Welcome to Start Here! Preschool.

Start Here! Preschool is a unique early childhood program designed for parents who have both the time and the interest in being involved in their preschoolers’ first educational experience.

Children’s learning should be developmentally appropriate and facilitated through play. We aim to promote and facilitate education in fine motor, gross motor, and social skills; all through play and gentle/choice educating, with parent involvement.

Our structure

Redmond’s oldest preschool established in 1973, Start! Here is incorporated as a co-op preschool and has only two paid staff-members: the teacher and their assistant. The school operates through the daily efforts of parents. It is parents who keep the child to adult ratio low by volunteering in class on a rotating basis. Parents also oversee the day-to-day operation of the school through filling positions on the school's non-profit board of directors.

As a result of this level of participation, parents have a familiarity with all aspects of their children's preschool experience that simply isn't possible through any other program structure.

Ways to support us

We are partnered with Fred Meyer for their community support program. This means that every time you shop there, you can be supporting us at no additional cost to you because of their give-back program.

Simply link your Shopper’s Card number to Start Here Preschool (nonprofit number EJ999) by going to their website or inquiring within the store.