Open our door and it should feel like walking through the one at home. That is the whole idea

Wooden play house and loose parts materials arranged in trays on a classroom shelf

Higher Elevations Learning Place promotion, PFA sibling half-off tuition, save 50 percent for a full year

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PFA Sibling Half-Off Tuition
Save 50 percent for a full year.

Enroll a new student in our Preschool for All program by September 1, 2026, and one year of care for a 12-month to 36-month old comes at half price.
Terms apply.

Ages 6 weeks to 6 years. ERDC welcome.

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Reggio-Inspired Child Care and Preschool in Northeast Portland

Name: Higher Elevations Learning Place
Address: 12029 Northeast Ainsworth Circle, Portland, OR, 97220-1026, US
Telephone: 503-255-1056

Higher Elevations Learning Place cares for children from six weeks through six years in Northeast Portland. Our rooms are named for the meadows and mountains around us. Sprouts, Buttercups, Huckleberries, Bluebirds, Hawks, and Chickadees. In every one of them, children follow what they are curious about, and teachers work right alongside them.

Ages 6 weeks to 6 years - Monday through Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm - 12029 NE Ainsworth Circle - USDA breakfast, lunch, and snacks - ERDC welcome

Our Mission

Children learn best when they are trusted to lead. That belief shapes every room in this building.

We follow the Reggio Emilia approach, so children investigate the questions that matter to them and teachers pay close attention to where those questions go. Our infants and youngest toddlers are cared for using RIE principles, which lets even the smallest children set their own pace.

Families are part of this. You know your child in ways we never will, and we build the year around what you tell us.

Every child who walks in here can get where they need to go. Our job is to clear the path and walk it with them.

At Higher Elevations Learning Place, we elevate not just children's learning, but the entire ecosystem that surrounds them—one family, one partnership, one community connection at a time.

A Higher Elevations classroom with wooden tables, open shelving, and children's bird artwork

Six Rooms, Six Names, One Climb

Sprouts, 6 weeks to 12 months. New beginnings, held by teachers trained in RIE.

Buttercups, 12 to 18 months. Six short months of first friendships and first words.

Huckleberries, 18 to 24 months. Curiosity, rich language, and joyful mess.

Bluebirds, 24 to 36 months. A cohort of eight growing into preschoolers together.

Mt. Rainier Hawks, 3 to 5 years. Mixed age, soaring ceilings, a summit feeling.

Mt. Baker Chickadees, 3 to 5 years. Mixed age, warm, and close as a flock.