They’re living la dolce vita.

Toddlers at Long Island’s only Italian preschool program are happily trading mixing Play-Doh for pizza dough — and the bilingual activities are so popular with the bambinos, adults are signing up, too.

“We have had families come from Queens — Rego Park, Howard Beach… and as far east as Cutchogue,” mom and former teacher Catrina Percontino told The Post of her Per Tutti Language and Cultural Center in St. James.

A Long Island Italian pre-k is such a hit with kids that adults want to join. Per Tutti owner Catrina Percontino is seen doing counting lessons with children. James Messerschmidt

“We do aim at least 90% of the day to speak to them in Italian,” added the mom of three, who used to teach the Romance language to high schoolers, and also Spanish at the middle school level.

Children of various backgrounds also learn about Italian culture, including by growing a vegetable garden with plants like zucchini and basil at the popular Suffolk County facility that opened in fall 2023.

The play areas include a pretend pizzeria. James Messerschmidt

The bocce court is a massive hit with the kids. James Messerschmidt

Little ones enrolled at Per Tutti also enjoy play areas that mimic pizza kitchens and gelaterias — as well as a lengthy bocce court in the backyard.

“They love bocce now, it’s like bowling for them,” said Percontino, who also concocted a child-friendly, flour-based dough mixture that tots knead for fun as an indoor activity.

Last week, the little ones danced to songs about the legend of La Befana — the friendly witch who pays good kids a post-Christmas visit in early January — and received colorful instruction on Festa del Tricolore, better known as Italian flag day.

The ragazzi are so keen to learn the language that they independently count down in Italiano on the swing set — and are introducing their parents to the language as well.

“Even the quiet ones” can’t resist speaking up around their families, said Percontino, who sends out newsletters for the adults to keep up.

“Now, they have a little bit of help at home to learn with the kids,” she said.

Grown-ups at Percontino’s separate mommy-and-me classes have been swayed by the jovial children’s programs to join her adult evening language and culture courses.

Kids often mix dough as a fun activity. James Messerschmidt

Dough making is a favorite for the children. James Messerschmidt

“I’m telling you, the adults have, if not just as much, more fun than the kids,” she said.

“Not pretend dough, but we do offer workshops where we’ve made pasta fresca — fresh pasta, tagliatelle, we’ve made gnocchi. We have also had a tiramisu workshop.”

Percontino, 38, said she left teaching and took a leap of faith to open Per Tutti because she was shocked to see so few Italian educational centers on the paisan proud island.

Adults, seeing how much fun the kids have, also sign up for classes. Catrina Percontino

When planning field trips for her Italian students, she had to go all the way to Westchester to find anything suitable.

“I started thinking how, for my own children, I would love to have a place where I could be with other families, and my children could be exposed to the language more outside the home,” Percontino said.

Her two youngest, Alessandro, 4, and Elena, 2, are part of the preschool program, while her eldest, Michael, 7, still gets plenty of Italian at home.

Percontino’s backyard is where Per Tutti first began in summer 2023.

The concept quickly expanded like the Roman Empire to its current space across from St. James Elementary School, largely thanks to word of mouth.

People even signed up after seeing Percontino playing with her own kids in a library while speaking Italian to them and watching how much fun they had.

Per Tutti is now so popular it has nearly 8,000 Instagram followers.

Per Tutti first began in Percontino’s backyard in summer 2023. Catrina Percontino

Per Tutti recently had a fun day learning about La Befana, the Italian Christmas witch. James Messerschmidt

“This is definitely one of the hardest things I’ve ever done,” the owner said.

“The most difficult, but also the most rewarding.”

Even on rough days, the plethora of parents who love Per Tutti and its owner will let Percontino know, in Chazz Palminteri fashion, that now youse can’t leave.

Running Per Tutti is a labor of love. James Messerschmidt

Kids love their time at Per Tutti. James Messerschmidt

“I have a really great community of people here, and they’re not letting me give up,” she said.

“So we’re going to keep going, and we have some big plans for the future.”