NORTHMINSTER PRESCHOOL
Welcome to Northminster Preschool.  A place for your child to be Safe, have Fun and prepare for Kindergarten.

BOARD  OF DIRECTORS Back row:    Sheryl Chester, Lynn Wollard (director), Larry Haddix   Front row: Dana Shafar, Bob Wagner (Board Chmn). Katie Trawinski   Absent when photo was made: Janet Kaylor, and  Michael Ray

Lynn  Wollard  Director/Teacher Mrs. Wollard has a Bachelor of Science Degree from Missouri         Western State University.  She owned a business for 12 years in  Gladstone, Missouri.  She has been a substitute teacher in the North Kansas City School District for seven years.  Prior to  owning her business she worked as a Teacher’s Assistant with EMH students at Lakewood Elementary.

Linda Haddix                 Lynn Wollard             Teacher                        Director/Teacher

Linda Haddix Teacher Mrs. Haddix has an Associates Degree from Metropolitan Junior College and has taught at  Northminster for three years.  Previously, she taught two  years at Oak Hill Day School, and ten years at Northcross Preschool.  She has attended UMKC Early Childhood Seminars, Christian Preschool Assoc. Workshops, Reggio Emillo Work-shops, and many parenting education workshops while PTA President at Meadowbrook Elementary School.

As an outreach program of Northminster Presbyterian Church, the goal of Northminster Preschool is to work with young children in an effort to foster and develop attitudes and skills that will support future learning.  What a child sees, hears, smells, tastes, and touches are personal sources of information about the world in which he/she lives.  Based upon information our students gain through our preschool and from interaction with the other children, they develop skills, attitudes, and knowledge that assist in life-long learning.  (Due to the quality of the program we now are getting students whose parents have gone through the Northminster Preschool program.)

 EARLY LEARNERS

 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Through various play and hands-on activities, our program for 3 and 4 year- olds develops the students’ abilities in oral expression, creative thinking cooperation, number recognition, directional language, visual discrimination, large muscle coordination and other “preschool” skills.

 PRE KINDERGARTEN

MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

 Our Pre Kindergarten program expands on our Early Learning Program and provides letter and sound recognition, name printing, rhyming sets, opposites, categorizing, patterning, and other skills needed for a good start in Kindergarten.

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 In addition, we offer our pre kindergarten students special classes in the afternoon:  beginning Spanish, sign language, music, cooking once a month, physical education, and computer.  Our new computer lab will enable our early learners and pre kindergarten students to have more one-on-one computer time.

Teachers combine listening, following directions, and self-expression in an effort to help children create projects that will reinforce the skills and themes being taught.  Individuality and social skills such as caring, self-control, sharing, responsibility, manners and a cooperative spirit are all attributes encouraged and reinforced throughout every aspect of our curriculum.

Along with guest speakers and special activity days, the students take several field trips.  Some places we have visited:  Aldredge Apple Orchard, Red Barn Farm, Carolyn’s Pumpkin Patch, Burr-Oaks Nature Sanctuary, The Children’s Museum, Ibsen Children’s Theater, Mid-Continent Library, and the Fire Station.

Some graphic illustrations are available.  CLICK HERE to see them

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