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Creative Corners Preschool

Come grow with us. Registration for the 2025–2026 school year is open!

Monday, September 8, 2025 — Friday, May 15, 2026

We have a variety of unique preschool classes for ages 2–5. Children must be 2, 3 or 4 years old by September 1, 2025, following District 62 guidelines.

Complete Creative Corners Preschool information is in our Spectrum Program Guide.
Download a pdf of the 2025-2026 Creative Corners Program information now

› Check here for Early Childhood Classes

To take advantage of our Monthly Payment Plan, please register in-person at the Leisure Center.

Contact Candice.Morden@DPParks.org or call 847-391-5700.

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We’ve been helping students learn and grow for more than 40 years

The Creative Corners Preschool Program provides each student with a quality early childhood experience by creating an atmosphere where students can grow socially, emotionally, physically, and intellectually, through an engaging and exploratory curriculum.

Our team uses the Illinois Early Learning & Development Standards in their teaching of academic skills to build a strong foundation, achieve benchmarks, and school-readiness.

We offer a variety of classes that provide both flexibility in scheduling and unique curricula designed to maximize your student’s academic achievement.

Circle time is a group gathering during which we share our ideas, plans, and observations. Circle activities are designed to stimulate youngsters’ thinking, enrich their social skills and expand their attention spans.

Gross-motor activities give students the opportunity to use their muscles—as well as their imaginations—as they engage in fun, healthy exercises, such as running, jumping and climbing. We also plan time for physical activity that encourages play in our gymnasium or interactive playground.

Fine-motor activities help improve small-muscle development and eye-hand coordination. Some common items found in the fine-motor/manipulative area include puzzles, beads and laces, pegboards, crayons and scissors.

Art activities help students creatively express their thoughts and feelings. They help reinforce fine-motor skills and concept development in areas such as colors, shapes and size relationships.

Dramatic-play activities help students express themselves, practice life skills, improve social skills, increase self-esteem, build vocabulary and solve problems. And, well, dramatic play is just plain fun!

Music activities promote students’ listening skills, creative expression, and social skills. In music, students can explore sound, volume, tempo, and rhythm.

Science activities offer students many hands-on opportunities for observation, exploration, investigation, making predictions and experimentation.

Sand and water activities allow students to experiment with textures and the properties of different substances. These activities also promote the development of other skills, such as math, science and language.

Block play gives students experience with many different concepts, such as shape and size discrimination, spatial relationships, number skills, balance, organization, cause and effect, and classification. Cooperative play skills, problem solving, and creativity are also promoted in block play.

Story time is designed to help students develop an appreciation and enjoyment of literature. Reading activities enhance children’s vocabulary and comprehension skills, and also expand their knowledge base

  • Lunch from noon-12:30p
  • Free play 12:30-1:00p
  • Specialty activities 1:00–2:00p
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