Early Childhood Program
Director's Message
Each child is unique, growing and learning while having fun. In our caring, Christian environment we can provide an encouraging atmosphere for your child's early education.
Patti Gee, Preschool Director
General Information
| Operating Hours: | 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Monday - Friday) |
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| CCLD Facility No: | Infant Lic#300606476 • Preschool Lic#300603522 |
Tuition includes Extended Care for all preschoolers. A microwave and refrigerator is available in both the Infant and Waddler classrooms. For students enrolled in Jumpers through K1, tuition includes two (2) snacks and lunchtime milk.
| Classroom | Ages | Development Level | Class Max. (Ratio) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Infant | 3 - 18 months | 8 (1:4) | |
| Waddler | 18 - 36 months | 10 (1:6) | |
| Toddler | 2 - 2½ years | Beginning Potty-training | 8 (1:8) |
| Hopper | 2½ - 3½ years | Practically Potty-trained | 10 (1:10) |
| Jumper | 2½ - 3 years | Completely Potty-trained | 12 (1:12) |
| Skipper | 3½ years | Completely Potty-trained | 12 (1:12) |
| Pre-K / K1 | 4 - 5 years | Completely Potty-trained | 12 (1:12) |
Curriculum
top ↑Infant Classroom
Welcome to the Infant Classroom! Here you will find nurturing teachers to provide attentive, affectionate care to your baby, while bathing them in language as they perform everyday routines. Our Infant classroom meets the needs for physical comfort, emotional security, beginning socialization and language development for the infant from age 3 months to 18 months.
Our classroom is designed to promote all aspects of the infants developmental stages. While feeding, diapering and sleeping compose much of the infant's day, our staff strives to encourage the appropriate physical skills for the child's age. The beginning of socialization occurs in the Infant classroom, when the child notices the other children. Language development is enriched by teachers who talk to the child, and read or sing to him/her each day. Music is an important element of the curriculum for every infant, youngest to oldest.
A classroom of bright colors and age appropriate toys provide optimum stimulation for infant development. Floor gyms, mirrors, and soft toys surround the youngest children. As your infant grows into a toddler, the learning materials become more complex. Once your baby is able to sit and crawl he she is introduced to balls, stacking and sorting toys, as well as blocks. Your early walker, will be encouraged to utilize push toys, table toys, and simple art materials.
top ↑Waddler Classroom
Welcome to the Waddler Classroom! Here you will find nurturing teachers to provide attentive, affectionate care to your waddler with an emphasis on language development. Our Waddler teachers enrich language development by offering music and movement, circle time that includes books, sharing, stories, flannel boards and so much more for language development.
Our classroom full of age appropriate toys and activities encourages your curious waddler to explore and discover new ideas, materials and activities. Your child will enjoy arts materials, sand and water, tactile play materials and musical instruments. Imaginative play and motor skills are enriched by dress up, play food, kitchen sets and play tools. We offer reaction toys, puzzles, shape sorters and stacking objects.
Our Waddler classroom offers an abundance of exploration opportunities. We love outside where we will discover things that go such as cars, bikes and planes. We will discover so many things outside and you will be amazed how quickly we grow and the things we know.
top ↑Toddler Classroom
Welcome to the Toddler Classroom! Here you will find nurturing teachers to provide attentive, affectionate care to your toddler with a continued emphasis on language development through books at story time, through circle time sharing and through learning to communicate with their peers.
Our classroom is designed for each child to transition from the sensory-motor world of toddlers to an increasingly social world. We present toddlers with opportunities to assert their independence by encouraging self help skills such as potty training. The results are amazing!
Our classroom offers a fully balanced day with tons of imaginative activities for play. Toddlers will enjoy finger painting, puzzles, crayons and washable markers while we work to provide a caring atmosphere, reassuring routines and stimulating activities. We believe this is an optimum environment for learning at this level of development.
top ↑Hopper Classroom
Welcome to the Hoppers Classroom! Here you will find nurturing teachers to provide attentive, affectionate care to your child. Hoppers are excited and challenged by the new world they are discovering.
Our classroom encourages children to touch, taste and smell, hear, and test things for themselves. Young Hoppers are encourage to complete their potty training. We incorporate five important developmental areas: Character, Social, Emotional, Cognitive and Physical Development.
Children at this age need understanding, guidance and patience as they increase their knowledge of social skills by interacting with peers and making positive choices. They are eager to learn and our teachers offer many opportunities for your child by encouraging them to do activities and experience new things.
top ↑Jumper Classroom
Welcome to the Jumpers Classroom! Here you will find nurturing teachers to provide attentive, affectionate care to your child. Jumpers coninue to be excited and challenged by the new world they are discovering. Their language skills and experience in resolving conflict is increasing dramatically and we continue to offer opportunities for them to practice their new skills.
Our classroom encourages children to continue their exploration of the world around them by touch, taste, and smell, sound, and testing things for themselves. Our Jumpers have completed their potty training. We are continuing to focus on five important developmental areas: Character, Social, Emotional, Cognitive and Physical Development.
Children at this age need understanding, guidance and patience as they increase their knowledge of social skills by interacting with peers and making positive choices. Included in our program are experiences in Chapel, daily Bible lessons, language arts, dramatic play, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, creative arts, science, math, music, and movement.
top ↑Skippers Classroom
Welcome to the Skippers Classroom! Here you will find nurturing teachers to provide attentive, affectionate care to your child. Skippers begin to experience the joy of self-expression in the areas of music, arts and crafts, movement, story hour, and games in our supervised play areas. Their language skills and experience in conflict resolution continue to increase dramatically.
Our classroom will support preschoolers' learning with exciting activities to best meet their cognitive, physical and social-emotional development with continued opportunities focusing on five important developmental areas: Character, Social, Emotional, Cognitive and Physical Development.
These children are on the move and becoming more independent. We need to help develop their manipulative and coordination skills with puzzles and games, creative skills with drawing, painting, sticking and cutting and their language skills with books, poetry, songs and individual and group discussion. We continue to included Chapel, daily Bible lessons, language arts, dramatic play, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, creative arts, science, math, music, and movement.
top ↑Pre-K and K1 Classrooms
Welcome to the Pre-K and K1 Classrooms! Here you will find nurturing teachers to provide attentive, affectionate care to your child. Our Pre-K children begin to experience the joy of self-expression in the areas of music, arts & crafts, movement, story time and games. Teachers will support your child's learning with exciting activities to best meet their cognitive, physical and social-emotional development.
Our classroom continues to focus on the five important developmental areas: Character, Social, Emotional, Cognitive and Physical Development. We continue to include Chapel, daily Bible lessons, language arts, dramatic play, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, creative arts, science, math, music, and movement.
Field trips play a big role in an effort to bring community into the classroom. Preschoolers are also allowed blocks of time to explore their environment and to delve into projects that interest them and which might take days to complete. These children are becoming more independent. Climbing, play, music and dance teach spatial awareness and body control, while jumping, kicking a ball and balancing on one leg offers fun and physical challenges.
