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Families Together Cooperative Nursery School is a cooperative, play-based preschool in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood that serves more than 80 children across four core classes and auxiliary programs. The school emphasizes an emergent, play-centered curriculum and active family participation in daily classroom life and governance.
Families Together Cooperative Nursery School (FTCNS) is a parent-run cooperative preschool that offers play-based early education in a facility with an outdoor courtyard and nearby playground. The school enrolls children in a set of core classes and runs auxiliary programs and seasonal offerings for families in the community.
The program uses an emergent, child-centered curriculum in which teachers set up rich, open-ended environments and follow children’s interests to guide learning through play. Classroom activities include sensory exploration, art, block play, writing and book areas, science and nature experiences, outdoor and large-motor play, and teacher-supported conversations that promote early literacy, social-emotional skills, and executive function.
The school operates as a cooperative: each family is expected to assist in the classroom on a rotating basis, serve on a committee or the board, and contribute to school operations. Facilities and regular activities include a dedicated courtyard play space, use of a nearby playground, neighborhood walks, visits to a community garden, and access to a large indoor gym within the building. The school also manages sliding-scale tuition and financial aid to expand affordability.
An adult-and-child class that includes music, art, sensory experiences, gross-motor play and informal parent education; targeted at toddlers and their caregivers.
A mid-day extension program where children eat lunch from home and take part in quiet games, arts and crafts, active play in the gym, and rotating enrichment activities.
A June summer program that moves play-based activities outdoors, mixes children from multiple classes into groups, and includes weekly field trips.
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