HEA Preschool

Welcome to the Hebrew Educational Alliance Preschool

Preschool is a rewarding experience for children and their parents. It makes an important contribution to each child's growth and development through deep respect for the individual child, emphasis on developing creative thinking, a positive approach to language development, and promotion of cooperative effort. At the Hebrew Educational Alliance Preschool we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse Jewish community of learners.

We invite you to look into our happy, noisy, creative classrooms and see children at play. We want you to understand the validity of play and its importance in learning. Children learn through play based activities that allow them to mimic and define life experiences and achievements. Parents and teachers working together can create a rich and stimulating environment for your children.

HEA Preschool Vision Statement

The HEA preschool is a warm and inclusive second home for our families, one rooted in Jewish values and traditions and guided by best practices in early childhood education.  

We value learning and invest in extraordinary educators. We do this through competitive compensation, professional development and support. 

We recognize each child as a capable and valued member of our community. Our educators provide a safe, emotionally supportive setting to encourage playful inquiry and ensure our children gain the skills necessary to become lifelong learners. 

We believe that children, families, and educators should work in partnership to create an environment filled with love, exploration, and wonder. Through collaborative learning, we provide engaging outdoor and indoor spaces which foster creativity and imagination and support children's growth. 

We welcome and encourage families to connect with one another, to build lifelong relationships and to meaningfully engage in the HEA programs and in the broader Jewish community. 

Program Goals

The programs are designed to meet the individual child's needs and to promote continuous growth in the social, emotional, intellectual, physical and creative areas of development. Our programs emphasize the development of a positive Jewish identity through experiences involving Shabbat, Jewish holidays, blessings, culture and values.

Play is the major activity of all young children and the basic ingredient of their learning. It is the medium for self expression in the way each child organizes and makes sense of the world. To play is to invent, hypothesize, test, and discover. It provides the most permanent and meaningful learning of cognitive concepts. Play promotes social values. Social sensitivity is not something that is suddenly achieved. It is a slow process that involves learning how to share, cooperate, and empathize with others. Through play experiences the child learns to initiate and sustain relationships with others, building interpersonal trust and emotional maturity. We provide a large variety of constructive, dramatic, and creative materials and experiences.

Hebrew Educational Alliance Preschool Philosophy

Our purpose and prime responsibility is to provide a safe, wholesome environment where children enjoy socializing and learning. It is important that children between the ages of 12 months and five years develop a positive self-image, which will provide a solid beginning for future development.

Play is the major activity of all young children and the basic ingredient of their learning. It is the medium for self-expression in the way each child organizes and makes sense of the world. To play is to invent, hypothesize, test, and discover. It provides the most permanent and meaningful learning of cognitive concepts. Play promotes social values. Social sensitivity is not something that is suddenly achieved. It is a slow process that involves learning how to share, cooperate, and empathize with others, building interpersonal trust and emotional maturity. We provide a large variety of constructive, dramatic, and creative materials and experiences to facilitate this growth.

Our programs are carefully designed to meet the individual child’s needs and to promote continuous growth in the social, emotional, intellectual, physical and creative areas of development. Our programs emphasize the development of a positive Jewish identity through experiences involving Shabbat, Jewish holidays, blessings, culture and values.

The Hebrew Educational Alliance Preschool is guided by its rabbis, synagogue education department and lay leaders, and ascribes to the rabbinic teaching:

The world is sustained through Torah, Avodah – worship, and Gemilut Hasadim – acts of loving kindness.
- Pirke Avot 1:2

Program Highlights Include

• Parent – Tot for children ages 6-24 months
• Early arrival and extended day options
• Weekly Tot Shabbat Sing
• Yoga, Dance, Cooking, Science, and Music
• Experienced Teaching Staff
• Colorado Licensed and Inspected

If you have questions about our program, need forms, pricing information, or would like to set an appointment for a school visit please call Rebecca Paradis or Jamie Lambert in the Preschool office.

Hebrew Educational Alliance Preschool
3600 S Ivanhoe St, Denver, CO 80237-1196
Telephone: (303) 758-1462 | Fax: (303) 867-9850 | Email: rparadis@HEAdenver.org