual education, and global citizenship for early learners.
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Mr. Leo Santos
Music & Movement
🎼 Berklee College
Orff-Schulwerk music, rhythm & movement, and early childhood music development.
🏛️ Admin Panel

School Leadership

Our dedicated administrative team ensures every child and family receives the care, support, and excellence they deserve.

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Dr. Helen Park
Principal
Ed.D from Harvard. 20 years leading award-winning early childhood programs. Champion of inclusive, joyful education for all children.
🏆 Principal of the Year
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Mr. Carlos Vega
Vice Principal
Curriculum development expert with background in Montessori and Reggio Emilia approaches. Oversees daily learning programs and teacher development.
📚 Curriculum Dir.
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Ms. Rita Kapoor
Student Wellness
Licensed child psychologist specializing in early childhood mental health. Leads the school's comprehensive social-emotional support program.
💚 Child Psychology
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Mr. Ben Foster
Operations Director
Manages admissions, facilities, and school technology. Former education nonprofit director. Passionate about creating safe, inspiring spaces for children.
⚙️ Operations Lead
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Ms. Zoe Williams
Community Relations
Bridges school and family partnerships. Organizes community events, parent workshops, and volunteer programs that make Sunshine Sprouts special.
🤝 Community Mgr.
🎉 Events & Activities

Every Week is An Adventure!

From seasonal celebrations to weekly clubs, our calendar is packed with experiences that make childhood magical.

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October 31, 2025
Halloween Parade & Costume Show
Kids dress up as their favorite characters for our campus-wide parade, spooky crafts, and a pumpkin-carving contest with families!
🎭 Celebration
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November 15, 2025
Little Scientists Fair
Students present their own science experiments to parents and judges. Prizes awarded for creativity, process, and most surprising result!
🏆 Competition
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Every Friday
Forest School Friday
Weekly outdoor nature immersion in our school garden and local park. Building, exploring, and discovering the living world around us.
🌿 Weekly
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December 12, 2025
Winter Art Showcase
Our annual gallery opening featuring artwork made by every student across all grades — paintings, sculptures, digital art, and more!
🖼️ Arts
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March 20, 2026
Spring Theater Performance
Kids write, direct, and star in their own short plays! This year's theme: "Heroes of the Planet." Full costumes, sets, and a live audience.
🎬 Performance
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Every Tuesday
Family Learning Café
Parents join their children in the classroom for interactive learning sessions — cooking math, storytelling, and nature projects together.
👨‍👩‍👧 Family
🗓️ Daily Schedule

A Day Full of Wonder

Every day is thoughtfully designed to balance learning, play, rest, and creativity — exactly what young minds need.

8:00 – 8:30 AM
Morning Arrival & Welcome Circle
Greetings, morning songs, attendance, and sharing our mood of the day.
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8:30 – 9:30 AM
Literacy Block — Phonics & Reading Aloud
Letter sounds, blending, and shared reading with Ms. Bloom's reading corner.
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9:30 – 10:30 AM
STEM Discovery Lab
Hands-on experiment: building bridges with pasta and marshmallows!
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10:30 – 11:00 AM
Outdoor Snack & Free Play
Fresh air, healthy snacks, and open play in the garden.
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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Math Manipulatives — Counting & Patterns
Using blocks, beads, and real objects to explore number sense and patterns.
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12:00 – 12:45 PM
Lunch & Rest Time
Nutritious school lunch, quiet reading or rest for 15 minutes.
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12:45 – 1:45 PM
Creative Arts — Painting Studio
Watercolor exploration with Ms. Morales — this week's theme is "My Dream Garden."
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1:45 – 2:30 PM
World & Wellness — Feelings Circle
Identifying emotions, breathing exercises, and gratitude practice with Mr. Park.
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2:30 – 3:00 PM
Dismissal & Parent Pick-Up
Daily report shared with families. Extended care available until 6 PM.
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8:00 – 8:30 AM
Morning Circle & Show & Tell
Students bring a favorite object and present it to the class, building confidence and vocabulary.
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8:30 – 9:30 AM
Family Learning Café — Math Games
Parents join the classroom for interactive counting games and number puzzles.
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9:30 – 10:30 AM
Bilingual Language — Spanish Immersion
Singing, storytelling, and games in Spanish with Ms. Morales.
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10:30 – 11:00 AM
Snack & Garden Time
Visiting the school vegetable garden, watering plants, and observing growth.
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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Block Coding — Scratch Jr. Lab
Creating simple animations and games on tablets with Ms. Nair.
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12:00 – 12:45 PM
Lunch & Story Nap
Lunch followed by an audiobook storytime — this week: "The Dot" by Peter Reynolds.
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12:45 – 1:45 PM
Music & Rhythm with Mr. Santos
Orff instruments, beat patterns, and our Tuesday Song of the Week performance.
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1:45 – 2:30 PM
Writing Workshop — My Story Journal
Students write or draw their daily story — developing narrative thinking and fine motor skills.
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2:30 – 3:00 PM
Dismissal & Afternoon Clubs Sign-Up
Students choose next week's afternoon enrichment clubs.
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8:00 – 8:30 AM
Morning Movement & Yoga
Gentle stretching and breathing exercises to energize the mind and body for learning.
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8:30 – 10:00 AM
Project-Based Learning Block
Long-form project time — this month: "Building Our Dream City" engineering challenge.
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10:00 – 10:30 AM
Snack & Outdoor Free Play
Unstructured outdoor play — climbing, sand pit, and social games.
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10:30 – 11:30 AM
Literacy — Author's Workshop
Children write and illustrate their own mini-books to be published in the school library!
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11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Library & Silent Reading Time
Free choice reading in our cozy library corner with bean bags and reading nooks.
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12:00 – 1:00 PM
Cooking Math Lunch Program
Once a month, students help prepare part of their lunch — counting, measuring, and mixing!
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1:00 – 2:00 PM
Drama & Theater Workshop
Improvisation games, character creation, and rehearsal for the Spring Performance.
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2:00 – 3:00 PM
Reflection & Dismissal
Class reflection circle: what did we learn today? What are we grateful for?
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8:00 – 8:30 AM
Good Morning Circle — World News for Kids
Age-appropriate current events discussion — building awareness and empathy.
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8:30 – 9:30 AM
Nature Science Lab — Life Cycles
Observing our classroom caterpillar habitat and recording changes in science journals.
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9:30 – 10:30 AM
Math Games & Problem Solving
Board games, logic puzzles, and collaborative math challenges in small groups.
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10:30 – 11:00 AM
Snack & Mindfulness Break
Breathing exercises, calming music, and quiet reflection with Mr. Park.
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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Cultural Celebrations — Global Kitchen
Learning about cultures through food, music, and art. This week: Japan & origami!
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12:00 – 12:45 PM
Lunch Break
Lunch + 15 min quiet time or audiobook choice.
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12:45 – 2:00 PM
Robotics Club & Coding Challenge
Programming Bee-Bots to solve mazes — collaborative problem-solving at its finest.
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2:00 – 3:00 PM
Portfolio Review & Parent Share
Students select their best work this week to add to their learning portfolio.
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8:00 – 9:30 AM
Forest School Friday — Nature Walk
Our favorite day! Exploring the school nature trail, collecting specimens, and free outdoor investigation.
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9:30 – 10:30 AM
Friday Literacy Celebration
Students share their Author's Workshop books with the class. Big applause for every author!
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10:30 – 11:00 AM
Snack & Field Day Games
Weekly outdoor team games and cooperative play — sack races, tug of war, relay races!
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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Friday Art Free Studio
Open art time — students choose their medium and create freely. Pure creative expression!
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12:00 – 12:45 PM
Friday Feast Lunch
Special weekly menu voted on by students. This week: pizza & fruit rainbow!
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12:45 – 1:45 PM
Reflection Assembly — Weekly Highlights
All-school assembly! Student shoutouts, Star of the Week awards, and next week's sneak peek.
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1:45 – 3:00 PM
Friday Fun — Board Games & Free Choice
Student-choice free time: legos, puzzles, music jam, or outdoor play. A perfect end to the week!
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🏆 Competition Winners

