Corner Co-op Nursery School

Our kids love the Corner Co-op since the first day when they joined the nursery school. The school makes you feel like you’re part of a bigger family from the beginning. It fosters and supports our kids love of play, sing, build or just running around. The teachers initiate activities to support creative playing, social interactions between the group, or just to have fun. As a family that arrived internationally, as parents, we also felt part of the community from the beginning. Its environment allowed us to develop our first friendships coming from another country. We highly recommend the Corner Co-op Nursery School and are glad to be part of it!

I highly recommend the Corner Co-op for your children. The Co-op provides a safe environment for kids where they can learn different skills through games and be treated with respect and care. The teachers are outstanding. They take care of every kid and make sure that families are involved in the process. In fact, they follow an open-door policy where every parent can go and be with the kids throughout the session. Finally, I'd like to highlight the strong sense of community generated by the Corner Co-op. Through multiple events such as potlucks, puppet shows, and recurrent parent meetings, a network of support is generated across the Co-op's families. In summary, the Co-op has been the best experience we could ever give our kids!

What we wanted for our kids is to let them be kids for as long as possible. We wanted to find a place where they could be able to play and be physically active, where they could be creative, supported by warm and caring adults, and where they could be simply happy. When we learnt about the Corner Co-op Nursery School we did not look any further. We love that kids are able to choose what they want to do at any particular time and teachers simply follow their leads. That way, whether it's train track building, creating an art project or playing games, kids stay focused on one thing they are really interested in. Several stations (like play dough table, painting station) and areas (like block room, reading corner, music or dress-up area), that are always ready for kids to use, allow this to happen. We also love that kids spend a lot of time outdoors. This is fairly easy to happen because of the Co-op's courtyard and the fact that Waldstein Park, together with its playground, sprinkles during warm weather months, and sledding slope during Winter time, is literally a step away. The latter is a huge advantage of the Corner Co-op. Kids don't need to line up and use a walking rope to get outside; most of them simply run :) What also distinguishes the Corner Co-op Nursery School from other childcare centers is the amount of additional events happening. Kids go apple picking, take part in JP Lantern Parade, they have maple sugaring field trip, visit fire station, and learn about Boston animals and their homes in Boston Nature Center. Additionally, there are puppet shows, PJ Parties, pinatas and potlucks. The great thing is that all: current, alumni and prospective families, together with siblings and friends, are always welcome to attend those events. This way, the Corner Co-op Nursery School, through 50 years since its opening, became a part of Brookline's community, and it is great to see how the Co-op values its alumni and how its alumni cherish their time in this unique place. What we didn't know when looking for a preschool, was that we would become a part of the Corner Co-op's family. Coming to Brookline from Europe to raise kids without our "village", we are extremely grateful for finding not only a place where our kids could thrive, but also a place where we as parents could find support and friends for years to come.

The Corner Co-op is so much more than a preschool. It is an amazing community that lasts well beyond the time your child is in attendance. We recently moved to Brookline and the Corner Co-op quickly became an anchor in our transition, helping us to make friends and feel at home. Our daughter has made so many wonderful friends, and we have found a warm and supportive community. The teachers are kind, flexible, silly, and so much fun. Being able to be involved in the school and experience the magic that goes on in the classroom is such a gift. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a magical preschool setting!

Our children have loved attending Corner Co-op! It is a fun, loving and nurturing environment that allows children to be children and learn through play. The staff are loving and devoted to the children as well as their families. The Co-op community is also very supportive of each other and work with the staff to make the school as special as it. We have been so happy to see our kids thrive at Corner Co-op!