Preschools & Child Care Centers

Love to Learn. Cherish the Journey. Embrace the World.

Baker Demonstration School nurtures each child to become a creative, confident and reflective learner, strong in mind, body and heart. Baker students think independently, engage collaboratively, make connections across disciplines, realize their talents and apply their learning beyond school. Baker's inclusive community celebrates individual, family and cultural differences.

Promote learning through play, readiness skill practice, art, music, literature, movement.

"Our focus is on young children who may be at risk to academic failure in the future. We believe in starting young to prepare children for their education. Our main focus is on students who have little or no English."

"To provide developmentally appropriate experiences that allow a child to bring meaning to his/her world through active exploration of the environment."

JCC Early Childhood Services’ philosophy and curriculum, the Learning with Love Experience, is based on a combination of several components that include cutting-edge brain research, developmentally appropriate practice, multiple intelligences theory, emergent curriculum, educational inspiration from Reggio Emilia, Italy, and the integration of secular and Jewish learning. The JCC Learning with Love Experience prepares children for their next formal educational step and helps children achieve their full potential by focusing on the necessary development of social, perceptual, motor, language, pre-math, and pre-writing skills.
The Learning with Love Experience:

• Prepares your child for a lifetime of learning
• Nurtures each child’s unique learning style, interests, and abilities
• Creates a safe place for fun and positive social experiences
• Teaches Jewish values, concepts, and traditions

"The center provides a warm, loving, growing, and stimulating atmosphere for children. The primary goals are to make a child’s first experience with school an enjoyable one, and to act on behalf of the needs and interests of the children by providing many developmental and educational resources."

"We provide a stimulating, individualized curriculum to encourage curiosity and to enhance a love of learning in children. Our professional staff guide children’s learning through a child-centered curriculum in which there is a balance between child-initiated and teacher-initiated activities. The curriculum is developed by providing a safe environment, well-equipped activity areas, and daily routines that are sensitive to the interests and developmental levels of very young children."

Inspiring excellence, celebrating individuality

Solomon Schechter Day School of Metropolitan Chicago, a Conservative Jewish Day School, is committed to providing an excellent General, Hebrew, and Jewish education. We strive to produce confident individuals, instilling in them the skills, knowledge and understanding to be active participants and leaders in our American and Jewish communities. In our welcoming and nurturing environment, Jewish children and their families develop a foundation for religious observance, commitment to Israel, passion for learning, dedication to social action, and respect for all individuals.

The curriculum is based on the philosophy that young children learn through active exploration in an environment which is rich in materials and opportunities to play, socialize, converse, work, and negotiate with others.

The classrooms are planned to encourage curiosity, exploration, and problem solving in an atmosphere of warmth, affection and respect for each child.  Teachers plan experiences based on children’s interests and appropriate educational concepts.

Children may work individually or collaboratively, and may choose whether or not to participate in a project. Children are actively involved in experiences which include foundations of math, science, social studies, creative art, language arts, music, movement, and dramatic play.

All interrelated aspects of the child’s growth and development are considered – intellectual, social, emotional, physical, and creative.