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Find Trusted Pre-K Schools Near Me in Mokena, IL

We have 18 pre-k schools in Mokena, IL! Compare and find the best pre-k school to fit your needs.

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Kids Station Inc

9453 Enterprise Dr Mokena, IL

< 1 mi

Child care
Kids Station Inc located in 9453 Enterprise Drive Mokena Illinois is a daycare center that provides a nurturing environment to children under its care. It serves infants, toddlers, pre-kindergartens and school age children. The center has a capacity of 81 children at the maximum.
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St. Paul Lutheran Preschool

6201 Vollmer Road Matteson, IL

8 mi

Academic
Developmental (play-based)
Faith based
Preschool
Child care
We are a Christian preschool offering full and half day programs to children, ages three through five years. Our mission is to provide a Christ-centered education to prepare children for Kindergarten through pre-reading, writing, rhyming, math, and language development and to increase their knowledge and practice of Christian actions towards others such as taking turns, listening, helping, waiting, caring, sharing, loving, and thanking others.
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Mi Sol Academy

14249 S Wolf Rd. Orland Park, IL

5 mi

Montessori
Preschool
Kindergarten
Child care
Mi Sol Montessori Academy is raising the bar and we are starting early! We are a Montessori early childhood, kindergarten and early elementary learning center. Since 2006, we have been offering our students a superior educational experience. Our Montessori school features a true immersion language program in Spanish. The program is designed to immerse the child in our target foreign language (Spanish), so as to turn out functionally bi-lingual learners. Furthermore, our academic curriculum is designed to exceed State of Illinois curriculum outcomes. Our Montessori teachers are highly qualified possessing University Degrees, Montessori Certification, Special Education Degrees, K-9 State Certification, Spanish Degrees, Psychology Degrees, Education Degrees and years of Montessori teaching experience in a Spanish language immersion environment. This program explores the child s potential, allowing the child to excel academically while at the same time fostering and nurturing positive character traits. We encourage the child to be himself and allow him the freedom to take ownership of learning activities. If you are looking for an alternative to typical, traditional schools and you want to provide your child Spanish, a love of discovery, a healthy self-esteem, encourage independence and challenge him academically, then Mi Sol Academy is for your family.
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Bobbie Noonan's Child Care

947 E Division St Lockport, IL

10 mi

Bobbie Noonan's Child Care provides a childcare program in Lockport, Illinois. They encourage the children's holistic growth through play-based and child-centered activities. They also aim to develop the children's social skills, emotional growth, and physical coordination. Bobbie Noonan's Child Care welcomes pre-K children and is open Mondays to Fridays from six AM to six PM.
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Bobbie Noonan's Child Care

7901 167th St Tinley Park, IL

5 mi

Preschool
Kindergarten
Child care
Bobbie Noonan's Child Care located in Tinley Park, IL has a comprehensive program that maximizes your child's learning potential through experiential opportunity in a variety of age- appropriate contexts from Toddlers, Nursery, Juniors, Pre-K, Kindergarten and Summer Camp. They are open on weekdays from 6:30 am to 6:00 pm.
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Bobbie Noonan's Child Care-Tinley Park

17051 Grissom Dr Tinley Park, IL

5 mi

Preschool
Kindergarten
Child care
Bobbie Noonan's Child Care located in Tinley Park, IL has a comprehensive program that maximizes your child's learning potential through experiential opportunity in a variety of age- appropriate contexts from Nursery, Juniors, Pre-K, Kindergarten and Summer Camp. They are open on weekdays from 6:30 am to 6:00 pm.
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La Petite Academy Child Care-New Lenox

2120 Calistoga Drive New Lenox, IL

4 mi

Preschool
Child care
La Petite Academy in New Lenox, Illinois offers a variety of child care and early learning services designed to support the developmental needs of infant up to school-age children. La Petite Academy’s services include infant and toddler care, preschool learning programs, a private kindergarten, and various enrichment programs for elementary students.
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Christian Palos Preschool

57 S Woodland Trl Palos Park, IL

9 mi

Preschool
Christian Palos Preschool is dedicated to the education of children in an environment designed to stimulate and develop the child’s love of learning. Their goal is to build a strong foundation for the child, which will enhance a successful and confident transition into kindergarten.
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Parkview Christian Church Preschool & Kindergarten

11100 Orland Pkwy Orland Park, IL

5 mi

Child care
Parkview Christian Church Preschool & Kindergarten based in Orland Park, IL is a ministry of the Parkview Christian Church providing quality learning experiences for children ages three to five years old. The school offers innovative Preschool, Kindergarten, and After School Care programs.
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American Butterflies Home ChildCare

