Creative Corners Preschool is designed to gently prepare your child for future educational encounters. Children are introduced to the lively, limitless world around them in weekly study units that include colors, shapes and letters. Art, music, large and small motor development and imaginative play are included in the curriculum. Each class meets twice a week for nine months. Children must be three or four years old by September 1. In order to keep the cost of this class reasonable, we ask that a parent volunteer in the classroom periodically. Parents will provide a snack and drink on their assigned day. Children must be toilet trained. No diapers or pull-ups please!
 Ms. Margaret Nuscher is beginning her 2nd year as director of the Fabulous 4's & 5's preschool program and brings more than 15 years of preschool teaching experience to the Park District, most recently having created and taught some of the early childhood programs here at Creative Corners. Ms. Nuscher enjoys developing hands-on activities that help children explore their world while preparing them for their formal school years ahead. She believes in providing a print-rich environment that promotes a love for looking at books and learning to read, and also enjoys making dramatic play centers to add extra fun to the monthly themes. Ms. Nuscher holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from McPherson College. She has enjoyed living in Des Plaines with her family for the past 13 years.
 Ms. Heidi Szalajka is entering her 2nd year as director of the Terrific 3's preschool program. Ms. S has more than 7 years of teaching experience with preschool children, including the District 62's SPARK program. Ms. S is extremely dedicated to early childhood education and enjoys seeing young children go through their first independent experience away form their parents. She also loves watching the wonderment in their faces as new enigmatic terms slowly reveal their most elementary forms through repetition and play. Ms. S has an Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts from Oakton Community College, is a member of the National Honor Society (Phi Theta Kappa) and a Presidential Scholar. She lives in Des Plaines with her husband and teenage son.
 Ms. Linda Solka is entering her 2nd year as the Teacher's Aide for the Creative Corners Terrific 3's program.. Prior to this position, Ms. S has worked in the park district in as a preschool instructor and as a sitter in the babysitting room at Prairie Lakes Community Center. Ms. S has been on the PTC board at Forest Elementary School and was also a volunteer for District 62 helping kindergarten and first grade students one on one. She has been a religious education teacher at St. Mary's Church in Des Plaines for the past 10 years, currently working with 7th graders. She lives in Des Plaines with her husband and three teenage children.
 Ms. Karen Toff is starting her 2nd year as the Teacher's Aide for the Fabulous 4's & 5's preschool program after having taught numerous classes for the park district over the last 14 years. Ms. T has taught Religious Education at St. Mary's Church in Des Plaines for several years and has been a Girl Scout Leader and parent volunteer throughout her children's years in school. Ms. T loves her role in helping your children make the transition from home to school and teaching them social skills along the way. She lives in Des Plaines with her husband and three children.
If you are interested in touring the Creative Corners classrooms, please call Brian Panek
at 847-391-5700, or contact him via e-mail: BrianP@desplainesparks.org.
The latest information about Creative Corners Preschool and Early Childhood programs
is available here, or by calling 847-391-5700.
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