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Dana Gorman, fours (4s) teacher and Education Director at the Community Cooperative Nursery School (CCNS) in Rowayton was Stepping Stones Museum for Children’s first Playful Practices in Teaching Award winner. The award was created as way to highlight some of the playful work being done in Westchester and Fairfield County schools.
Stepping Stones created the award to honor an outstanding educator or educators, and to acknowledge them for making a difference in young children’s lives. Nominations were open to all preschool through fourth grade teachers in Connecticut and Westchester County. Nominees were required to meet all of the following criteria: currently teaching in Connecticut or Westchester County (elementary school or state licensed preschool); taught for a minimum of one year; and nominated by a person affiliated with the school (e.g. colleague, administrator, parent of a student, self).
Other finalists included: Clara Cohen, threes (3s) teacher at the Community Cooperative Nursery School, Angela Loomis and Jill Kozieradzki, PE teachers at Maple Hill Elementary School in Naugatuck, and Diane Marino, teacher at Kid's Castle Child Care Learning Center in Brookfield .
Stepping Stones Museum for Children is an award-winning children’s museum committed to broadening and enriching the lives of children. Now nearing its completion, Stepping Stones $17 million expansion will include the addition of 22,000 square feet providing new exhibits and innovative programming. Additions include a multi-media gallery, an expanded infant and toddler area, art and science labs, a traveling exhibit gallery, an expanded café and Community Garden. The expanded facility will be Gold LEED Certified and include solar panels, a wind turbine, a green-planted roof and Community Garden, making the museum itself an important energy teaching tool.
The Community Cooperative Nursery School was founded in 1953 as a place to involve parents in the preschool education experience. It is one of the last truly cooperative schools in Connecticut; a place where parents manage every aspect of the school, from governing to facility maintenance. Parents also serve as assistants to the certified teaching professionals in each classroom. CCNS provides students with an environment where they can learn from their classmates, develop positive social skills, explore the world around them and express themselves creatively.
CCNS is now offering a new twos (2s) program in the Fall in addition to their regular pre-school programs. This is a one day drop off Friday program that meets from 9:30 a.m. -12 noon. The twos (2s) program is a time for the very young child to explore new materials, broaden their environment and be part of a social situation, all with the comfortable feeling of being part of a small, nurturing class community. Children must be two years old by September 1. For more information and a tour, please call 203-866-2184.