Park West Cooperative Nursery School

Where children and their ideas are taken seriously. Park West Cooperative is a Piaget, play-based nursery school located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, IL since 1971. Park West offers a nurturing and stimulating nursery school program. Through self-discovery and positive interactions, Park West children gain self-confidence and form friendships. Our relaxed, though structured, format of free-play intermingled with non-competitive group activities allows our children to explore their environment and learn more about themselves and the world around them. As a cooperative, parents enjoy an active involvement in the schools daily activities and administration. Park Wests mission is to provide a place where children and their ideas are taken seriously, where every child is respected as a growing individual who experiences each developmental stage in his or her own way. We aim to achieve this by: -Providing a play-based curriculum influenced by the work of Jean Piaget, Le...