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Fun for Preschool-Aged Children
Coralville Parks and Recreation offers recreational and educational activities for preschool-age children. These programs help nurture preschoolers' social, developmental, and educational skills in an environment for young children to learn and grow. Most preschool activities are designed for children under the age of six years old.A Range of Activities
Preschool activities include musical adventures, an indoor play land, sensory and nature-based programs, STEM activities, arts and crafts, and special events.Preschool-age programming is included in the Coralville Parks and Recreation activity guide, which is published three times per year. View Activity Guide
Contact Us
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Grace Balison
Recreation Program Coordinator
EmailCoralville Recreation Center
1506 8th St.
Coralville, IA 52241Ph: 319.248.1750
Fx: 319.248.1899
Music Time with Nancy
Enter the magical world of music and watch your child grow!Nancy Bell, preschool music instructor, leads children on a musical adventure with songs that have children moving, singing, counting, listening, playing instruments, and dancing. Move and groove with your child and enjoy the fun.
Art Time with Nancy
A discovery and celebration of a child’s creativity! Join preschool instructor Nancy Bell as children use their imagination to create art using paint, paper, glue, scissors, dough, crayons, marbles, and other media. Let your little artist blossom with creativity!
Tot Lot
Play the morning away at Tot Lot for preschool children!Our indoor “playland” provides many toys to climb on, ride in, bounce on, and slide down. We provide the fun, parents provide the supervision! Kids love their playtime, parents love the chance to socialize with one another.
Preschool Gymnastics
Tiny TumblersThis adult and child class is an early introduction to tumbling skills, focusing on coordination and strength building exercises. This class concentrates on:
- Basic body control
- Basic strength exercises
- Basic flexibility exercises
- Forward rolls
- Backward rolls
Little Steps
This class emphasizes basic tumbling skills and the development of muscular coordination, strength, and flexibility. This class focuses on:
- Basic body control
- Basic strength exercises
- Basic flexibility exercises
- Forward and backward rolls
- Handstands
- Cartwheels
- Bridges/Back bends
This class teaches the steps of achieving these goals and does not require any knowledge of tumbling practices or any experience
Kinder Club
Children and nature go together naturally! Kinder Club builds on children’s inherent curiosity about the world by using hands on sensory and nature based activities to foster social, physical, and academic development.Each class of our program follows a familiar flow of active play, large group circle time, fine motor, and sensory based activities. Children will expand their imagination and generate their creativity by participating in various activities from painting and crafts, sensory tables, STEM activities, outdoor lessons, music and dance, cooperative games, and fun storytelling. Weather appropriate clothes are needed and play clothes are a must.
Preschool & Youth Dance
Coralville Parks & Recreation partners with Tippi Toes Dance to provide dance classes. Classes are taught by staff that have completed dance training and have experience working with children.Toddler & Me
Music, movement, balance, and the basic dance steps are introduced in a fun, friendly, and positive manner. This class includes a parent or caregiver participating in the class along with the little dancer. Teachers keep the music and curriculum moving along while parents take an active role in encouraging, supporting, and keeping the little dancer on track.
Baby Ballet
Baby ballet is a transition from Toddler & Me into Ballet, Tap, & Jazz combo. This class is for 2-3 year olds who are ready to dance without their caregiver in the room.