About Kids Village
โImagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.โ
– Albert Einstein
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Kids Village Programs
Kids Village offers private preschool and kindergarten programs for children ages 2 1/2 – 6 years old.
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Curriculum & Workshops
Traditional academic classes are alternated with workshops that teach lifelong skills, creativity, and exploration.
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Awards & Recognition
Kids Village has been voted Best Preschool in Utah Valley, Best Private Preschool in Utah, and โBest of the Bestโ in Education.
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OUR STORY
Kids Village is a Magical Storybook Village Preschool & Kindergarten in Orem, Utah
While Kids Village in Orem, Utah is known for its beautiful aesthetics, it’s the award-winning academics & heartfelt mission that truly set it apart.
When Kids Village was founded nearly 15 years ago, founder Ann Whittaker didnโtย haveย grandย expectationsย of what Kids Village would soon become. Her driving force wasย not to build a successful business, butย to answer a desperate need for programs, support, and a positiveย environment for children of all talents and academic abilities.
As a mother, Ann experienced firsthand how traditional educationย sometimesย stiflesย or forgetsย children with talents and passionsย different fromย those with natural academic abilities. Annโs daughter fit into a traditional role of an excelling student. She was labeled as โgifted and talentedโ and was givenย opportunities and programs that helped to build her confidence and drive her even further ahead.
Annโs son, however, was labeled as โdevelopmentally delayedโ due to a speech delay. He was placed in an old trailer behind the schoolย withย a collection of students who hadย differing levels of cognitive and intellectual challenges. Without a way to reasonably individualize learning and development based on each studentโs personal educational progressions, theย limitedย teachers instead had to teachย the groupย to the best of their abilities given the wide spectrum of learning styles and capacities.
โOne day when my son was four years old, he said to me, โHow come Iโll never be good at anything?โ said Ann. โIt broke my heart he felt that way.ย I truly believe that childrenย whoย grow up with people telling them they are smart or talented will flourish under that perception.ย I also believe that when children like my son are told they are โdevelopmentally delayed,โ theyโll shrink and wither intoย that label. There was no way I was going to let that happen to my son.โ
Instead of finding a program that would help Chaseย discoverย his gifts and confidence, Chase and Ann instead found frustration. With neither academics nor sports coming naturally, and with soย fewย programs available, Ann felt helpless as a mother. โThat wasย the moment for me,โ said Ann. โWhy donโt we offer more? Why isnโt there moreย availableย for childrenย of all skills and talents?โ
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Best Private Preschool in Utahย 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, & 2019 by Best of State
Best Early Childhood Educatorย in Utah 2016, 2017, & 2018 by Best of State
Best of State Statue (BOSS) Award, “Best of the Best”ย in Education 2017ย by Best of State
Kids Village
Orem, Utah 84057
801-235-9999