2024-2025
We are taking registrations for the next school year. Please use the nursery school or preschool tab to register your child. Feel free to contact us with questions.
Our annual registration night is scheduled for Monday February 26, 5pm-7:00pm.
Noah's Ark preschool offers a developmentally appropriate early childhood education experience in a safe, caring environment.
Nursery School
Noah's Ark offers Nursery School classes to children who are three years old by Sept. 15. Nursery School classes meet two times a week. Tuition scholarships are available.
Preschool
Noah's Ark offers Preschool classes to children who are four years old by Sept. 15. Preschool classes meet four mornings a week and are tuition free for four year olds.
our staff
Miss Leisl
Leisl Lidiak: Certified Early Childhood Teacher
Leisl is the preschool director and lead preschool teacher. She has been teaching for 25 years -- 19 of those have been at Noah's Ark. Noah's Ark is special to her because of the staff members and the families that she gets to work with. Leisl enjoys creating learning/playing environments and activities for preschoolers and watching them learn & grow through the school year.
Miss Reka
Reka deBoer/certified Early Childhood teacher
This is Reka's fifth year at Noah's Ark. She will be teaching preschool, nursery school and will be serving as the nursery school director. Reka has a genuine love for young children and enjoys helping them learn. Reka did home daycare for 12 years before joining our staff at Noah's Ark.
Miss Lisa
Lisa Merley/certified para-educator
Lisa has been working at Noah's Ark for over 15 years as a para-educator.
Miss Lori
Lori Meinecke/certified para-educator
Lori is a para educator with over 16 years of experience as well as 6 years of managing her own daycare.
She loves to help foster creativity in children and enjoys seeing each of their individual personalities blossom.
Noah's Ark is a part of the Sheldon Community Preschools. We offer tuition free preschool to four year olds with busing available.
🎨 Art
Free painting creations. Creating a 3-D object
🔎 Science + Discovery
Light table with patterns and letters. Magnifying glasses and insects. Ramps. Sound experiments.
🧲 Sensory
Colored rice with magnets and magnetic objects. Playdoh and scissors. Corn and tractors.
📕 Library
Peg board. Puzzles. Seasonal books. Puppets.
➕ Math
Number writing with sensory cards. Number stamping with stamps and ink. Comparing measurements using a scale and different objects. Counting game
🎭 Dramatic Play
Painter's shop. Grocery store. Office.
◼️ Blocks
Hollow wooden blocks. Geometric foam blocks and magnatiles. Community helpers. Animals. Tree blocks.
🍏 Health + Nutrition
Matching foods to food groups on magnetic board.☺️
Creative Curriculum + GOLD Assessment
We use Creative Curriculum and GOLD assessment. Both of these are high quality and research based developed by Teaching Strategies to provide young children with a solid start in their education.
The curriculum teaches all areas of child development: social/emotional, physical, language, cognitive skills, literacy, math, science, technology, social studies and the arts.
Our staff consists of certified teachers and para-educators with many years of early childhood teaching experience. We work closely with families to help us provide the necessary learning experiences that each individual child needs.
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A Longstanding Legacy at Noah's Ark
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