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		1 Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together September 22, 2025 - October 11, 2025 https://www.teacollection.com/ Shop at Tea Collection September 22 - October 11 for globally inspired, well-made kids clothes for all of life's adventures. Get 20% off Tea Collection and Tea donates 15% to Families Together! Promo code: SDF25FTCNS https://www.teacollection.com/ This is a wonderful way to support our community while also getting some gorgeous, high-quality clothing for your children. Let’s spread the word and make this fundraiser a huge success! FINE PRINT: Enter your organization's promo code to receive 20% off your purchase on TeaCollection.com, and Tea will donate 15% of the product order value to your organization. If there is a promo code already applied at checkout, simply remove it and apply your organization's code to get credit. Offer valid from 09/22/2025 through 10/11/2025 at 11:59 PM PT. Excludes Sets, Clearance, and Green Sprouts Swim Diapers. Discount taken will be pre-tax. Cannot be combined with other promotions. No adjustments on previous purchases. Not redeemable for cash. Cannot be used towards the purchase of gift cards. Limited to stock on hand. If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to service@teacollection.com. See more details Music Engineering payment due Music Engineering payment due October 1, 2025 See more details Story Studio payment due Story Studio payment due October 1, 2025 See more details • • •	2 Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together September 22, 2025 - October 11, 2025 https://www.teacollection.com/ Shop at Tea Collection September 22 - October 11 for globally inspired, well-made kids clothes for all of life's adventures. Get 20% off Tea Collection and Tea donates 15% to Families Together! Promo code: SDF25FTCNS https://www.teacollection.com/ This is a wonderful way to support our community while also getting some gorgeous, high-quality clothing for your children. Let’s spread the word and make this fundraiser a huge success! FINE PRINT: Enter your organization's promo code to receive 20% off your purchase on TeaCollection.com, and Tea will donate 15% of the product order value to your organization. If there is a promo code already applied at checkout, simply remove it and apply your organization's code to get credit. Offer valid from 09/22/2025 through 10/11/2025 at 11:59 PM PT. Excludes Sets, Clearance, and Green Sprouts Swim Diapers. Discount taken will be pre-tax. Cannot be combined with other promotions. No adjustments on previous purchases. Not redeemable for cash. Cannot be used towards the purchase of gift cards. Limited to stock on hand. If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to service@teacollection.com. See more details •	3 Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together September 22, 2025 - October 11, 2025 https://www.teacollection.com/ Shop at Tea Collection September 22 - October 11 for globally inspired, well-made kids clothes for all of life's adventures. Get 20% off Tea Collection and Tea donates 15% to Families Together! Promo code: SDF25FTCNS https://www.teacollection.com/ This is a wonderful way to support our community while also getting some gorgeous, high-quality clothing for your children. Let’s spread the word and make this fundraiser a huge success! FINE PRINT: Enter your organization's promo code to receive 20% off your purchase on TeaCollection.com, and Tea will donate 15% of the product order value to your organization. If there is a promo code already applied at checkout, simply remove it and apply your organization's code to get credit. Offer valid from 09/22/2025 through 10/11/2025 at 11:59 PM PT. Excludes Sets, Clearance, and Green Sprouts Swim Diapers. Discount taken will be pre-tax. Cannot be combined with other promotions. No adjustments on previous purchases. Not redeemable for cash. Cannot be used towards the purchase of gift cards. Limited to stock on hand. If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to service@teacollection.com. See more details •	4 Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together September 22, 2025 - October 11, 2025 https://www.teacollection.com/ Shop at Tea Collection September 22 - October 11 for globally inspired, well-made kids clothes for all of life's adventures. Get 20% off Tea Collection and Tea donates 15% to Families Together! Promo code: SDF25FTCNS https://www.teacollection.com/ This is a wonderful way to support our community while also getting some gorgeous, high-quality clothing for your children. Let’s spread the word and make this fundraiser a huge success! FINE PRINT: Enter your organization's promo code to receive 20% off your purchase on TeaCollection.com, and Tea will donate 15% of the product order value to your organization. If there is a promo code already applied at checkout, simply remove it and apply your organization's code to get credit. Offer valid from 09/22/2025 through 10/11/2025 