Cary Park District Winter/Spring 2017 Program Guide | Page 17

Our Philosophy Our goal is to create a positive, sensitive, and responsive environment to help children feel valued and grow with each learning experience. Through developmentally appropriate activities, we foster physical, emotional, social, and cognitive growth while promoting a lifetime love for learning. Our Program Goals Provide opportunities to explore, play, experiment, and problem solve through teacher directed and student initiated activities based on curriculum aligned with Illinois Early Learning Standards. Our Teachers Our nurturing and experienced teachers provide a safe, caring, and consistent environment for young children. Our teachers have obtained college degrees and are qualified in early childhood development. They also attend conferences, seminars, and trainings to keep current with issues in early childhood education, health, and safety. Promote a child’s sense of individual worth and belonging as part of a group and community. Create a language, math, and science rich environment that understands and meets the developmental needs of each child socially, emotionally, physically, and intellectually through literature, cooperative learning, and dramatic play. Establish constant parent communication through daily conversations, conferences, and progress reports encouraging a home to school connection through nurturing positive relationships. Promote awareness of the larger community with visitors and field trips. Field trips and guest visitors are planned to extend your child’s learning experiences, enhancing their understanding of the environment, their community, themselves and the world around them through hands-on discovery and exploration. Follow the guidelines for kindergarten readiness skills. What Families Are Saying About the Cary Park District Preschool Our family recently moved to Cary from out of state. We hoped to find a preschool our daughter would be comfortable attending. Cary Park District Preschool has far exceeded our expectations. Our daughter is eager to go to school, has a class full of friends, and comes home wanting to teach us all she learned that day. She loves her teachers and is so excited to see them at community events. Our family could not be happier with our choice to send her to Cary Park District Preschool, and we are certain her little brother will attend too as soon as he is old enough. - The Johnson Family Preschool Photo Gallery Visit carypark.com to view a photo gallery of pictures taken throughout this school year. Making the decision to send our son to Cary Park District Preschool was easy given all the positive recommendations we received from other families in Cary. We now understand firsthand why everyone loves the Preschool! The teachers and facilities lend to a friendly, comfortable environment that is the perfect fit for our family. Our son has flourished and his younger brother and sister will also attend in the coming years. We appreciate both the education and social interaction provided. - David & Sarah Voss Preschool Video Visit carypark.com to view a video to see some of the great features the Cary Park District Preschool has to offer. www.carypark.com | 15