Grasshopper Green School, Annandale

Founded in 1939, Grasshopper Green is the oldest private school in Northern Virginia. Beginning in the old Christ Church in Arlington before relocating to Annandale, Grasshopper Green has had a long tradition of excellence. Our school today, originally a farmhouse which was converted to a school in 1962, is a warm and comforting environment for learning and discovering. Our secluded campus includes 3 buildings: a gymnasium, meadow, blacktop, and a large, 3 acre playground. It is a unique pre-school run by teachers and staff who love children and thrive on watching them grow. Dedicated to individual growth and development, Grasshopper Green is more than the typical day care center caring for children ages 2-5 years. We know that choosing a pre-school for your child is a big step. We want you to make the right choice. Stop by for a tour of our school; tours are given daily. You'll love our loving teachers, home-like atmosphere, and park-like setting. A Child's Place, Inc and Vivlow & Co. do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, or ethnic origin in admission, administration of its educational policies and the enforcement of enrollment policies. Classes At Grasshopper Green children are placed in classes with other children close to their age. Daily they interact with each other by playing with toys, reading books, working on arts and crafts, and playing on our large, secluded playground. They learn social skills that will help them throughout their lives. The children work on different units in their classrooms that teaches them their letters, numbers, shapes, and colors by doing crafts, working on worksheets, reading stories, and singing songs. They also do projects for the holidays as well as study the environment, the 5 senses, dinosaurs, and more. To get exercise and release energy each day, weather permitting, the children go outside and enjoy our large, private, wooded playground. To add to what the children do in the classrooms each day, we use the High Reach curriculum. Each week all pre-school students have gym class twice a week and music class once a week. Once they enter a three-year old classroom they go to computer class once a week and once they enter a four-year old classroom they go to spanish twice a week as well. Each of these special classes is with a teacher other than their regular classroom teachers.