21655 W. Division St. Lockport, IL

10 mi

Outdoor/nature
Developmental (play-based)
Preschool
Child care
I am a licensed child care provider with an extensive background in child care, including, but not limited to, public pre-schools, private child care centers, and pre-schools. We have fun learning. Our large play areas and small group size enable us to enhance each individual child's growth and development.
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Mary Sears Children's Academy

16807 S. 108th Ave. Orland Park, IL

5 mi

Preschool
Kindergarten
Child care
Since 1964, Mary Sears Children's Academy has been providing high, quality child care. Mary Sears, mother of seven children, with a doctorate's degree understands the desperate need of high, quality child care, education and positive guidance. Come and visit! See for yourself all the smiling faces in our open, spacious, clean rooms. Mary Sears offers children of all ages, 6 weeks to 12 years, love and understanding. Our warm, qualified staff understands the stages of development and meets your child's total needs: emotionally, socially, intellectually, and physically. All Mary Sears schools have wide, open playgrounds( up to three acres) where your child can run, laugh and have fun. Our playgrounds have several species of trees that allow your child to experience our seasons from springtime with bird nests to collecting leaves in the fall. Birds of different colors and sizes like: cardinals, blue jays, red wing blackbirds, sparrows, finches and one of our schools has an owl! This is all naturally found at Mary Sears schools. NO OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS WHAT WE OFFER! Inside our school, children are separated by age and development. Mary Sears has programs to meet each child's needs. Challenging your child from his/her first day, Mary Sears offers phonics, language development, fine motor to early writing skills, art work like finger painting, brush painting, sponge painting. Each age level has appropriate songs that we sing and each song involves motions, like hopping, marching, skipping, etc. Our older children perform HOLIDAY MUSICALS for our parents, grandparents, relatives and friends. In a wonderful, positive environment, all of our four year olds were READING and WRITING at graduation time. Most of our four year olds continue with Mary Sears' KINDERGARTEN program. There is so much to list, and so much to inform you, that is why we say to be SELECTIVE. Visit Mary Sears and see for yourself! Visit us at Mary-sears-academy.com or call us at 708-460-4414. Very Respectfully Yours, Mary Sears
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Rose Of Sharon Christian Daycare

5219 Sawgrass Ave Richton Park, IL

8 mi

Child care
Rose Of Sharon Christian Daycare located in Richton Park, Illinois, offers programs for infants, toddlers, preschool, kindergarten, as well as after-school enrichment. The company provides a step-by-step curriculum with age-appropriate activities that build a solid social and academic foundation. Rose Of Sharon Christian Daycare opens its doors from Mondays through Fridays with flexible hours for before and after-school programs.
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Little Rockers Daycare

607 Newcastle Rd New Lenox, IL

4 mi

Hi, I'm Amanda, and I offer full or part time daycare, as well as occasional or as-needed babysitting. I will make sure your child is in a fun, loving, safe environment; will provide opportunity for your child to explore, imagine and create; and will nurture your child with lots of hugs, high fives and praise when they succeed and encouragement when they are challenged. I have spent 9 years creating a rich, child-centered, healthy environment for my own children and I'd like to do that for your child as well. My daycare is licensed and I offer full and part-time care for children ages newborn to five years old. My hours are 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. I prepare a healthy breakfast, lunch and two snacks a day for the children. I can adapt meals for a child with allergies (daughter has a serious nut allergy). My discipline policy, depending on the age of the child, is to use reinforcement, discussion and/or redirection when misbehavior occurs, with time out as a last resort. I keep a daily log and can send pictures and/or texts about your child. I taught my two daughters (now 7 and 9) how to sign when they were babies and would be happy to do that with your child. My fee is $50 a day for full-time and I offer discounts in certain circumstances. Fees for occasional or as-needed babysitting are negotiable and depend on the number of children and when the care is needed. Our day will include age appropriate activities, with a preschool curriculum chosen to ensure your child hits all the developmental milestones. We engage in pre-literacy activities and read every day, celebrate holidays around the world, have a cooking class once a week, sing songs and engage in imaginative play. We will slay dragons, put on puppet shows, explore the garden with all its creepy crawlies, do science experiments and arts and crafts. Every day will be a happy, educational day for your child. I will guide your child in the acquisition of communication and language skills, self confidence, respect for self and others, manners and kindness to all living things. My experience includes current volunteer work as a Sunday school teacher, leader of two Girl Scout troops, multiple courses in child development, organizing and teaching VBS at my church and weekly volunteering in the library at my daughter's school. I would love to meet you and your child to see if we are a good fit. Let's talk!
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Orland Park Christian Pre School

7500 Sycamore Dr Orland Park, IL

6 mi

Preschool
Child care
Orland Park Christian Preschool is a licensed childcare facility located at 7500 Sycamore Drive, Orland Park, Illinois. The school serves children ages three to four years old and offers them learning in a nurturing, Christian environment. Orland Park Christian Preschool provides lots of planned educational activities that helps children's development in all areas of learning.
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The Baby sitters Club

