Creative Corners Preschool Has The Recipe For Success

New teachers! New friends! New classrooms! These are the three perfect ingredients for an exciting school year at the Des Plaines Park District Creative Corners Preschool. On Tuesday, September 8, the Terrific 3’s and the Fabulous 4’s & 5’s began their new preschool adventure. Students spent the morning making new friends, getting to know their teachers, creating art projects, and having fun. They explored their rooms, played outside on the playground, and had plenty of time for imaginative play with the toys and games in their rooms. Over the course of the year, they will learn early academic concepts including letters and sounds, numbers, colors and shapes. They will also learn about holidays, life cycles, and the world around them. Beginning this year, learning will go high-tech with new SMART Boards, SMART Tables and Apple iPads. This technology was made possible through a generous grant from Rivers Casino.
The Terrific 3’s program helps foster socialization and independence, while introducing children to a classroom setting. Preschoolers learn to follow directions, line up, and share with others in a group. Art activities promote fine motor skill development through drawing, cutting, and gluing. Children are introduced to shape, number, and color recognition through puzzles and themed activities. Gross motor skills are enhanced through gym and outdoor play on the playground. The four and five year-old program prepares children for Kindergarten. “We have the privilege of often being the child’s first educational experience,” said Margaret Nuscher, Preschool Director for the Fabulous 4’s and 5’s. “We make sure that all our children love to come to school and learn to love learning.”
“Reading readiness is one of our goals,” said Nuscher. “We introduce upper and lower case letters, and their sounds, through themed weekly units. For example, we will launch a sailboat to study the letter “S” and pitch a tent to study “T”.”
Registration is still available for many of the Des Plaines Park District’s early education classes, offering classes for children beginning as early as age 18 months. For more information visit www.DPParks.org, or call 847-391-5700.

Photo: 1 “School is fun”, says Rubi Urquiza as she begins the school year in the Fabulous 4’s & 5’s class of Creative Corners Preschool.

Photo: 2 Molly Metzer is playing on the playground with her new classmates on day one of the 2015-2016 school year. Molly is in the Terrific 3’s program at Creative Corners Preschool.

Photo: 3 Rhea Greer is all smiles as she gets ready to start school at Creative Corners Preschool.
Photo: 4 Edyta Krzemien capturing the moment as her son David is about to enter Creative Corners Preschool on the first day of school.

Photo: 5 Gabrys Skretkowski is having fun with trucks in the three-year-old classroom of Creative Corners Preschool.

Photo: 6 Valerie Kaczmarek is getting encouragement from Ms. Margaret, the Fabulous 4’s & 5’s Preschool Director, as she colors shapes on the first day of school at Creative Corners Preschool.