"Excellent staff interaction with children. Staff model respect, cooperation, flexibility, patience. Staff provide environment in which children feel comfortable, relaxed, happy and involved in play ... Classrooms are bright, inviting. Individual interest areas are arranged to promote independent learning ... Emphasis on self-exploration, creativity, (and) independence."

-- 2008 State of IL Dept. of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Annual Review --

"Program promotes growth, well-being, development of self-help skills, communication skills, social competence, and positive self-identity. Acivities build upon each other and help children to understand relationships between themselves and throughout the world. Much emphasis on facilitating children to communicate. Very positive program."

-- 2011 State of IL Dept. of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Annual Review --

• Provide a safe, nurturing environment where diversity is embraced and every child feels valued and cherished.
• Facilitate the development of strong social and emotional skills to enable future success including the following:
  • Learning to respect self and others,
  • Learning to be kind to all,
  • Promoting positive conflict resolution,
  • Fostering a child’s ability to self-regulate emotions.
• Ignite an excitement for life-long learning and the formal education process.
• Provide enhanced creative arts programming and a play-based, social and emotional curriculum through family-professional collaboration.
• Provide a family-oriented community of learning.
• Actively utilize parents to enhance the curriculum, provide administrative support, and maintain the physical facilities.
• Provide an affordable, high quality preschool/pre-kindergarten option to the entire community.