The First Day of Preschool is upon us!

The first day of school is right around the corner!  There are exciting new changes to our staff and curriculum at the Cooperative Nursery School!  We welcome Jenelle Keene as our 2's teacher and Good Beginnings teacher.  Robin Newhouse is joining Coop as our 3's teacher!  We will continue to offer music enrichment to each of our classes and welcome Miss Joanna as our new music teacher!  For the first time we will be offering spanish language learning to each of our classes!  Miss Azucena will be our spanish teacher!  It's going to be a great year for our students and their families!

Cooperative Nursery School Summer Update!

Summer is flying by!  It won't be long and the quiet hallways and classrooms will be filled with children's laughter once again!  I can hardly wait!  Even though the children have been gone there has been lots of things going on to prepare for the new school year.  We have two new teachers on staff for the fall.  Miss Jenelle will be teaching our Monday/Wednesday and Tuesday/Thursday 2's classes and will remain the facilitator of our Good Beginnings Parent-Child playgroup that meets on Friday mornings.  Miss Robin will be our new Monday/Wednesday/Friday 3's teacher and she will be assisting me in the 4/5's class on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.  I hope to have some new teacher bio's posted in the near future.

We are in the process of accepting applications for a music teacher.  Miss Genevieve left us to pursue her PHD at our local university.  We'll be offering spanish enrichment classes and art enrichment classes this fall too! 

It's going to be a fantastic school year!  We still have openings in our Monday/Wednesday 2's and our 3's and 4/5's classes.  Visit our website for more information http://www.coopnursery.org/ or call the school on Tuesday or Thursday mornings from 9:30-11:30 for information or to setup a site visit.

Pre-K moves on!

It's the end of another great year!  As the teacher of the 4 and 5 year olds pre-k class, it's always a little sad for me to see the year come to an end.  When you're the teacher of 2's or 3's you know you'll see your little ones next school year.  But when you're the pre-K teacher you know that the fun and work you shared with your students comes to an end on the last day of school.  I am comforted in the fact that I know my kids are ready for the next huge step in their lives, kindergarten!  But it doesn't make saying goodbye any easier for me!  Over the past 21 years I have had many children leave my care.  It's rewarding that some of my past families still remember me and send me updates on their children.  I am thrilled that 2 of my former kids (from my family childcare home that I had for several years) graduated from high school this year and their parents sent me an announcement and invites to their graduation parties.  It is so nice to be remembered!  So here's to the class of 2011!

Fantastic Field Trip

What a great time we had at the Ropp Jersey Cheese farm!  The children were able to feed baby calves, llamas, goats, milk a cow, and enjoy a hay rack ride!  They observed the cheese making process and tasted some samples, YUM!

Happy Mother's Day 2011!

Wishing all of Coop's past, present, and future Moms a very Happy Mother's Day!  YOU ROCK!

Preschool Teacher needed!

The Cooperative Nursery School is seeking a PT preschool teacher, M-F
 8:30 am - 12:30 pm to start Fall 2011.  Applicants must be DCFS Head Teacher & Director qualified.  Experience with Creative Curriculum preferred.  Send resume to:  Cooperative Nursery School c/o Personnel Chair, 602 W. Green St., Urbana, IL. 61801.  Resumes are due by Friday May 13, 2011.

A typical day in our Pre-K class!