Winter Open House, January 16th 2020, from 6:30pm-8pm

Thursday, January 16, 2020, between 6:30pm-8pm, Suburban will be hosting an Informational Open House at our location at Our Savior's Church in Rocky River. This event is open to prospective and enrolled families. Join us to meet Jan Lorko, our esteemed teacher, and to tour our facilities. Families are welcome to take a look round, sample learning areas, and meet, current board members. Board members and our teacher will be on hand to answer questions and share the benefits of the cooperative preschool experience. We look forward to seeing you there!

We are located at: Suburban Cooperative Nursery School (in Good Soil Lutheran church), 20300 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River, Ohio 44116

Contact our Registrar at (440) 834-2667 for more information.

Developing fine motor skills: our classroom playdough recipe

Playing with playdough has many benefits for young children. It is not only great for fine motor development, but it is also great for coordination development as well as an excellent sensory experience.

Playing with playdough helps strengthen fine motor skills. All that rolling, squeezing, pinching and patting is great for little hands and fingers. Manipulating dough helps build muscle control, strengthening hand muscles and control over finger movement. Playdough can be easily snipped with scissors to help grow future scissor skills. Manipulating and building with it can also build the strength and skill needed for holding a pencil and writing.

We make our own play dough for our classroom and have a rotating station in our classes frequently. Not only is it a basic skill builder but it is so much fun for the children!

Here is our classroom recipe, you can make it for for your preschooler and continue the learning experience at home!

Download free printable recipe here

Upcycling: Recyclable supplies we collect all through the year

At Suburban we believe in the importance of your child’s creativity. Our teacher leads the class through guided arts and crafts daily. These projects go along with the daily lesson plan and theme. Arts and crafts help your child develop fine motor skills needed to move forward in their education. We also have free paint on easels open daily, led by our helping parent of the day, during free play time. At times you will be requested to bring in items from home to upcycle and use as supplies for our projects.

Common items we can use throughout the year are:
orange juice cartons (rinsed)
newspapers
magazines
empty toilet paper and paper towel rolls
Pringles can lids (rinsed)
Cool Whip lids (rinsed)
Empty 2 liter bottles (rinsed)
egg cartons