St. Thomas More Play Group

St. Thomas More Play Group describes a warm, nurturing, play-based early childhood program that encourages exploration, independence, and growth across children’s emotional, cognitive, social, and physical development. Their approach blends open-ended play and project work with a structured curriculum focused on language, literacy, and math readiness, while using enrichment in art, movement, music, science, library, and Spanish to spark curiosity, problem-solving, and joy in learning. (stthomasmoreplaygroup.org)

Applicants start by completing STMPG’s inquiry form; after submitting it, families receive instructions to create an account and self-schedule a parent tour, and they may also call the school directly. (stthomasmoreplaygroup.org) Tours for this cycle begin scheduling on September 3, 2025, take place in October through December, and families receive access to the online application only after completing the parent tour. (stthomasmoreplaygroup.org) The main stated eligibility requirements are age-based: for the 2027-28 school year, the Two’s class birthday range is January 1-June 15, 2025, and the Young Three’s class range is June 16-December 31, 2024; older-class applications are accepted only on a limited basis, and child visits are arranged after parent tours depending on the child’s age. (stthomasmoreplaygroup.org) STMPG says admission decisions follow ISAAGNY notification guidelines; for 2026-27, decisions were scheduled for February 26, 2026, with replies due by March 5, 2026. (stthomasmoreplaygroup.org) The public admissions page does not describe a formal waitlist, but it does state that places are offered based on space available after returning children and siblings of current attendees are considered, with additional attention to balancing ages, genders, and personalities within each group. (stthomasmoreplaygroup.org)