4451 Proviencetown Drive Country Club Hills, IL

8 mi

In a safe, loving, respectful environment, children have the greatest opportunity to grow and develop. Such an environment should be the foundation of all childcare programs, however, I believe it is an educator's duty to go above and beyond safety, love and respect. We, as educators, should strive to create an environment that is fulfilling, enriching and supporting of all possible learning and growing opportunities. The first step of development for an infant is trust. With comfortable and predictable care, infants feel at ease with the opportunities to explore themselves and the world around them. Toddlers are more mobile and have a need to explore to a greater extent. They also have a great need to gain independence. Caregivers should support these needs by providing lots of opportunities for exploration and self-sufficiency including a safe environment, which allows plenty of independent and explorative opportunities, and toys and materials that support his or her new abilities and encourage those that are yet to come. At preschool age, children are learning many cognitive skills to prepare them for kindergarten. For some educators, it is natural to dismiss the importance of play at this age and spend more time on structured, teacher directed lessons. There are other educators who feel that preschoolers are too young and immature to handle such rigorous work as reading, writing and arithmetic, so they provided an environment that is all play with very little cognitive learning. I believe that the best environment for preschoolers is one that consists of some cognitive lessons and much developmentally appropriate play. At this age, I believe that play should be the majority of a child's day because the right kind of play can be very enriching. One of the most important things for a school-age child to learn is to socialize effectively. At this age, children have a need for acceptance and self-identity. Children should be given opportunities to socialize as young as infancy. At preschool age, they can begin to learn how to share, be kind, handle conflict, etc. If an older child has been taught to socialize, he or she will have a greater opportunity to develop good self-esteem. Quality Caregivers Never Stop Learning I believe that a quality childcare provider never sits back with ease and accepts that there is no more room for improvement. No matter how wonderful the program is, or how well trained the provider, there is always more that can be done.
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Little Brothers & Sisters Home Daycare

5151 Thomas Drive Richton Park, IL

8 mi

At Little Brothers and Sisters Home Daycare we encourage child development by providing educational services such as curriculum activities that stimulate a child's growth. We also provide supervised outings and educational field trips to help our youth explore new things. LBS is an amazing experience like non-other. Our children receive three meals a day plus snacks and are potty trained and prep for their next level of learning (kindergarten). At LBS Home Daycare we take pride in the services we provide and our success level. At LBS we are the village helping to raise each child.
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Farm & Nature Discovery Pre School

12700 Southwest Hwy Palos Park, IL

9 mi

Child care
The Farm and Nature Discovery Preschool is a licensed community child care center located in Palos Park, IL. They offer a hands-on learning activities for preschool students ages 3 to 5 years old. They aim to develop your child socially, emotionally and physically.
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The Sandbox Learning Center Inc

9970 W 151st St Orland Park, IL

6 mi

Preschool
Kindergarten
Child care
Sandbox Early Care & Education located in Orland Park, Illinois, offers preschool and daycare services for children ages 2 to 5 years old. The center also offers half-day and extended day kindergarten, before and after school-age care and summer camp programs for children ages 2 to12 years old. Sandbox provides children with nurturing care in a family-friendly environment.
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FAQs for finding a pre-k near you in Mokena, IL

Pre-k programs in Mokena, IL offer an opportunity to introduce your child to school activities, develop social skills, and foster an enthusiasm for learning. Early exposure to education, including math, science, and language arts provides pre-k students with important foundations for the rest of their academic career. Pre-k also teaches kids important life skills such as sharing and caring for others and independence from home. Many parents find pre-k essential to developing the necessary skills to succeed in a classroom setting!

We recommend checking whether pre-k is mandatory or voluntary in Mokena, IL, as well as reviewing pre-k curriculum at your top choices to make sure it meets your child's needs. You should be prepared to ask questions around the staff's qualifications, safety standards, extracurricular activities and hours of operation, and of course, tuition costs.

Many parents believe pre-k is an important step for young learners, teaching them essential education and social skills. The pre-k curriculum near you in Mokena, IL typically includes activities such as creative expression, physical development, emergent reading and pre-math/counting lessons. Socially, students are encouraged to practice problem solving and to develop positive relationships with their peers. All pre-k classes provide developmentally appropriate learning experiences tailored to each age level of young children, and each center will have their own approach. Be sure to ask for any specific subjects or fundamentals you have in mind!

Pre-k is designed to give children get a jump start on their education journey, and most pre-k programs near you in Mokena, IL programs begin teaching basic math, writing and language arts skills. On top of this, pre-k teachers also use social and emotional experiences to ensure the students are well-prepared to enter school and develop their interpersonal skills. How a pre-k approaches these areas will vary, but you can count on a well-rounded approach to learning and development with these tenents in mind.

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