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The Gardner School of Naperville South is an academically focused preschool and early childcare center offering programs for children from infants through kindergarten, plus school-age before/after care and seasonal summer programming.
The Gardner School of Naperville South provides early childhood education for children from infancy up to kindergarten age and includes a school-age program for before- and after-school care. The school describes an academically focused, blended approach that builds skills year-to-year and offers seasonal summer programming.
The school uses a mix of researched curricula and approaches, including the Creative Curriculum, World of Wonders (WOW), Learning Without Tears, Open Court Reading (for Kindergarten), and elements of the Reggio Emilia philosophy. Classrooms keep continuity with a lead teacher model and a Curriculum Coordinator supports classroom planning. Teachers receive ongoing professional development, background screening, and training in CPR and first aid.
Classrooms are described as spacious and designed for natural light, with indoor creative play areas, outdoor playscapes, a Kids’ Café for meals, and an enrichment studio. The school uses two-tiered secure entrances and an open-door policy for parent check-ins. Typical daily activities vary by age but include structured learning centers, outdoor play, meals, and scheduled enrichment classes.
Families receive regular communication through a parent communications app with real-time updates and photos. The school schedules routine assessments, parent/teacher conferences, and uses tools such as KITE binders in older classrooms. Enrichment offerings across locations can include STEAM-focused activities, art, music, foreign language, dance, computers, sports skills, and community visitors; summer programming features a themed Wings & Wonder curriculum with outdoor play, water days, and project-based investigations.
Infant care emphasizes nurturing interactions, individualized feeding and sleep plans, sensory play, and integration of simple practices such as infant yoga and basic sign communication to support early development.
The toddler program encourages independence and language development through learning centers, group activities, sensory exploration, and routines that support socialization and early self-help skills.
Two-year-old classrooms use learning centers and focused activities to build autonomy, beginning language and self-help skills, and may include support for potty training when the child is ready.
Preschool classrooms employ thematic learning centers and a more structured daily schedule to develop language, literacy, math, science, fine motor skills and social independence through child-initiated and teacher-directed activities.
Pre-K focuses on kindergarten readiness through tailored lessons, learning centers, KITE binders for responsibility, and enrichment classes that prepare children socially and academically for the transition to kindergarten.
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A private Kindergarten option combines research-based curricula in reading, math and handwriting with small-group instruction, technology use, and a full-day schedule.
Before- and after-school care for school-age children that provides supervision, enrichment opportunities, and seasonal summer camp programming.
Seasonal summer program organized around a Wings & Wonder theme that includes hands-on art and sensory activities, S.T.E.A.M. projects, daily outdoor play, water play days, and community visitors.
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