St. Stephen's Nursery School is a private academic school licensed through the Pennsylvania Department of Education, offering the best in preschool experiences for your child in small classes with a low teacher to child ratio. The program emphasizes challenge, goal setting, communication, exploration, awareness, and acceptance of the uniqueness of each child. Our curriculum develops the child's self-confidence and kindergarten readiness, focusing on large and small muscle development, art experiences, nature study, cooking, working with manipulatives, science exploration, rhythms, and movement. Our program builds skills in mathematics, language arts, and handwriting, while incorporating everyday values and morals. We use the Creative Curriculum by Teaching Strategies throughout all of our classrooms.