Welcome to Storybook Village Preschool

“Every child needs one person who is crazy about them.”

Reggio-Inspired Preschool

Located in the heart of Santa Rosa, California, Storybook Village Preschool is a relationship-driven program inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach. Nestled beside a magical creek, our school offers year-round, full-day nurturing care and education for families across Sonoma County, serving children from toddlerhood through Transitional Kindergarten. Since opening our doors in 2019, we’ve proudly provided our community with more than just a preschool—we’ve created a high-quality learning environment where children feel a sense of belonging. It’s a place to aspire, to grow, and to be celebrated. Our Reggio-inspired philosophy emphasizes connection—to self, to others, to culture, community, and the natural world.

Friendship-Driven Learning

At Storybook Village Preschool, our dedicated early childhood educators help children make sense of their world through a Reggio-inspired approach that nurtures social-emotional learning, problem-solving, and lasting friendships. As the first and only private preschool in Sonoma County to serve as a Partner Implementation Site for the California Collaborative on the Social-Emotional Foundations for Early Learning (CA CSEFEL) Teaching Pyramid, we are proud to lead the way in fostering healthy development and positive relationships. We honor the diverse emotions, ideas, and abilities that each child brings, and we work in close partnership with families to support every child through a play-based, friendship-centered program.

Creek Groups

Storybook Village Preschool's location along the Santa Rosa Creek is truly a hidden gem, offering a unique and magical opportunity for children and grown-ups to explore, observe, and connect with the natural world. Nature is our playground, and the creek is our classroom. In small groups of 2 to 6 children, depending on age, we’ll embark on guided visits to the creek, where rich, hands-on learning comes to life. Together, we’ll investigate the wonders of the plant world, search for birds and wildlife, and observe the ever-changing creek ecosystem. These creek visits offer children a chance to discover the hidden jewel just beyond our preschool yard—a space full of curiosity, growth, and connection to the earth.

School Kitchen

At Storybook, we go beyond just serving meals. We are growing an edible garden to promote hands-on gardening to table learning! Our daily lunches and snacks are carefully prepared to establish lifelong healthy habits in children. What's unique is that these meals are served friendship-style, with our teachers joining the children at the table. This not only helps in mealtime communication but also fosters skill development. Children are offered a variety of tasty and nutritious food, and they are encouraged to choose what they want to eat. We also celebrate our learning experiences and families by inviting loved ones from home to lunch. Check out our school menus with recipe links. Mangia! Mangia!

Love for Literacy

Storybook Village Preschool fosters a love for literacy and learning through shared reading experiences, creating a literacy-rich environment with quality books indoors and outdoors and meaningful conversations. Every moment counts—whether our educators promote self-help skills, support positive transitions, or diapering and caregiving routines, they are in a literacy-learning moment. In addition, the preschoolers build age-appropriate reading skills through the Zoo-phonics Multisensory Language Arts Program. As a result, toddlers and preschoolers master developmentally appropriate literacy and language skills that foster a love for literacy.

Family Involvement

Storybook is about embracing families' cultures and traditions as a mark of respect that tells our young children that where they come from matters as much as where they're going. Storybook provides many opportunities to build strong and positive home-school connections. Our goal is to be a place where all children and their families can feel comfortable being themselves within our caring community of learners and are encouraged to dream big by fostering their imagination and creativity every day. We hope each family's support network expands as they become members of our caring preschool community since everyone needs a village!