Rhythm is our Curriculum
The Playgarden is a Jacksonville Beach pre-school and kindergarten located just blocks from the beach. It is a perfect place for children preschool to kindergarten to explore, grow, and create.  In early childhood, daily life experience is the “curriculum”. 
 
The child’s relationships to the caregivers and to the environment are the two most important aspects through which the child can experience healthy life rhythms and routines.  These include the “nurturing arts” of rest and play, regular meal times, exploring nature, practical/domestic activities, social creativity, music, and simple artistic activities.  
​
The Playgarden is a LifeWays of North America representative site, the first in Florida. We also offer the first Forest Kindergarten program in the southeast US.  Check it out now.  We continue to grow the Jacksonville Beach pre-school, Jacksonville Beach kindergarten and Ponte Vedra pre-school communities.
Learn More
Each child, in each pre-school and kindergarten, in each of our communities deserves to be healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.  The ever increasing demands of the 21st century require a new approach to education to fully prepare students for college, career, and citizenship.
 
Research, practice, and common sense confirm that a whole child approach to education will develop and prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of today and tomorrow by addressing students’ comprehensive needs through the shared responsibility of students, families, schools, and communities.  

In short, a whole child approach provides for long-term student success.  
The Whole Child
Learn More

admin@theplaygarden.org

223 8th Ave S, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250

Office Hours: 8am-4:30pm

Phone: (904) 241-3259

  • Facebook Social Icon
  • Instagram Social Icon
  • YouTube Social Icon

©2018 by The Playgarden, Inc.

​

The Playgarden, Inc. admits students of any race, color, national origin, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, and ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs (#CO4DU0093).  A copy of the official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Division of Consumer Services by calling toll-free 1-800-HELP-FLA or online at www.FloridaConsumerHelp.com, registration does not imply endorsement, approval or recommendation by the state. Registration #CH42628

​

The Playgarden, Inc. honors the Indigenous Peoples of the North Florida land on which we work and live including the Timucuan, Mocamas, Guales, Yamasees, and their ancestors. Please visit Heca Utimile (Our Land) for more information. We also respect the unique culture of the Gullah Geechee people who have traditionally resided in the coastal areas and the sea islands of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Please visit The Gullah Geechee Cultural Corridor Commission for more information.