at 11:59 PM PT. Excludes Sets, Clearance, and Green Sprouts Swim Diapers. Discount taken will be pre-tax. Cannot be combined with other promotions. No adjustments on previous purchases. Not redeemable for cash. Cannot be used towards the purchase of gift cards. Limited to stock on hand. If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to service@teacollection.com. See more details •	5 Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together September 22, 2025 - October 11, 2025 https://www.teacollection.com/ Shop at Tea Collection September 22 - October 11 for globally inspired, well-made kids clothes for all of life's adventures. Get 20% off Tea Collection and Tea donates 15% to Families Together! Promo code: SDF25FTCNS https://www.teacollection.com/ This is a wonderful way to support our community while also getting some gorgeous, high-quality clothing for your children. Let’s spread the word and make this fundraiser a huge success! FINE PRINT: Enter your organization's promo code to receive 20% off your purchase on TeaCollection.com, and Tea will donate 15% of the product order value to your organization. If there is a promo code already applied at checkout, simply remove it and apply your organization's code to get credit. Offer valid from 09/22/2025 through 10/11/2025 at 11:59 PM PT. Excludes Sets, Clearance, and Green Sprouts Swim Diapers. Discount taken will be pre-tax. Cannot be combined with other promotions. No adjustments on previous purchases. Not redeemable for cash. Cannot be used towards the purchase of gift cards. Limited to stock on hand. If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to service@teacollection.com. See more details •
6 Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together September 22, 2025 - October 11, 2025 https://www.teacollection.com/ Shop at Tea Collection September 22 - October 11 for globally inspired, well-made kids clothes for all of life's adventures. Get 20% off Tea Collection and Tea donates 15% to Families Together! Promo code: SDF25FTCNS https://www.teacollection.com/ This is a wonderful way to support our community while also getting some gorgeous, high-quality clothing for your children. Let’s spread the word and make this fundraiser a huge success! FINE PRINT: Enter your organization's promo code to receive 20% off your purchase on TeaCollection.com, and Tea will donate 15% of the product order value to your organization. If there is a promo code already applied at checkout, simply remove it and apply your organization's code to get credit. Offer valid from 09/22/2025 through 10/11/2025 at 11:59 PM PT. Excludes Sets, Clearance, and Green Sprouts Swim Diapers. Discount taken will be pre-tax. Cannot be combined with other promotions. No adjustments on previous purchases. Not redeemable for cash. Cannot be used towards the purchase of gift cards. Limited to stock on hand. If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to service@teacollection.com. See more details •	7 Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together September 22, 2025 - October 11, 2025 https://www.teacollection.com/ Shop at Tea Collection September 22 - October 11 for globally inspired, well-made kids clothes for all of life's adventures. Get 20% off Tea Collection and Tea donates 15% to Families Together! Promo code: SDF25FTCNS https://www.teacollection.com/ This is a wonderful way to support our community while also getting some gorgeous, high-quality clothing for your children. Let’s spread the word and make this fundraiser a huge success! FINE PRINT: Enter your organization's promo code to receive 20% off your purchase on TeaCollection.com, and Tea will donate 15% of the product order value to your organization. If there is a promo code already applied at checkout, simply remove it and apply your organization's code to get credit. Offer valid from 09/22/2025 through 10/11/2025 at 11:59 PM PT. Excludes Sets, Clearance, and Green Sprouts Swim Diapers. Discount taken will be pre-tax. Cannot be combined with other promotions. No adjustments on previous purchases. Not redeemable for cash. Cannot be used towards the purchase of gift cards. Limited to stock on hand. If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to service@teacollection.com. See more details FTCNS Play Club: A Special Alumni Experience 4/4 FTCNS Play Club: A Special Alumni Experience 4/4 October 7, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Families Together Cooperative Nursery School, 1500 W Elmdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660, USA FTCNS Play Club is a special short-term experience designed to provide support, connection, and fun for FTCNS alumni entering Kindergarten in the fall. Each Play Club session will offer open-ended classroom play options such as playdough, blocks, and pretending. Club participants will have a chance to connect with FTCNS friends and revisit some of their favorite play activities. Play Club seeks to reassure children that FTCNS friendships and open-ended play are still