In the heart of downtown Batavia, our program is designed specifically for our elementary students while remaining true to our Mill Creek ECP philosophy; a Reggio inspired, nature and relationship-based program. 

With a creative and inspiring art studio, the Fox River Trail outside our back door, and the Batavia community surrounding us there will always be inspiration, provocations and unique opportunities for you child to be actively engaged in their learning.

Our Reggio inspired kindergarten and first grade will provide your child with an engaging, inquiry and play-based learning program. Your child will be involved in a variety of learning opportunities that will help them investigate, problem solve and collaborate.  

Mill Creek Early Childhood Program. . . 
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Creates a culture of inquiry in which your child will develop a strong foundation for learning in the following areas:
  • problem solving and creative thinking;
  • thinking critically about ideas and information in literacy and math;
  • learning to think for themselves, understanding their feelings and those around them, recognizing and respecting differences in others, and assessing the consequences of their actions;
  • understanding their connections, contributions and relationships with others as part of a group, a community, and the natural world;
  • developing socially and emotionally through their relationships with other children and the educators who guide them; and
  • developing as a citizen, through a sense of personal connectedness to various communities, like their class, their grade and their school.

Mill Creek ECP is organized into four areas that reflect the way learning naturally occurs: ​