MS5 Preschool is a play-based, culturally responsive Family Child Care home for 3- and 4-year-olds — partnering with Multnomah County's Preschool for All program. Free tuition. Free meals. Free transportation. Open year-round.
A small group, long days, a real home, and a curriculum that takes early learning seriously.
A small classroom of 16 children — enough peers to learn from, small enough that every child is known.
Full-day care, Monday through Friday — designed around the schedules real working parents actually have.
Open year-round with just 4 weeks of break — no scrambling for summer care.
A snapshot of how the program runs — built to meet Oregon Early Learning standards and Preschool for All values.
Our curriculum is play-based and intentional — built on the premise that young children are already capable thinkers, scientists, and storytellers. Our job is to set up the environment that lets that capability unfold.
Building self-regulation, empathy, friendship, and the ability to cooperate in a group — the strongest predictor of school success.
Rich oral language, vocabulary, story-telling, early phonological awareness, and book love — in English and home languages.
Counting, patterning, spatial reasoning, and problem-solving woven into block-building, cooking, and everyday play.
Hands-on exploration of the natural world, the body, and how everyday things work — driven by children's questions.
Open-ended art, music, dance, and outdoor active play — for expression, confidence, and gross-motor development.
An anti-bias framework where every child — Muslim, Black, Latino, immigrant, on an IFSP — knows their family story is honored here.
Predictable, unhurried, and full of choice — children thrive on routines they can count on.
We open enrollment as soon as Multnomah County confirms our PFA designation. Add your child to the waitlist now and we'll reach out the moment we can.