Children at Mission Valley Nazarene Child Care Center benefit from a full developmental curriculum that meets their emotional, physical, social, intellectual and spiritual needs. Our program and environment create a secure and loving atmosphere grounded in Christian principles. Our children's Pastor presents an interactive chapel service once a week, which includes music and movement along with a Bible story time. A music class is also a part of our curriculum. Our music teacher introduces instruments along with new and fun songs. Our qualified educational staff provide age-appropriate activities organized around a monthly theme and interest center concept. Our enrichment programs include: music, creative activities and art, blocks, fine and gross motor skills, dramatic play, math and science development. These programs foster self-esteem and decision making abilities. Field trips, which are coordinated with our regular activities, are scheduled throughout the year.

Our program relies on flexibility, letting our children spend extra time to explore and discover a particularly interesting area yet maintain a proper degree of structure. Each child’s day is filled with a healthy mix of learning and play.

Infants

Our infant program is planned around security and trust through love, comfort, consistency and bundles of hugs. Our program is individualized to meet each child’s needs and planned activities help foster growth and development. Daily routines are a very important learning experience in the infants day.

Each caregiver develops a special bond with the children and becomes acutely aware of their signals and will meet their needs quickly. The program is designed to provide as much teacher/child contact as possible. Infants are held during bottle feedings and we encourage independence by allowing infants to feed themselves when table food is introduced.

Mobile infants are allowed to move around the room freely and infants that are unable to move on their own are stimulated by changing their environment around them and/or their position. Our classroom is equipped with stimulating toys and special activities are planned for the infants daily experience.

Toddlers

By now your toddler is walking steadily and is ready to explore the world around them. This is an important year for your child in terms of expanding their language and developing a sense of self worth and independence. Our program will offer your child many opportunities to grow and develop social, cognitive and physical skills. These skills are developed through singing, music, art, story time, and sensory activities. Routines are still a very important part of the toddler curriculum. Eating, diapering and dressing are important learning experiences. Physical contact and attention are a vital part of the toddlers day.

PreSchool

The preschool program provides experiences that allow the children to be successful. They build self confidence by experiencing activities such as dramatic play, math & science, building blocks, manipulatives, music & movement and creative art. Our program relies on flexibility, letting the children discover and explore our learning centers which help develop self esteem, decision-making abilities, and socialization skills. Time is provided for the children to choose activities that have a special interest to them. Routine schedules are still an important part of learning at this age and will help foster self help skills. An environment that encourages curiosity and offers challenges to stimulate development is the key ingredient to our program.