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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font color="#1e1e1e" face="proxima-nova, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Naperville Park District preschool programs are guided by the philosophy of learning through play. Play nourishes every aspect of a child’s development. It forms the foundation of intellectual, social, physical and emotional skills necessary for success in school and in life. Play paves the way for learning.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font color="#1e1e1e" face="proxima-nova, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Our curriculum is anchored in literacy and focuses heavily on cooperative learning, social-emotional well-being, problem-solving, vocabulary, Heggerty Phonemic Awareness, math and science. The curriculum consists of 5 thematic units: Family, Friends, Wind and Water, Shadows and Reflections and Things That Grow and maintains a scoped and sequenced progression of both literacy and math.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font color="#1e1e1e" face="proxima-nova, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Through active, hands-on, minds-on learning experiences, children develop critical thinking skills, learn how to effectively communicate with one another, learn how to navigate a classroom (group) and develop independence skills.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font color="#1e1e1e" face="proxima-nova, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The child’s imagination is stimulated through finger play, storytelling and dress up. When children engage in dramatic play, they learn how to cope with feelings, bring the large confusing world into a small manageable size and become socially adept as they learn to cooperate with each other.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font color="#1e1e1e" face="proxima-nova, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">A carefully planned program allows the preschooler to freely explore their environment, themselves and others.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><font color="#1e1e1e" face="proxima-nova, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">NPD Preschool Academy is located at the Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center in the heart of vibrant and beautiful Downtown Naperville. The first floor of preschool classrooms are bright, welcoming spaces with designated areas for dramatic play, math, science, art, literacy, block building and sensory exploration that encourage hands-on exploration. It also features an indoor gym with a play structure, large obstacle course mats, basketball hoops and play equipment to support gross motor play.</span></font></p><div><br></div>
