It is the philosophy of St. John's Day Care Center that childhood should be a time of fun, warmth, security, exploring, and discovery. Since this is your child's home away form home for a portion of his/her day, we want him/her to feel like a part of our family here at St. John's.
Preschool children are creative and receptive; the staff strives to nurture and encourage these qualities in the children who attend. Planned within the framework of philosophy and purpose, St. John's Day Care preschool curriculum includes sharing and conversation, time, stories, songs, finger plays, creative art activities and crafts, games and large muscle activities, field trips, food preparation, science and nature activities exposure to shapes, colors, numbers, letters, and celebrations of birthdays and holidays.
The needs of school-age children are somewhat different from those of preschoolers. Our program is designed to accommodate the physical and emotional needs of every child. Our school-age philosophy is based on a good mix of two different views:
1. We believe in free choice and the necessity of providing time for children to structure their own activities
2. We see the need for organized activities so that the children's lives can be enriched. It is our hope that through our before and after school programs and summer program, our older children's need will be met.
The Day Care's purpose for all of our children is to provide an atmosphere the encourages social, emotional, physical, and intellectual growth and development of the child as a whole.