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Where It All Begins
The Applewild Preschool is a joyful community of young learners who are excited to explore their environment and learn about the world.
We offer a year-round program for children aged 18 months to 5 years at both our Main Campus in Fitchburg and our Devens Preschool Satellite Location. Our programs harness the natural curiosity and enthusiasm of our students by engaging them in hands-on, interactive learning experiences. By emphasizing the process rather than the end result, we encourage children to explore the world around them.
Our preschool program helps children to develop key problem-solving and critical thinking skills, all while building confidence and having fun. Our Pre-K graduates are well-prepared to enter kindergarten as self-assured young learners.
The Emergent Curriculum
We recognize that children have an amazing natural curiosity that makes them powerful and resourceful learners. Our program encourages students to ask questions and seek answers.
We encourage questions and discovery by providing “provocations,” in which materials or ideas are thoughtfully presented to evoke children’s natural fascination with their surroundings. With art projects that encourage creativity and loose-parts play that allows students to explore new materials with no defined set of directions, we give children the tools and guidance necessary to learn through their own discoveries. Our students develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills, as well as emotional intelligence, through their creative and collaborative interactions with these materials.
The Environment as Teacher
Our philosophy, inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach to teaching, is reflected in our environment. We believe that children are encircled by three teachers. The first is the parent, who takes on the role of active partner and guide in the education of the child; the second is the classroom teacher; and the third is the environment itself.
Our Outdoor Classroom provides a unique, carefully planned learning environment rich with opportunities for child-initiated interactive discovery, including a mud kitchen, loose parts for open-ended play, and a space to create music with real, found, and created instruments. The Outdoor Classroom enhances children’s learning through an authentic connection with the natural world while affording the opportunity to enjoy the wonders of childhood.
Core Values
At Applewild, the learning process at all ages is inseparable from our Core Values. In our nurturing preschool environment, children understand their importance intuitively. Through activities that intentionally stress collaboration, and a warm environment where everyone participates, young learners internalize the values of respect, fairness, responsibility, compassion, cooperation, honesty, and civic-mindedness. When our preschoolers begin kindergarten, they are ready to use their natural excitement and energy not only to learn and explore for themselves, but to help others and find a place in their community.
Our Core Values
Respect | Fairness | Responsibility | Compassion | Cooperation | Honesty | Civic-Mindedness
Preschool at Fitchburg:
Located in the Marshall Building, our charming preschool classrooms offer a nurturing and engaging learning space all their own. Here, children explore the beloved “Tree Garden” outdoor classroom, splash through puddles on campus walks, and experience being a part of the larger school community during all-school meetings.
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Preschool at Devens:
Where children explore their curiosities!
From the Dale Chiluly-inspired sculpture tower in the art studio, to the community garden in our Outdoor Classroom and our yoga studio right in the heart and center of our space, you’ll know you’ve arrived at a very special place. Whether exploring their “power words” as part of a reading and writing exploration or tapping to the beat on drums, our students are active, lively, and engaged in learning throughout the day.
Applewild Preschool
2025-2026 Tuition and Fees
Effective: July 1st, 2025
| Full Day (9 Hours) | Core Day (6.5 Hours) | Morning Program (3 Hours) 8:30am-11:30am | |
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5 Days M/Tu/W/Th/F | $325 P/WK | $270 P/WK | $190 P/WK |
3 Days M/W/F | $235 P/WK | $215 P/WK | $165 P/WK |
2 Days Tu/Th | $170 P/WK | $155 P/WK | $125 P/WK |
Hourly Rate: $20 (For extra scheduled hours)
Toddler Room Fee:
7:30 AM - 4:30 PM, 5 Days Only: $400 P/WK
Please Note: Families are billed monthly in advance for the number of weeks in the coming month. Most months are four weeks, 4 times per year there are five weeks in a month.
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