important, even as they make the transition to Kindergarten. More information HERE. See more details • •	8 Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together September 22, 2025 - October 11, 2025 https://www.teacollection.com/ Shop at Tea Collection September 22 - October 11 for globally inspired, well-made kids clothes for all of life's adventures. Get 20% off Tea Collection and Tea donates 15% to Families Together! Promo code: SDF25FTCNS https://www.teacollection.com/ This is a wonderful way to support our community while also getting some gorgeous, high-quality clothing for your children. Let’s spread the word and make this fundraiser a huge success! FINE PRINT: Enter your organization's promo code to receive 20% off your purchase on TeaCollection.com, and Tea will donate 15% of the product order value to your organization. If there is a promo code already applied at checkout, simply remove it and apply your organization's code to get credit. Offer valid from 09/22/2025 through 10/11/2025 at 11:59 PM PT. Excludes Sets, Clearance, and Green Sprouts Swim Diapers. Discount taken will be pre-tax. Cannot be combined with other promotions. No adjustments on previous purchases. Not redeemable for cash. Cannot be used towards the purchase of gift cards. Limited to stock on hand. If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to service@teacollection.com. See more details ClimbZone Fundraiser for FTCNS ClimbZone Fundraiser for FTCNS October 8, 2025 3:30 pm - 7:00 pm ClimbZone Chicago, 2500 W Bradley Pl Suite M, Chicago, IL 60618, USA At ClimbZone, you can help Jack fight the Giant at the top of his beanstalk! Rescue Rapunzel by climbing her rope hair to the top of her tower. Soar into outer space! Battle knights, sharks, bees and falling fruit! With 65 uniquely themed walls to climb, your inner superhero will experience the thrill of reaching great heights and acquire new skills! Come enjoy the climbing walls, challenging rope courses with zipline, arcade, laser tag, soft play, and bumper cars AND raise money for Families Together! Up to 20% of this event’s proceeds will be donated to FTCNS based on the number of participant registrations, which includes admission, food and merchandise. Please share with family and friends! See more details • •	9 Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together September 22, 2025 - October 11, 2025 https://www.teacollection.com/ Shop at Tea Collection September 22 - October 11 for globally inspired, well-made kids clothes for all of life's adventures. Get 20% off Tea Collection and Tea donates 15% to Families Together! Promo code: SDF25FTCNS https://www.teacollection.com/ This is a wonderful way to support our community while also getting some gorgeous, high-quality clothing for your children. Let’s spread the word and make this fundraiser a huge success! FINE PRINT: Enter your organization's promo code to receive 20% off your purchase on TeaCollection.com, and Tea will donate 15% of the product order value to your organization. If there is a promo code already applied at checkout, simply remove it and apply your organization's code to get credit. Offer valid from 09/22/2025 through 10/11/2025 at 11:59 PM PT. Excludes Sets, Clearance, and Green Sprouts Swim Diapers. Discount taken will be pre-tax. Cannot be combined with other promotions. No adjustments on previous purchases. Not redeemable for cash. Cannot be used towards the purchase of gift cards. Limited to stock on hand. If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to service@teacollection.com. See more details •	10 Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together September 22, 2025 - October 11, 2025 https://www.teacollection.com/ Shop at Tea Collection September 22 - October 11 for globally inspired, well-made kids clothes for all of life's adventures. Get 20% off Tea Collection and Tea donates 15% to Families Together! Promo code: SDF25FTCNS https://www.teacollection.com/ This is a wonderful way to support our community while also getting some gorgeous, high-quality clothing for your children. Let’s spread the word and make this fundraiser a huge success! FINE PRINT: Enter your organization's promo code to receive 20% off your purchase on TeaCollection.com, and Tea will donate 15% of the product order value to your organization. If there is a promo code already applied at checkout, simply remove it and apply your organization's code to get credit. Offer valid from 09/22/2025 through 10/11/2025 at 11:59 PM PT. Excludes Sets, Clearance, and Green Sprouts Swim Diapers. Discount taken will be pre-tax. Cannot be combined with other promotions. No adjustments on previous purchases. Not redeemable for cash. Cannot be used towards the purchase of gift cards. Limited to stock on hand. If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to service@teacollection.com. See more details Street Cleaning Street Cleaning October 10, 2025 See more details • •	11 Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together Tea Collection’s School