Sunshine Preschool Center 

“Serving the St. Charles Community Since 1987!”

2024-25

PROGRAM OPTIONS

Three days per week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 8:00-11:30

(Child must be three years old on/by December 1)

          Four/five-year-old program Monday through Thursday 7:40 am-2:40 pm

   (Child must be four years old on/by September 1)

TUITION

      St. Charles Children’s Center Preschool is funded solely through the support of its families and community.  Tuition is set each year with the goal of providing quality staff and resources to facilitate the best possible learning environment for young children.

Tuition is based on annual tuition, which is paid monthly.

* indicates a 5% discount for a second child attending within the same family.

Payments are due on the first day of class each month, September through May.

A $15.00 late fee will be added to any payment made after the 15th of the month.

~ALL TUITION COSTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANYTIME~

Click here for the Preschool Registration Form 

Contact Information

Christy Sheldon – Director

• Email: sheldonc@stccs.org

• Phone: 989-865-7961 (press option #3)

We believe that all children deserve to be recognized as unique individuals who each have gifts and talents and that they learn in a variety of ways. Young children need an early childhood program that provides a safe and nurturing environment that promotes their physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development.

Respecting the needs of each family, we aim to work together with parents to lead the child to wholesome self-esteem and a desire to wonder and question the world around him/her.

Our program consists of a variety of educational approaches to best meet the needs of each child. Large group activities, individual exploration and small groups provide opportunities for the child to interact with other children, with caring adults, and to have individual time.

The preschool recognizes that learning is developmental and that the young child learns about him/herself and the world through the senses. Many sensory activities enhance learning and curiosity and awaken individual interests:

LANGUAGE: speaking, vocabulary, pre-reading skills, literature, poetry, stories, creative thinking, introduction to alphabet and letter sounds.

MATH: sorting, classifying, patterns, number recognition, counting, comparing, geometric shapes, problem solving, logical thinking.

SOCIAL STUDIES: family, uniqueness of the individual, our community, health and safety, feelings, five senses.

PERCEPTUAL AND SENSORY EXPERIENCES: listening skills, auditory memory, textures, visual discrimination, spatial differences.

SCIENCE: plants, seeds, birds and animals, water and air, sound, foods and nutrition.

MUSIC: singing, instruments, rhythm, listening, music activities.

ART: finger paint, brush paint, chalk, clay and playdoh, cutting, pasting, crayons and markers, creative projects.

CREATIVE DRAMATICS: role playing, dress-up clothes, puppetry.

FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT: manipulatives.

GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT: exercise, climbing, running, jumping, group games.