Creative Arts Preschool

The Creative Arts Preschool at DaySpring is committed to nurturing the whole child by providing opportunities to explore music and movement, art, and developmentally appropriate academic activities while developing a love of learning through rich hands-on experiences in a child-centered environment. 

    At DaySpring, children engage in small group and large group activities as well as self-directed, individualized activities in a mixed-age classroom.  Our children are excited about learning as they explore and discover the world around them through curriculum and materials in language and literature, mathematics, science, social studies, music and art.  Social skills are developed as children interact with the teacher and with one another and learn to communicate their thoughts and ideas through the arts and through oral and written language.

The Creative Arts Preschool offers:
•    Art and Music Instruction
Including exposure to the elements of art and music, introduction to the works of classical musicians and artists, as well as visits to the classroom by our school’s professional and student musicians, dancers, and artists.

•    Small Group and Self-Directed Learning
Hands-on, small group and guided individual choices of fine motor, language, and math materials allows each child to develop academic readiness skills at his or her own individualized pace.

•    Thematic Learning
Large group activities revolve around high-interest themes that captivate the children’s attention and encourage a desire to explore the world around them.

•    Center-Based Learning
Children are provided with daily opportunities to visit classroom centers of their own choosing, such as the construction center, reading center, or the home life center.  One highlight of our center time is the nature center, which is filled with natural materials for the children to explore, such as shells, rocks, or plants.  The theme and materials in the nature center are rotated often in order to maintain a high-interest level and to expose children to the many wonders of the world around us.

•    Connecting Home and School
Families are provided with regular written correspondence from the teacher so that parents are informed about what activities are taking place in the classroom.  In addition suggestions are provided for optional extension activities that a care-giver and child can engage in at home to reinforce concepts being learned at school.

The Creative Arts Preschool at DaySpring, for children ages 3 – 5, meets on Tuesdays and Fridays from 8:45-11:45 a.m at Maryland Heights.
$140 per month Tuition, $50 Registration fee, $30 Supply fee
For more information, contact the office at 314-291-8878 or office@dayspringarts-ed.org.