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...Laying
the foundation for life long learning in a loving Christian environment
Purpose: Mom’s Day Out and Stepping Stones Preschool is an important outreach of FUMC. We provide a structured environment in which your children, ages 6 months through 5 years old can worship, learn, and play throughout the year. MDO and SSP have a low student to teacher ratio, with two teachers in each room, offering children adequate attention while away from home. Along with early childhood education, the program strives to give children a basic Christian education and opportunities to participate in community service.
Mission: As an early childhood education center, our mission is to provide a healthy foundation for learning within a safe, structured, stimulating and nurturing environment. We foster physical, social, spiritual, and intellectual growth as we prepare children for their next educational step in preschool and ultimately kindergarten.
Mom’s Day Out for 6 mos.—2s
Mom’s Day Out Junior Preschool for 3s
Stepping Stones Preschool for 4/5s (pre-kindergarten)
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Low teacher / child ratio: (1:4 for 6 mos. through 1's, 1:6 for 2's)
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8:30AM-2:30 PM M/T/Th or T/Th
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(one day a week option available only in 6-13 month class.)
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A preschool type day with activities designed to challenge and encourage your child's growth.
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Thematic monthly units that organize developmentally appropriate activities.
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Introduction to music, art, colors, shapes, the alphabet, counting and Bible stories in a loving, supportive environment.
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Stories, nursery rhymes and songs that encourage age-appropriate language development.
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Toys that encourage exploration and curiosity.
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Encouragement of proper manners (please, thank you, etc.) including table manners, and self-help skills.
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Opportunities for large motor development in our enclosed playground and large, carpeted gym.
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Extras for the 2s only include: Music and Movement (starting mid-year.)
- Low teacher : child ratio (1:6)
- 8:30 AM—2:30 PM M/T/Th.
- 8:30 AM---12:00 PM Wed/Fri
- A preschool type day with activities designed to challenge and encourage your child's growth.
- Christian emphasis, including Bible stories and memorizing simple Bible verses and prayers.
- Core Knowledge curriculum (www.coreknowledge.org), a content-rich curriculum that builds upon itself in a sequential fashion and supports our Stepping Stones Pre-school curriculum.
- Opportunities for growth in language development, with a particular focus on letter sounds and vocabulary building through stories, rhymes, and songs.
- Opportunities for age appropriate development of mathematical reasoning through activities involving sorting, counting, one-to-one correspondence, and patterning.
- Opportunities for large motor development in our enclosed playground and large, carpeted gym. Weekly activities include obstacle courses, running, dancing, hopping/jumping, balancing, tumbling, throwing and kicking. Games are used to facilitate listening skills as well as develop motor coordination.
- Activities for developing small motor skills that are the precursor for later handwriting skills.
- Encouragement of proper manners (please, thank you, etc.) including table manners, and self-help skills.
- Extras include: Music, Movement, Chapel, and Library.
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Low teacher : child ratio (1:10)
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8:30 AM—12:00 PM M through Fri with options to purchase Mom’s Day Out Extensions until 2:30 PM on M, T, and/or Th.
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A preschool day that includes large group opening exercises, centers, and small group time.
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Christian emphasis, including Bible stories and memorizing simple Bible verses and prayers.
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Core Knowledge curriculum (www.coreknowledge.org), a content-rich kindergarten readiness curriculum that builds upon itself in a sequential fashion. The curriculum focuses on
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Literacy
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Stories and nursery rhymes
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Math
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Science
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Understanding of Time and Space
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Work Habits and Social Skills
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Opportunities for large motor development in our enclosed playground and large, carpeted gym. Weekly activities include obstacle courses, running, dancing, hopping/jumping, balancing, tumbling, throwing and kicking. Games are used to facilitate listening skills as well as develop motor coordination.
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Activities for enhancing small motor skills to promote good handwriting.
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Encouragement of proper manners (please, thank you, etc.) including table manners.
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Extras include: Music, Movement, Chapel, Library.
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Program Details 2007-2008
Stepping Stones Preschool
August 13, 2007—May 27, 2008
We follow a similar calendar to the Enterprise City Schools Calendar for holidays
Mom’s Day Out
6 months to 3’s:
- 8:30 AM—2:30 PM
- 3 day a week program
- Mon./Tues./Thurs.
- $1,850 a year or 10 payments of $185 a month
- 2 day a week program
- 6 - 13 mo. Mon/Thurs
- 14 - 21 mo. Tues/Thurs
- $1550 a year or 10 payments of $155 a month
- 2 day a week program
- 3 yr olds Wed/Fri
- $950 a year or 10 pmts of $95/mo.
- 1 day a week program
- 6 - 13 mo only
- Mon., Tues or Thurs
- $1000 a year or 10 pmts of $100/mo
Note: Non-refundable $50 registration fee and $35 supply fee for all programs. 10% tuition discounts are available for multiple children after one full price tuition is paid. Discounts are calculated on lowest tuition amount.)
- PK-4’s:
- 8:30 AM—12:00 PM
- Monday through Friday
- $1,850 a year or 10 payments of $185 a month
- Optional Mom’s Day Out Extensions to 2:30 PM
- 1 day ($25 per month extra)
- 2 day ($45 per month extra)
- 3 day ($65 per month extra)
Fabulous Fridays
Field Trips or On-Site Fun Activities for all age groups one Friday morning a month (parents/guardians provide transportation and must attend), at no extra cost except any entrance fees.
August Welcome Picnic
September Farm Visit
October Pumpkin Patch
November Thanksgiving Feast
December Christmas Party
January Mellow Mushroom
February Fun Factory
March Montgomery Zoo
April Strawberry Patch
May Good Bye Picnic and Stepping Stones moving Up Ceremony