Bobbie Noonan's Child Care vs. Sandbox Preschool & Child Care

At Bobbie Noonans Child Care centers we take children seriously.

We offer your child a daily adventure in learning through many experiences, helped by carefully selected teachers schooled in early childhood education.

Here your child has access to the finest educational tools and a curriculum we continue to refine and develop.

All programs are developmentally appropriate, multi-sensory, multi-dimensional, sequential, and provide for socialization.

Our curriculum is also aligned with both the Florida and Illinois Early Learning Standards.

The future, with its new ideas, dreams and challenges, belongs to those who enjoy learning enough to become lifelong learners.

The successful learner is one who has developed the intellect, the morality to guide it and the discipline and industry to follow through.

We want to help your child become a successful, lifelong learner.

The Sandbox Schools Founding Mothers, Beverly Avery & Sue Moustakas, both have Master's degrees in Early Childhood Administration and continue to be executive directors and active in every day operations.

Sandbox School Of Early Care of Education, Palos Hills, Director, Administrator, Dorothy Garofalo opened an independent Sandbox 23 yeas ago after being employed at Sandbox for 10 years.

Dorothy has a Degree in Early Childhood. The Sandbox Schools and their programs were successfully created and developed in 1968 by Beverly Avery and Sue Moustakas, two local teachers with Master's Degrees in Early Childhood Education, who wanted the best possible early childhood program for their own children.

Today there are six Sandbox locations four of which are owned and operation by the same two partners, each of whom have over 30 years experience working with young children.

The additional two Sandbox schools are owned and operated by Dorothy Garofalo, a long-time Sandbox teacher, with 20 years in early childhood development and degree in Early Childhood Education.

Directors and staff are carefully chosen and well qualified for the job at Sandbox.

Staff turnover is low at Sandbox Schools. Ten years is an average tenure for Sandbox staff and directors.

While many have worked at the centers for 15, 20, and 25 years.

Sandbox provides high quality childcare that supports children and parents through superior developmentally appropriate curriculums that correspond with each stage of development, nurturing children ages 6 weeks through 12 years.

A variety of programs are offered, providing choices that assist each child in the cognitive, the social, the emotional and the physical development during the formative years.