Days Fundraiser for Families Together September 22, 2025 - October 11, 2025 https://www.teacollection.com/ Shop at Tea Collection September 22 - October 11 for globally inspired, well-made kids clothes for all of life's adventures. Get 20% off Tea Collection and Tea donates 15% to Families Together! Promo code: SDF25FTCNS https://www.teacollection.com/ This is a wonderful way to support our community while also getting some gorgeous, high-quality clothing for your children. Let’s spread the word and make this fundraiser a huge success! FINE PRINT: Enter your organization's promo code to receive 20% off your purchase on TeaCollection.com, and Tea will donate 15% of the product order value to your organization. If there is a promo code already applied at checkout, simply remove it and apply your organization's code to get credit. Offer valid from 09/22/2025 through 10/11/2025 at 11:59 PM PT. Excludes Sets, Clearance, and Green Sprouts Swim Diapers. Discount taken will be pre-tax. Cannot be combined with other promotions. No adjustments on previous purchases. Not redeemable for cash. Cannot be used towards the purchase of gift cards. Limited to stock on hand. If you have questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to service@teacollection.com. See more details •	12
13 School Closed - Indigenous People's Day School Closed - Indigenous People's Day October 13, 2025 See more details •	14 Street Cleaning Street Cleaning October 14, 2025 See more details Story Studio: Creative Play Activities 1/6 Story Studio: Creative Play Activities 1/6 October 14, 2025 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Families Together Cooperative Nursery School, 1500 W Elmdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660, USA Art, movement, puppets, and pretending are just a few of the creative play activities offered in Story Studio. We’ll base our play on folk or fairy tales drawn from a variety of traditions and cultures. Using many different methods and media, children will be invited to represent the story, setting, and characters. More information HERE. See more details • •	15 Street Cleaning Street Cleaning October 15, 2025 See more details •	16 Street Cleaning Street Cleaning October 16, 2025 See more details Music Engineering: Building and Playing Musical Instruments 1/6 Music Engineering: Building and Playing Musical Instruments 1/6 October 16, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Families Together Cooperative Nursery School, 1500 W Elmdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660, USA What is music? What is sound? How are musical instruments made? These are just a few of the questions we’ll explore in our Music Engineering class. Children will engage in both the art and science of making and playing musical instruments. We’ll demonstrate instruments and experiment with making percussion sounds and rhythms as well as wind, string, and electronic music. Children will be encouraged to collaborate, compose, and make music together using their own inventions. More information HERE. See more details • •	17 Clovers Caregiver & Child Class Fall Session 1/6 Clovers Caregiver & Child Class Fall Session 1/6 October 17, 2025 10:30 am - 11:30 am Families Together Cooperative Nursery School, 1500 W Elmdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660, USA Masters-level teacher and professional musician, Carey Farrell, welcomes children, ages 18 months to 3 years, and their caregivers for a fun-filled hour on Friday mornings at Families Together. Clovers Caregiver & Child Class includes music, art, sensory experiences, gross motor play, and informal parent education on various child development issues. More information HERE. See more details •	18 Fall Fest Fall Fest October 18, 2025 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm See more details •	19
20 October Board Meeting October Board Meeting October 20, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Families Together Cooperative Nursery School All Coop Families welcome! See more details •	21 Story Studio: Creative Play Activities 2/6 Story Studio: Creative Play Activities 2/6 October 21, 2025 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Families Together Cooperative Nursery School, 1500 W Elmdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660, USA Art, movement, puppets, and pretending are just a few of the creative play activities offered in Story Studio. We’ll base our play on folk or fairy tales drawn from a variety of traditions and cultures. Using many different methods and media, children will be invited to represent the story, setting, and characters. More information HERE. See more details •	22 Picture Day Picture Day October 22, 2025 8:30 am - 2:30 pm Junipers 3-DAY, Willows & Oaks See more details •	23 Picture Day Picture Day October 23, 2025 9:00 am - 11:00 am Junipers 2-DAY See more details Music Engineering: Building and Playing Musical Instruments 2/6 Music Engineering: Building and Playing Musical Instruments 2/6 October 23, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Families Together Cooperative Nursery School, 1500 W Elmdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660, USA What is music? What is sound? How are musical instruments made? These are just a few of the questions we’ll explore in our Music Engineering class. Children will engage in both the art and science of making and playing musical instruments. We’ll demonstrate instruments and experiment with making percussion sounds and rhythms as well as wind, string, and electronic music. Children will be encouraged to collaborate, compose, and make music together using their own inventions. More information HERE. See more details • •	24 Clovers Caregiver & Child Class Fall Session 2/6 Clovers Caregiver & Child Class Fall Session 2/6 October 24, 2025 10:30 am - 11:30 am Families Together Cooperative Nursery School, 1500 W Elmdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660, USA Masters-level teacher and professional musician, Carey Farrell, welcomes children, ages 18 months to 3 years, and their caregivers for a fun-filled hour on Friday mornings at Families Together. Clovers Caregiver & Child Class includes music, art, sensory experiences, gross motor play, and informal parent education on various child development issues. More information HERE. See more details •	25	26 FTCNS Community Garden Work Day FTCNS Community Garden Work Day October 26, 2025 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Senn Unity Garden See more details •
27	28 Story Studio: Creative Play Activities 3/6 Story Studio: Creative Play Activities 3/6 October 28, 2025 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Families Together Cooperative Nursery School, 1500 W Elmdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660, USA Art, movement, puppets, and pretending are just a few of the creative play activities offered in Story Studio. We’ll base our play on folk or fairy tales drawn from a variety of traditions and cultures. Using many different methods and media, children will be invited to represent the story, setting, and characters. More information HERE. See more details •	29 School Closed - Teacher Inservice School Closed - Teacher Inservice October 29, 2025 See more details •	30 Music Engineering: Building and Playing Musical Instruments 3/6 Music Engineering: Building and Playing Musical Instruments 3/6 October 30, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Families Together Cooperative Nursery School, 1500 W Elmdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660, USA What is music? What is sound? How are musical instruments made? These are just a few of the questions we’ll explore in our Music Engineering class. Children will engage in both the art and science of making and playing musical instruments. We’ll demonstrate instruments and experiment with making percussion sounds and rhythms as well as wind, string, and electronic music. Children will be encouraged to collaborate, compose, and make music together using their own inventions. More information HERE. See more details •	31 Clovers Caregiver & Child Class Fall Session 3/6 Clovers Caregiver & Child Class Fall Session 3/6 October 31, 2025 10:30 am - 11:30 am Families Together Cooperative Nursery School, 1500 W Elmdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60660, USA Masters-level teacher and professional musician, Carey Farrell, welcomes children, ages 18 months to 3 years, and their caregivers for a fun-filled hour on Friday mornings at Families Together. Clovers Caregiver & Child Class includes music, art, sensory experiences, gross motor play, and informal parent education on various child development issues. More information HERE. See more details •

It was in this little classroom that my child got to experience “school” for the first time, in the most beautiful sense of the word. This little classroom where everything is, quite honestly, just right. Just the way it should be. Full of passion and creativity; song and movement; exploration and encouragement. This is what preschool should be. And I’m the lucky mom who made the choice to set my kids up for success and joy by giving them the absolute best start to school that any kid could get.

We all see what’s here, the amazing teachers and staff who are treated fairly and with respect. The incredible classrooms and the wonderful hours we all spend here. The community that supports each other ways I’ve never seen before. But Families Together has done so much more than that for us. it has been an honor and a privilege to have been part of it for so long.

At Families Together our son is gently and joyfully challenged to explore new ideas. The "emergent curriculum" takes into consideration the students' interests and honors their natural sense of curiosity. Our son is also learning how to work with others, advocate for himself and peacefully work through peer-conflicts. But, best of all, he wakes up every day excited to go to school!

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