Wonderland Activities Center is designed to benefit parents and children from infancy through age 7. Children learn through hands-on activities and are encouraged to be creative. Drop-off and parent participation classes are offered.
This Jewish worship center exists on lakefront property just off of Sheridan Road in Glencoe. North Shore Congregation Israel was founded in 1920 as a branch of the Classical Reform Sinai Congregation but split with Sinai four years later. Led by Rabbi Steven S. Mason, NSCI is a progressive Jewish community that offers a place of worship and Jewish education for North Shore families. NCSI also provides a Jewish education program for children newborn through four years.
Situated on 9 acres of donated fields and meadows, Trinity Lutheran is a small private school. Aaron Landgrave is the current principal, and students come from Burr Ridge, Lemont, Darien, Willow Springs, and many other surrounding communities. The school's Christ-centered education focuses on nurturting the whole child. It incorporates religious study, conflict resolution, community service, strong academics, fine arts and athletics into their curriculum. The school offers a tightly knit community and plenty of year-round events open to all. You can visit the Web site for admissions and tuition information.
The Compass School provides a Reggio-inspired approach to early childhood education, which utilizes an image of each child as strong, capable, independent, curious and imaginative. The curriculum is project-based and relies on children's emergent interests. It empowers students to think, question, investigate and explore. Teachers are viewed as partners in learning who help children make their own discoveries.
The Hinsdale Community Preschool provides a variety of programs to children ages two-and-a-half to five years. Located in the Hinsdale Community House, the preschool boasts a staff of highly qualified teachers who together teach with their students' parents in a parent cooperative. This allows parents to remain active in the classroom and get to know their children's curriculum firsthand. Hinsdale Community Preschool offers Parent and Me classes for younger students, as well as 3 and 4-year-old preschool.
Teens and adults learn safe driving skills here through classroom sessions, behind-the-wheel experience and in-car observation. At the end of the course, students receive a certificate of completion that works toward obtaining his or her driver's license.
Cognitive Solutions Learning Center provides neurofeedback, brain mapping and programs for individuals with autism, including socialization and life and job training. It also provides evaluations for various conditions, including ADHD, learning disabilities, traumatic brain injury, stroke, autism, depression, anxiety, addiction and seizure disorders.
Rosehill Montessori School was named after Sister Rosalie, a teacher beloved by the parents who founded this educational institution. The parents desired a profound involvement in their children's education and the policies within the institution and this motto still stands today.
Rosehill Montessori School has been operating out of its current Lisle location since 1990. The Montessori philosophy, which the founding parents believed fondly in, promotes the uniqueness and creativity of each individual child through a self-directed learning program. Children age 3 to 6 are welcome to join the year-long programs.
The MidWest Montessori School is a training school for teachers who will be teaching at local Montessori schools. Since 1992, the MMS has been offering training and observation services to teachers interested in teaching within the Montessori system. Once training is finished the graduates can go on to teach.
Adams School of Driving has been helping people in Chicagoland learn how to drive since 1946. Teen programs meet graduation requirements with classroom only and behind-the-wheel instruction. Adult programs consist of private tutoring and testing in an Adams car according to the client's needs. Free pick-up and drop-off at home, work or school is provided. In addition to basic highway driving, winter, night, rain and road construction driving lessons are also available.
