Welcome to the Phebe Anna Thorne School

The Phebe Anna Thorne School was established in 1952 as a laboratory nursery school at Bryn Mawr College. The Thorne School offers a developmentally oriented, child-centered program in which children develop a sense of competence and well-being within the group through play, problem-solving and social interaction.

At the Thorne School, materials are organized within activity areas in a fashion that invites active exploration, discovery and the development of mastery. Through these activities, children learn to exercise control over their environment and to develop their own strengths and creative ideas.

Thorne Traditional Preschool

The Thorne School offers two morning programs, one for three-year-olds and one for four-year-olds. Although the Thorne School Traditional Preschool is designed for normally developing children, children with special needs can be considered for admission if their needs can be met in the regular classroom.

Our facilities include a unit block room, two art rooms, two play rooms and a large outside play yard. In a warm, supportive, relatively self-structured environment, children are given the opportunity to make choices and decisions, organize their own activities and develop confidence in their own abilities.

For information on the Thorne School Language Enrichment Preschool Program and schedules, please see the Centers & Programs page.

Thorne Kindergarten

In the Fall of 2004, Bryn Mawr College and Thorne School opened a kindergarten center on the campus of neighboring Haverford College. Located in a recently renovated 19th-century farmhouse, the Kindergarten Center houses two programs, the Kindergarten and the Language Enrichment Kindergarten. The Thorne Kindergarten is an extension of the Thorne Traditional Preschool and is suitable for families looking for a small, nurturing, child-centered, full-day kindergarten program. The program may be especially appropriate for children with summer birthdays who might benefit from an additional year before attending their future elementary school.

For information on the Thorne School Language Enrichment Kindergarten and schedules, please see the Centers & Programs page.

For More Information

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The Phebe Anna Thorne School
Bryn Mawr College
1029 Wyndon Ave.
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899

Call: 610-526-7913

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