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Child Development Program
We're off to a great start!
Thanks for helping your child begin the new school year as we share these special days of childhood together.
Please note that CDP and the church will be closed on Monday, Spetember 6, in observance of Labor Day.
To learn more about the Child Development Program, please click here
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Registration for the 2010-2011 Details Here (PDF)
The Child Development Program is a ministry of Highland Park United Methodist Church dedicated to providing a caring, Christian environment in which young children can learn and grow. Because we believe each child to be a unique gift of God, our program is designed to provide developmentally appropriate learning activities that allow each child to become the person God created him or her to be. The child’s spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical, social and aesthetic growth is nurtured through activities that meet the highest standards of early childhood education.
Our Christ-centered program, supported by the congregation of Highland Park United Methodist Church, accepts children without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin and does not discriminate on the basis of these factors in the administration of its policies, hiring or admissions.
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A Developmentally Appropriate Environment
Because children learn most effectively in a play-oriented environment, each classroom provides a place that is both safe and developmentally appropriate for the age of the children. Teachers plan for daily experiences by using their knowledge of child development to meet the needs of a variety of temperaments and learning styles. Activities and materials are designed for specific age groups. Topics for units in older classes are those which hold meaning for the child in his/her daily living and which incorporate behavioral and educational goals for each child. As children mature, the classes add more structured dimensions to assure school readiness; for example, kindergarten provides directed activities in math, science, language and literacy, fine and gross motor skills, computer activities, art projects and cooperative play.
Enrichment Programs
Enrichment activities included at no additional cost include music, movement, physical fitness and drama. All-day students, depending on their age, have had the option to take gymnastics, dance, Spanish and computer classes for an additional charge. These special classes vary from year to year and will be publicized at the beginning of the year.
Celebration
The cornerstone of our life together is weekly worship in Cox Chapel. Each class from age two through kindergarten spends time each week worshipping God through song and prayer, beginning lessons in spiritual formation and stories from the Bible. Families join us once a month for Family Celebration as we begin to understand how “God loves me and God loves everyone!”
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All-Day Classes
Ages: 6 weeks through fours
Time: 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Monday - Friday, year-round
Preschool Classes
Ages: 2 (as of 4-30-09) through fours
Time: 8:45 a.m. - 11:45a.m., class schedule varies by age,
September through May
A "Stay & Play" option is offered to our preschoolers Monday through Thursday from 11:45 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
Transitional Twos
Ages: 18 months (as of 4-30- 09)through 2 years
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Mon.-Wed. or Tues.-Thurs.,
September through May
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