School Year Programs
BEPS offers fun and engaging learning opportunities for children ages 15 months to five years. Our developmentally appropriate curriculum focuses on six areas: Approaches to Learning & Play; Language Development; Cognitive Development/Academic Readiness; Health & Physical Development; Social-Emotional Development; and Judaism & Spirituality. We provide a balanced program that includes individual, small group and large group activities; free choice and structured play choices; and a mix of teacher directed and child initiated activities. Judaism is infused into all of our classrooms, with a schoolwide focus on holidays, Shabbat and tikkun olam (repairing the world).
Core Morning Programs
BEPS offers drop-off preschool classes for children who are 2-4 years old when school starts (birthday cut-off is August 31), as well as baby and toddler adult-child participation classes for littles ones who are 15-24 months old. Read on for details about each of our core morning programs!
Tot Shabbat
Celebrate Shabbat with your baby or toddler at our weekly musical program. This program is free of charge and is open to all!
Mazel Tots
A baby and toddler program that meets one day per week for play time, music, dancing, art, snack time and more! Children must be accompanied by an adult. Full-year Mazel Tots is open to children who are 15-24 months when the class begins in September. This class feeds into the Twos program the following year. New for 2024-2025: We will offer a mid-year start Mazel Tots class! This class will be open to children who are 15-20 months old when the class begins in February. This class feeds into either the Tiny Twos or the Twos program the following school year, depending on your child's birthdate.
Tiny Twos
Toddlers attend class two days per week with a parent or caregiver to explore, play, sing, dance and learn to socialize with other children. Parents and caregivers attend class with the children in the fall and transition out by early winter. This class feeds into the Twos program the following school year.
Twos
Two-year-olds learn how to separate from parents and caregivers, build relationships with teachers and play alongside other children. Throughout the year, children are introduced to and begin to learn about holidays and other concepts through play, music and hands-on activities. We offer two options for our Twos: 3 days per week and 5 days per week.
Threes
Three-year-olds learn about friendship and independence and build their problem solving skills. Children further explore and learn about the Jewish and secular holidays that were introduced previously and begin to learn pre-academic concepts that will carry over into the next year. Our Threes classes meet five days per week.
Pre-K (Fours)
Four-year-olds deepen their understanding of Judaism and explore the Torah with Parsha Lady, while continuing to develop a wide variety of skills, including pre-academic math and literacy skills. Children participate in a variety of play-based activities that will prepare them for a smooth transition to Kindergarten the following year. Our Pre-K classes meet five days per week.
To register your child for preschool, please visit the Admissions page. For more information or for assistance, please reach out to Lynn in the preschool office.
Optional Programs
Learn more about the many optional programs we offer -- before, during and after your child's core preschool morning!
Early Bird
Early drop-off is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 am - 9:15 am. Children are supervised by a preschool staff member in a preschool classroom and have the opportunity to participate in free play, art and playground time! At 9:00 am, the Early Bird teacher brings the children to their classrooms and drops them off with their morning teachers. Registration is on a first come, first served basis and spots are limited. While we encourage all families to pre-register for the program, we usually have a limited amount of spots available each day for drop-ins.
Lunch Bunch
Lunch Bunch is designed to encourage healthy eating and the development of social skills. It is fun to eat lunch with friends! Each child brings a dairy or pareve, nut-free lunch from home and enjoys lunch with classmates in their morning classroom. Lunch Bunch is offered Monday through Friday from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm for children in our 2s, 3s and Pre-K classes. You may sign your child up for as many days per week of Lunch Bunch as you’d like.
Enrichment
This extended afternoon program focuses on particular areas of learning and encourages children to meet new friends and teachers from other classes. Classes include topics such as cooking, sports, dance, art, kindergarten readiness, STEM and more. Enrichment is offered Monday through Thursday from 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm and is divided into three sessions. Sessions 1 and 2 will offer options for children in the 3s and Pre-K classes only; Session 3 will also include enrichment options for the 2s. You may sign your child up for as many days per week of Enrichment as you’d like.
Pizza Lunch
If your child is signed up for Wednesday Lunch Bunch, you also have the option to sign up for Pizza Lunch! Instead of packing a lunch for your child on Wednesdays, sign them up to enjoy kosher cheese pizza (made in-house at Beth El) a milk box and fruit!
Challah Delivery
Want delicious challah for your family to enjoy each Shabbat? Sign up for weekly challah delivery! Egg challahs and water challahs (egg-free) are available from Rosendorf's Bakery and are sent home in your child's tote bag on Fridays (Thursdays for Tiny Twos class).
For pricing information about our Core Morning Programs click here.
For pricing information about our Optional Programs click here.
To sign your child up for one or more of our Optional Programs or for more information, please reach out to Lynn in the preschool office.
Summer Programs
Click here to link to our Summer Program Page!
