{"id":5819,"date":"2024-08-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/8-24-open-house-little-stars-child-care-program-at-heparks\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T15:48:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:48:02","slug":"8-24-open-house-little-stars-child-care-program-at-heparks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/vi\/8-24-open-house-little-stars-child-care-program-at-heparks\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/24 Open House Little Stars Child Care Program at HEParks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-726a2e6c1f3741a61fccc406a015ecf8\">08\/23\/24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hoffman Estates, IL &#8211;<\/strong> On Saturday, September 7, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM the Hoffman Estates Park District (HEParks) will host an Open House for its Little Stars Child Care program. Parents of children ages 3-5 can explore the program and discover how Little Stars prepares children for success in kindergarten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong> September 7, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time:<\/strong> 9:00 am \u2013 10:00 am<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Triphahn Center, 1685 West Higgins Rd., Hoffman Estates, IL 60169<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>HEParks\u2019 Little Stars program offers a full-day preschool experience designed to support the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development of young children. The curriculum is rooted in play-based learning, encouraging problem-solving, creativity, and social skills through a variety of daily activities, including art, music, math, science, and group discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur Little Stars program is crafted to ignite a passion for learning in every child,\u201d said Natalie Wood, Early Childhood Program Manager at HEParks. \u201cWe focus on each child\u2019s individual growth, ensuring they are ready to shine in kindergarten and beyond. The Open House is a chance for families to see how we nurture and guide young learners.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Open House is open to all interested families, with no registration required. Drop in between 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM to learn more about the program and take a tour of the facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2025\/12\/vecteezy_preschool-kids-outdoor-have-fun_10985972_473.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51129 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/900;\" data-smush-webp-fallback=\"{&quot;data-src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.heparks.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/vecteezy_preschool-kids-outdoor-have-fun_10985972_473.jpg&quot;}\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">happy child kids group have fun and play at kindergarden outdoor preschool education concept with  teacher<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>08\/23\/24 Hoffman Estates, IL &#8211; On Saturday, September 7, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 PM the Hoffman Estates Park District (HEParks) will host an Open House for its Little [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","_ecp_custom_2":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-5819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16665,"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819\/revisions\/16665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heparks.org\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}