We’re excited to share that our Lead Mixed Age PreK Teacher, Ms. Nicole, currently has a few openings in her classroom for both summer and fall enrollment!
Ms. Nicole was recently honored as a recipient of the Sandy Standish Teacher Excellence Award through Kalamazoo County Ready 4s, recognizing her commitment to high-quality, joyful pre-kindergarten learning. We are so proud of the warm, engaging environment she creates every day, and we’d love to welcome a few more children into her classroom community.
If you have a 33 months – 5 year old and are looking for a nurturing, play-based PreK experience, send us a message or give the center a call to learn more about availability and how to enroll.
Email: [email protected]
Call: 269-615-2930
Lakeland Creative Beginnings
At Lakeland Creative Beginnings our highly qualified teaching team provides exceptional care utilizing the High Scope curriculum. Bright beginnings start here!
We are a nonprofit providing KC Ready 4s, GSRP, and School Age programs with wrap around care.
05/10/2026
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the incredible moms in our LCB community! 💐
Today we celebrate the love, patience, strength, and endless care you pour into your children each and every day. We are so grateful to partner with such amazing families, and it’s truly a joy to watch your little ones grow and thrive with your support behind them.
We also want to send a heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us for our Tea Party Cookie Decorating Fundraiser yesterday! Your participation, generosity, and smiles made the event so special—and every bit of support brings us one step closer to enhancing our playground for the children.
We appreciate you all so much. Wishing you a day filled with love, laughter, and well-deserved appreciation! 💕
05/08/2026
This week, we proudly celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week, and our hearts are absolutely full of gratitude for the incredible preschool and school-age team that makes our program so special.
Every single day, our teachers show up with dedication, compassion, and purpose - playing a vital role in shaping the healthy growth and development of our nation’s youth. Through the intentional use of the HighScope curriculum, our children are empowered to take initiative, make choices, and build confidence as active learners. With the support of the Second Step curriculum, our team nurtures social-emotional skills, helping children develop empathy, problem-solving abilities, and strong relationships that will guide them throughout their lives. This work matters deeply, and it does not go unnoticed.
To celebrate this amazing team, we enjoyed a full week of appreciation fun:
🍩Monday kicked things off with “You ‘donut’ know how much we appreciate you!” - a sweet start with donuts to match our sweet staff.
🥤Tuesday we were “Soda-lighted to have teachers and staff like you!” with a fun and refreshing dirty soda bar.
🍿Wednesday reminded us that our teachers make us “pop” with appreciation, celebrated with popcorn and flavored water.
🍎Thursday honored our team as the “apple of our eye” with a delicious caramel apple bar.
🌮 And today, we wrapped up the week recognizing that our team is “nacho” average teachers—with a well-deserved nacho bar celebration!
👚Thanks to generous monetary donations, we were able to treat our teachers to personalized cups, shirts, notebooks, and sweet treats!
🩷 This week would not have been possible without the incredible support from our community. We extend a heartfelt thank you to the many families who contributed, the LCB administration team, Kalamazoo County Ready 4s, and Celebration Cinema for helping us make this week so meaningful and memorable.
To our teachers: thank you for your passion, your patience, your creativity, and your unwavering commitment to children and families. You are making a lasting impact every single day, and we are beyond grateful to have such an exceptional team.
We appreciate you - not just this week, but always. 🩵
🎉 We are so proud of our very own Ms. Nicole for winning the Sandy Standish Excellent Educator Award! 🎉
😄 This award recognizes Ms. Nicole for all the work she puts in every day to help each child learn, grow, and play. Please comment below congratulating Ms. Nicole for this wonderful achievement!
📚 History of the Sandy Standish Excellent Educator Award 📚
"The 10th Anniversary Committee and the KC Ready 4s Board wanted a vehicle to recognize Sandy for her outstanding devotion, dedication and long range perspective as she laid the groundwork and developed this unique initiative. Her distinguished lifetime experience in the field of education brought with it a recognition of the critical needs of program directors, teachers, students and families.
This led her to create a highly collaborative system that included valuable whole child development resources such as: teacher mentors, speech and language evaluations, curriculum enhancements, whole child development assessment tools, etc.. Sandy Standish’s knowledge, experience and leadership style set an extremely important foundation to elevate pre-K education excellence throughout the county! This award was also created to recognize and emphasis the tremendous value excellent educators (like Sandy) bring to our entire community." - https://kcready4s.org/annual-sandy-standish-excellent-educator-award/
In HighScope, children are trusted as capable learners. They plan, explore, and reflect through hands-on experiences. That means our classrooms are intentionally prepared for play, discovery, and growth - not perfection.
A YES environment is about trust, not permission.
It embraces the messy middle, where real learning happens - not just the final outcome.
It’s more than a space - it’s an attitude we bring to every interaction.
We’re currently enrolling and still have a few spots available for Summer 2026 and the 2026–2027 School Year!
We serve children ages 2 years 9 months through 12 years old.
📲 (269) 615 - 2930
💌 [email protected]
📍10442 Sprinkle Road, Vicksburg, Michigan
05/01/2026
We are incredibly grateful to Lyster Exteriors for their generous donation and support of our program! They installed new gutters and a rain barrel for our mud kitchen, creating an amazing hands-on learning opportunity for our children to explore, create, and connect with nature.
Lyster Exteriors has been serving Southwest Michigan since 1998, providing reliable roof repair, roof replacement, and exterior services. They are a licensed, bonded, and insured team known for quality workmanship, clean job sites, and clear communication from start to finish.
If you’re looking for a trusted local company for your home exterior needs, we highly encourage you to check out Lyster Exteriors. Their commitment to the community truly shows, and we are so thankful for their support!
04/30/2026
Our spring playground improvements are in full swing, and our little learners are leading the way through active, hands-on exploration! 🌱
Using a HighScope approach, children are taking part in meaningful experiences as they help care for and enhance their outdoor environment.
Today, we added more sand to support sensory play, creativity, and problem-solving—key elements of active learning. We are so proud of how our children collaborate, take initiative, and bring joy to every part of their day.
Thank you to everyone who continues to support a space filled with laughter, discovery, and purposeful play!
04/28/2026
Make sure your child has a great day filled with learning, growing, and play here at Lakeland Creative Beginnings!
Spots are filling up FAST! Enroll today to secure your child's spot.
☎️ (269) 615 - 2930
💌 [email protected]
📍 10442 Sprinkle Road, Vicksburg, Michigan
04/21/2026
🎨 We love exploring art in ways that let children truly express themselves! From mixing colors and discovering new shades to creating rainbow rocket ships, every experience is about creativity, curiosity, and joy. We give children the space to express their feelings freely while building confidence and a love for learning. 🩷
🌻 Enroll your child today and watch them laugh, learn, and play every single day!
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10442 South Sprinkle Road
Vicksburg, MI
49097
Opening Hours
| Monday | 6:30am - 5:30pm |
| Tuesday | 6:30am - 5:30pm |
| Wednesday | 6:30am - 5:30pm |
| Thursday | 6:30am - 5:30pm |
| Friday | 6:30am - 5:30pm |