Lake Mills Community Preschool & Daycare

 

In our green room, we provide preschool classes Monday through Thursday. We offer two sessions of preschool, 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m.

 

Our school calendar runs the same as the Lake Mills Community School.  (If LMCS is 2 hours late or canceled due to weather, our classes are always canceled for the day.)

 

We hire qualified staff!!  Our 4-year-old teacher, Rachel, holds her teaching license through the Iowa Department of Education in Elementary Education, Early Childhood and Special Education.  She has many years of experience and loves teaching preschoolers!!  Her assistant, ****, has her AA degree and has also taken many classes in the field of education.  All of our staff are also trained in CPR, First Aid, Child Abuse Reporting, and Child Development.  They are committed to quality care and strive to meet the needs of the children and their families.

 

We follow the Creative Curriculum in our classrooms.  This is a center based curriculum and therefore we offer the following centers in our classroom:  dramatic play, library and writing, art, blocks, computer, games and puzzles, cooking, and music.

 

Nutritious snacks are provided during preschool class and are reviewed by the Department of Education's Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).  All snacks are prepared on-site by our cook and each week's menu ensures proper vitamin content and limited sugar.  All snacks are provided free of charge.

 

We provide positive discipline that considers the developmental level of the child, teaches the children that they must be responsible for their own actions, and agrees that each child is a precious and important person who needs to feel good about him/herself.

 

Daily activities in our 4-year-old preschool classroom focus on preparing children for kindergarten.  We work on recognizing the letters of the alphabet, counting and recognizing letters, learning the sounds our letters make, practice writing our name, using a scissors, coloring, journaling, etc.  We also participate in:  circle time (calendar, weather, show and tell, patterns, counting, etc.), center time (free play, literacy activities, art, etc.) songs, finger plays, and games.  We also spend time each day participating in large motor activities.  We have a wonderful playground located right outside our classrooms as well as an indoor gym to run in when it is too wet or cold to be outside. 

 

During the summer months, our children enjoy the same familiar routine of circle time, center time, songs, finger plays, games, and large motor activities.  We also take one field trip per week to an area park to play and enjoy a picnic as well as swimming at the Lake Mills Aquatic Center twice a week (weather permitting). 

 

 

 

Please check LMCPD's monthly calendar for more information about the activities our Green Room Staff have planned.