Come Wonder, Explore, Discover with AAUW Preschool!

AAUW Preschool is a cooperative preschool where young children are respected, nurtured and encouraged. Everyday at AAUW, your child will have opportunities to wonder, explore and discover in our indoor and outdoor learning environments. Children walk into a classroom structured by the teacher and see a world of endless possibilities. They initiate and engage with a wide variety of materials that encompass all learning areas. Through this purposeful play, children make connections that build knowledge.

AAUW Preschool offers many special moments and opportunities for learning and growth every school year including: Watching worms compost classroom scraps in our worm bed, trying out a variety of musical instruments, walking through our new butterfly garden, experiencing dance with a real ballerina, listening to guest readers from the Great Lakes Navy Base, exploring emotions through stories with Miss Francine, hiking through the Van Patten Woods with Miss Jan of the Woods, as well as discovering the natural world through our enhanced outdoor curriculum. The director and teaching staff are well-versed in the following areas: language development, math, science, ecology, the arts, play environments, brain development and child development. Family events and parent workshops are scheduled throughout the school year.

The AAUW Preschool facility was specifically designed as a preschool with children in mind. It includes large, low windows, child-sized sinks and bathrooms in each classroom and one-way mirrors for parents to observe their children. It is situated on a large one-acre lot, which allows for more outdoor learning and playing. Our large fenced outdoor environment is an extension of the indoor classroom and allows for large motor development and learning through nature. In addition to large climbing equipment, a tricycle path, outdoor playhouse and sledding hill, the outdoor learning environment includes a sensory path, a boardwalk through a butterfly garden, and a new loose parts play area.

We nurture a sense of wonder…foster exploration…and celebrate discovery.

Our preschool fosters life-long learning and independent thinkers through play and hands-on exploration. We offer:

• Low Student/Teacher Ratio (7:1)
• Experienced staff and teachers
• Parent involvement
• Preschool designed facility
• Safe outdoor learning area
• Quiet neighborhood location on a one-acre lot

We invite you to get to know us better. Please contact Sheila or Madi at (847) 623-0550 or office@aauwnurseryschool.org if you have additional questions or to schedule a visit. You may also visit our website (www.aauwpreschool.org) and our Facebook page.

About AAUW Preschool

Originally named AAUW Nursery School, AAUW Preschool was founded in 1953 by the American Association of University Women (AAUW). AAUW Preschool programs have been time-tested over 60 years and have also consistently exceeded the national standards for quality in early childhood education. The school is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the gold standard of high-quality early childhood education and an honor awarded to fewer than ten percent of early childhood programs nation-wide. AAUW Preschool serves students from northern Lake County, Illinois—including Waukegan, Gurnee, Great Lakes, Wadsworth, Beach Park and Zion, as well as southern Wisconsin. We offer a variety of half-day programs for three, four and five-year olds and weekly parent-child classes for toddlers.

AAUW Preschool
2500 N. Northern Ave., Waukegan 60087
(847) 6233-0550
www.aauwnurseryschool.org

Article by Melissa Haak

Melissa is mom to 4. She used to dream of traveling the world, now she dreams of a clean kitchen. She writes about all the sticky bits of motherhood at Peanut Butter in my Hair, and hides from her children on Twitter. She can be found on most social media sites as @PBinmyHair.

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