About Us
Our Goals...
To provide your child with opportunities to socialize and interact with peers.
To introduce your child to behaviors and processes that are expected in an educational setting.
To help your child practice listening and sharing with others.
To help your child develop language skills through communication.
To introduce children to the enjoyment of books.
To give your child the opportunities to make choices, decisions and resolve problems in an appropriate way.
To help your child discover and respect individual differences and smilarities, (feelings and interests). (Click here for our brochure)
To help your child follow directions, (starting with one instruction and moving on to a short series of instructions).
To work with your child on recognition of their own name.
To provide experiences in art, music, and drama.
To give opportunities to use various art mediums such as paper, clay, glue, scissors, etc., and gain age-appropriate competency.
To introduce your child to numbers, letters, shapes and colors in a variety of ways and gain age-appropriate competency.
To provide opportunities for both small and large motor skills to be developed.
To encourage awareness and interaction within community by guest speakers and activities.
Facility and Program
The preschool classrooms are designed with equipment recommended by the National Association of Childhood Education and meet Iowa's fire and safety codes. The school also has a spacious outdoor play area. Our school is a non-profit corporation fully licensed by the State of Iowa. A copy of the license is available through the State of Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.
The program includes health projects, free play, creative arts, visitors, music, fingerplays, story time and outdoor play, to meet your child's physical, social, intellectual and emotional needs.
Many of our activities are planned around units such as holidays, seasons, community helpers, food and health, ABC's, numbers, colors, shapes, etc.
We meet level 2 of the Iowa Department of Human Services Quality Review System.
Ages of Children Served
The 3 & 4 year-old class is open to children who will be 3 years of age by September 15th and are potty trained.
The 4 & 5 year-old class is open to children who will be 4 to 5 years of age by September 15th.
If your child turns 3 years of age between September 16th and December 31st, he or she will be eligible to enroll in January following the December holiday break.
Class Sessions
The 3 & 4 year-old (Caterpillars) classroom meets three days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) in AM or PM.
Parents may choose 2 days per week.
The 4 & 5 year-old (Butterflies) classroom meets four days a week in AM (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday).
The 4 & 5 year-old (Butterflies) classroom meets three days a week in PM (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).