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Susan Banks

MindBloom Preschool of Chicago is a licensed Chicagoland hub for early learning no child should go without. Our curriculum is child-centered and developmentally appropriate, encouraging active exploration and respectful, healthy interaction with adults. Teaching methods involve play and small group learning to foster the principles of academics and valuable lessons in helping, sharing, and conflict resolution at the same time. Our “old school” pedagogy involves the Socratic Method of question and answer, which trains the brain to actively reason and foster cognitive skills, especially in math, science, and socialization. Our professional and open-minded staff also strives to help children acquire morals and build character alongside scholastic ability, and nurture childrens' will to become a positive force in his or her own life. Our preschool curriculum consists of daily math, science, reading, writing, and arts activities, plus manners and life skills. Busy parents throughout Chicagoland benefit from FREE pickup and dropoff of their children who enroll in our full day program. Also, children in day and afternoon programs receive nutritious meals and/or snacks while in attendance, because no one can properly learn if their body is not nourished. We have an open-door policy that encourages parents to be 100% involved in their children's education. Our dedicated and engaged staff receives continuing education and training to promote on-going professional development throughout the year. Watch your child grow at Mindbloom!

Opinion

What happened to our strong community?

By Susan Banks | September 20, 2011

Austin native Susan Banks laments what she sees since returning to the West Side to open a preschool.

Community

Free event offers tips for teaching young children

By Susan Banks | August 7, 2011

MindBloom Preschool of Chicago has organized Wednesday night’s session, which will be held Downtown at The John Marshall Law School.

Community

Local preschool offers free summer camp

By Susan Banks | June 12, 2011

Registration is still being accepted for the program, which begins June 20 and is geared for 5- to 12-year-olds.

News

  • Expungement, record sealing event helps West Siders get jobs after leaving prison

    Austin resident Anthony Jefferson has been working over the past six years to expunge his criminal record. With help from the Monroe Foundation, he's moving toward the clean slate he wants to achieve to secure employment.

  • Get free groceries, other help from these Austin groups

    On a recent Thursday, volunteers from What About Us Charitable Enterprises spent the morning filling dozens of grocery bags with fresh food and staples that soon filled the arms of West Side residents in need. Dorin “Pastor Mac” McIntyre, executive director and co-founder of What About Us Charitable Enterprises and pastor of Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church, is one of many helping Austin residents struggling with food insecurity.

  • 29th Ward residents invited to holiday events on Tuesday

  • 29th Ward residents invited to propose how to spend $450,000

    Austin residents are invited to participate in this year's participatory budgeting cycle. The annual process lets ward residents ages 14 and up decide how to spend a portion of the aldermanic menu money.

  • Forty Acres Fresh Market marks important moment this week in bringing store to Austin

    Austin moves one step closer this week to getting a new grocery store with the groundbreaking of Forty Acres Fresh Market in the heart of the Soul City Corridor. Another effort to expand food offerings on the West Side continues with the Austin Community Food Co-op, which held a virtual info session last week on its efforts to bring a grocery store to the area.

  • Healing in nature workshop set for Saturday

    The Westside Cultural Alliance continues its "See, Feel and Heal" nature series Saturday at Garfield Park Nature Area, 100 N. Central Park with a workshop on making memory boxes. The workshop sessions focus on art and nature as vehicles of healing through art therapy, which provides wholistic healing for the body, mind and spirit.

  • Illinois residents can apply for help with paying gas, electric bills

    Applications are now open for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for qualified residential customers who are over the age of 60, have a disability or have children under the age of 6 to receive financial assistance to pay their energy bills. LIHEAP is a federally funded bill payment assistance program that helps low- and fixed-income families pay their utility during the winter heating season.

  • West Siders turn out for chili cook off in Austin’s Soul City

    Over a dozen local chefs competed in the second annual "It’s Getting Chili in Soul City" event on Saturday. A team of five who make up the Austin African American Business Networking Association board – Malcolm Crawford, Shirley Fields, Sharmine Rickett, Ronald Smith and Marshawn Felton – created the chili contest last year.

  • Chicago Marathon runner raises money for West Side girls

    Over the last 20 years, Ashley Graham has run 56 marathons - including the Chicago Marathon five times. Several of those marathons she raised money for charity - and this year was no different.

  • Stop by Austin farmers market this week

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