Founded in 1939, Beverley Hills Church Preschool is the oldest parent co-operative preschool in Virginia. We are a lively community of children, families and teachers with a strong tradition of parent leadership, collaborative effort, and child-sensitive frameworks for growth and learning. Beverley Hills Church Preschool, in sustained partnership with the Beverley Hills United Methodist Church , is a place that has always valued the growth and learning of all in our midst. The core of our educational philosophy is that children actively make meaning from their learning encounters, whether through direct interaction with materials and phenomena in their environment or through social interactions with peers and adults. The teacher’s role is that of skilled facilitator, partnering with families and the children together in the learning endeavor to guide the acquisition of knowledge and skills and to nurture positive dispositions for lifelong learning. We believe our school is a learning lab for children, teachers and families.

We at BHCP work to guide each child toward achieving her or his fullest potential while fostering a sense of security and confidence. As a community, BHCP offers a meaningful forum from which parents can grow personally in their understanding of their children and the educational process.

BHCP's preschool program implements a framework of developmental appropriateness. All aspects of the program reflect an understanding of each child's uniqueness and consideration of both individual and age appropriateness. We are an inclusive preschool and children of all abilities are welcome in our program. We recognize play as the natural mode of learning and therefore spend the majority of each school day engaged in child-initiated activity.

Children’s interests, questions, problems, and creative ideas, along with those of the teachers, are incorporated into planned activities (curriculum planning) as well as spontaneous responses. Teachers combine their understanding of child development and their keen observations of the children in their class to provide a program that is dynamic, unique, and reflective of a variety of current practices in early childhood education.