Providing high quality cooperative services that positively impact

the diverse educational needs of students, staff, and community.


MERCER COUNTY

We believe everyone

  • is valued
  • can learn and grow
  • will become successful and independent

educational service center

540 East Market Street, Celina, OH 45822 Phone: (419) 586-6628

Mercer County ESC Preschool

"Childhood is a gallery of firsts...first experiences, first friendships, first challenges,

first hopes, first dreams, first surprises, and first success."

Preschool classroom
Preschooler screening test.
Choices & options
Tips Wood Blocks
Saving for Tuition Fees

Interested in enrolling your child in one of our ESC preschool programs for the 2024-2025 school ​year? Contact our office at 419-586-6628.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND UPDATES FOR YOUR CHILD’S CLASSROOM, ​PLEASE CLICK BELOW

CELINA

MRS. KNAPKE

MARION LOCAL

MS. HOLLY

CELINA

MS. ANGIE

PARKWAY

MISS ANESSA

VERSAILLES

MS. RACHEL

COLDWATER

MRS. WILL

ST. HENRY

MS. JACKIE

Jenny Hemmelgarn

Preschool Supervisor

jenny.hemmelgarn@mercercountyesc.org

Early Identification Screening - Child Find

If you have concerns for your 3, 4, or 5 year-old child regarding their speech or any potential

developmental delay, we’re here to help! The screening is not a requirement in order to enroll your child

in preschool but they can be used to help identify any potential learning needs.

The free screening will cover the following:

Articulation/Language

Fine & Gross Motor

Hearing/Vision

Pre-Academics

*PLEASE BRING A COPY OF YOUR CHILD’S OFFICIAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND IMMUNIZATION RECORD*


08/23/2024

09/27/2024

10/18/2024

11/22/2024

01/24/2025

02/28/2025

03/25/2025

04/25/2025

2024-2025 School Year Child Find Dates

Please call our office to schedule your child’s appointment at 419-586-6628

Preschool Services & Options

Mercer County Educational Service Center Quality Programming

  • Encourages curiosity, initiative, persistence, and self-confidence - all attitudes which lead to life-long ​learning.
  • Helps children develop thinking and problem-solving skills. Expands the knowledge of self, others, and the ​physical and social world.
  • Enhances the development of the whole child, including their learning, communication, physical, and social ​skills.
  • Enables children to see adults as respectful, nurturing, supportive, responsible, and helping resources.

Sp​ecial Education Preschool Services

Program Options

  • Preschool Itinerant Services: These services are provided by preschool special education teachers in two ​different methods of service; 1.) Services delivered in the home environment. 2.) Services delivered to a child ​attending a public or private preschool.
  • Center-based Services: These services are classroom programs that provide group educational experiences to ​children led by preschool special education teachers.
  • Related Services: These services are available to children who qualify in one or more of the following areas; ​communication, hearing, vision, social-emotional/behavioral functioning, motor functioning, adaptive ​behavior, cognitive ability.

Pa​renting Tip

Realistic Expectations

  • Children learn more when they practice things that they know how to do. Watch children at play and ​during daily routines.
  • Pay attention to what they can do without help.
  • Note how they spend their time.
  • If you ask a child to do something and they do not respond right away, wait!
  • It takes some children a little longer to figure out what is expected of them.
  • Children can become confused when they do not have enough time to figure things out.
  • Frustration, resistance, and lack of interest are clues that too much is being asked of them.