Our Champions Shine Bright

Three years. Three competitions. Three national victories that prove our little learners can take on the world.

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🌟 1st Place National
NAEYC Little Inventors STEM Fair
2024 · Chicago, IL
Our Grade 1 team designed "SunBot" — a solar-powered robot that waters plants automatically. Judges called it "brilliantly simple and genuinely useful."
🌟 Mia K. 🌟 Noah T. 🌟 Aisha R. 🌟 Leo P.
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🥈 2nd Place Regional
Young Authors Picture Book Award
2023 · State Competition
"The Rainbow Dragon Who Was Afraid of Colors" — a self-illustrated picture book written by our kindergarten class. Published as a real book now in 12 school libraries!
✍️ Emma S. ✍️ Jake M. ✍️ Lily C.
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🏅 Grand Prize
Global Schools Kindness Challenge
2022 · UNESCO Program
Our "Kindness Ambassadors" program — where every student performs 10 acts of kindness documented in video — won the UNESCO Global Schools Kindness Grand Prize, reaching 40 countries.
💛 Whole School 💛 340 Kids 💛 UNESCO Award
💬 Success Stories

Our Community Speaks

Behind every glowing report card is a family who trusted us with their most precious person. Here's what our graduates, parents, and community partners say about life after Sunshine Sprouts.

🏫 By the Numbers
Grade 3 Reading Level Readiness 94%
Advanced to Gifted Program 41%
Parent Recommend to Friends 99%
🌱 Our Community
Sunshine Sprouts is more than a school — it's a village. Our parent volunteers, alumni families, and community partners make every experience richer, every child more confident, and every classroom more alive.
1,200+
Alumni Families
85%
Volunteer Rate
50+
Partner Orgs
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My daughter Mia was incredibly shy in pre-K. After just one semester at Sunshine Sprouts, she was presenting her science project in front of 200 people at the fair. I wept. This school did what I thought was impossible.
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Jennifer Kim
Parent of Mia, Grade 1 · Class of 2024
★★★★★
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As a pediatric neurologist, I was skeptical of "play-based learning." After visiting three times and studying their outcomes data, I enrolled my son AND recommend Sunshine Sprouts to every parent in my practice. The neuroscience is sound.
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Dr. Marcus Webb
Parent & Pediatric Neurologist · 2023
★★★★★
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Our son Noah was diagnosed with ADHD before starting here. The team didn't just accommodate him — they celebrated his energy. He's now in Grade 4, the top of his class, and still talks about his Sunshine Sprouts teachers as his heroes.
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Priya & Raj Sharma
Parents of Noah · Graduated 2022
★★★★★
🎒 Admissions

Ready to Join the Family?

Applications for the 2025–2026 school year are now open. Limited seats available — apply today to secure your child's spot!

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