Educational Training Center PreSchool

ETC Wauconda              ETC Lake Zurich
924 Grand Blvd.            235 Quentin Road
Wauconda, IL 60084      Lake Zurich, IL 60047
847.487.8960                847.540.6733



ETC PreSchool is a play based learning preschool. Play is how your child will learn about their environment through exploration, trial and error, acting out, and manipulation.

Play based learning is a technical way of describing the way children, especially young children, explore and make sense of their world. Children who are encouraged to learn and grow in this way learn to use their brains in different ways to understand and solve problems.  Through play-based learning, children develop an understanding of the social and physical conditions that define their world, and the language and symbols that are used to describe it.

Children who have been given plenty of opportunities for play-based learning will have a great start in life. Among other things, it is believed they will develop self confidence, a positive self-image, social and language skills, curiosity, persistence and concentration.  What’s more, as they get older they are more likely to engage in activities, such as sport or youth clubs, which will develop their life skills further.
In the Block Center at ETC a child will:

*Develops large muscles while lifting, carrying and
  stacking.

*Creates and expresses emotions.

*Develops math concepts.

*Works cooperatively with others.

*Reasons, imagines and problem solves.

*Engages in conversation.

In the Art Center at ETC a child will:

*Enjoys sensory experiences.
*Creates and innovates.
*Releases emotional tensions and frustrations.
*Improves social skills.
*Practices small and large motor skills while cutting, squeezing,
  pounding, rolling, painting and drawing.
*Develops eye hand coordination.

In the Science Center at ETC a child will:

*Observes, asks questions and make inferences.
*Conducts experiments.
*Learns respect for the environment.
*Learns to care for animals and plants.

In the Music Center at ETC a child will:

*Enjoys music, rythm and movement.
*Creates music, rhythm and movement.
*Experiments with various instruments and their sounds.
*Cooperates with other children.
*Can play alone.
*Practices small and large motor skills.