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Little BEES Preschool Program

Preschool children should experience a safe, comfortable environment where they are free to explore. they learn best through active interaction with others and through a variety of natural and appropriate experiences.

This section includes information on our early childhood program at Troy Crossroads Elementary School.

Preschool children need opportunities to become responsible and resourceful learners through a balance of child and teacher initiated activities. Our Early Childhood Program offers, creativity, independence, and problem-solving abilities. The team's role is to assist students with integrating these qualitities to become happy and self assured learners. For more information about our program, please contact the Troy Crossroads Elementary School at 815-577-7315

Early Childhood Staff
Shannon Hamm	Assistant Principal/Department Director
Darlene Biddle	Department Secretary
Christine Melton	Social Worker
Megan Smith	Speech Pathologist
Annie Pfaff	Speech Pathologist
Peg Leverso	Occupational & Physical Therapy

Little BEES Teachers
Kathy Bloom	Stephanie Lyon Barta
Marge Brettrager	Carly Ionta
Jill Doyle	Amy Kordonowy
Sherry Placko	Misty Dillon

Program Information

Class Hours
AM Classes	8:50 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
PM Classes	12:35 p.m. - 3:05 p.m.


Early Childhood Program		Preschool for All Program
Ages range from 3-5 years		Ages range from 3-5 years
Students with special needs attend Monday - Friday		Students attend Monday - Friday
Community Students attend Tuesday and Thursday

Benefits of an Inclusive Classroom

According to the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYS), children in inclusive classrooms demonstrate:

Increased acceptance and appreciation of diversity

Develop an increase in communicational language skills

Show greater development in moral and ethnical principles

Create warm and caring friendships

Demonstrate increased self-esteem

Inclusion promotes positive social outcomes for children with disabilities. In addition, children with disabilities show increased competence in an inclusive setting.

Websites for the Whole Family!
Family Fun Websites	Websites for Parents
Billybear4Kids	Pocket Parent
Crayola	Practical Parenting
Coloring Pages	Parent to Parent
Preschool Printables	Parent Pals

References

Cavallaro, C.C. & Ballard-Rosa, M. (1998). A preliminary study of inclusive special education services for infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children in California. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 18(3), pp. 169-183

Kontos, S. & Moore, D. (1998). The ecology of inclusion. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 18(1), pp.38-49

Turner, D. (1996). The benefits of an inclusive setting: making it work. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children.

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