WHERE WE PLAY TO LEARN

The Early Childhood Center (ECC) offers a positive preschool experience for three and four-year-old students. Our highly qualified teachers plan developmentally appropriate class activities geared to stimulate learning through exploration while encouraging independence.

Through positive interactions with classmates and adults, children have many opportunities to develop social skills. Our activities and projects are designed to value the process more than the finished product, allowing children to be creative and inventive.

Both indoor and outdoor play allow children to learn about the world and themselves. As children play, they learn new skills, coping mechanisms and the ability to test new ideas.

Program Objectives

• Make a successful transition from home to school
• Feel comfortable and secure in school
• Develop social competency with peers and adults
• Develop a positive self-concept, respect for others & their ideas
• Develops an awareness of God in their daily life, learns mealtime prayers and to pray for others in need 
• Encourage each child to play and work well independently and in a group
• Provide opportunities for self-expression for each child through language, art, music, and play
• Stimulate imagination, develop an interest in learning & exploring
• Provide opportunities for large and small motor development
• Introduce the concept and use of numbers and letters through a variety of experiences