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Open House May 3
Please join us for our spring Open House on Sunday, May 3 from 10 am to 12 noon. Parents and children are welcome.
This is a chance to explore our spacious and beautiful school; experience ECPC-style art, snack and free play; and engage with current and prospective families.
It will be a fun morning for prospective preschoolers and a great chance to learn more about the programs and philosophy of our play-based cooperative.
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Yard sale May 2
When: May 2, 9 am-2 pm
What: The ECPC yard sale featuring housewares, furniture, kid and baby clothes and gear, etc contributed by our more than 60 families. Our Snack Shack will serve treats throughout. No early birds please.
Where: At ECPC, 7200 Moeser Lane, El Cerrito
Kids get their hands — and feet — on some really messy art
At ECPC, our philosophy of play-based education includes practicing preschool art as process, not product. We don’t make models of projects for children and just let them get into making their art, without focusing on what they create. Messy Art Day was designed to showcase that approach, and, boy, did the kids get into the process! At our 8th annual MAD, kids from the community joined ECPC students in some truly hands-on (and feet-in) art and science.
Projects included tire-swing spin art, enormous pools of oobleck (corn starch plus water, which behaves as a solid or liquid depending how much pressure you apply to it — crazy!), baking-soda-vinegar explosions, and splatter painting.
Thanks to all the volunteers who helped make this free community event a beautifully messy success!
ECPC holds first Grandparents Day
In February, ECPC held our first Grandparents & Special Friends Day. For an hour during the morning program and an hour during the afternoon program, the children welcomed their grandparents or other special friends and got to show off their school.
Kids and grandparents/friends played and sat down together for a group time, with readings of the stories, “How to Babysit a Grandpa” and “How to Babysit a Grandma.” The visitors also enjoyed a grownup snack and posed for family pictures.
The kids loved showing their grandparents around and the parents loved seeing three generations of the ECPC community gathering together. (Kids whose grandparents or special friends couldn’t participate were invited to bring photos or letters from them.)
Among comments from parents about the event:
“Incredibly heartwarming”
“Super special”
“How fun was it to see family resemblances?!”
Come on, co-op — let’s make this an annual tradition! 
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