Churches with daycare: Daycare – Mt. Washington Baptist Church

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Covenant Child Development Center

The Child Development Center (CDC) is a community service and outreach of Covenant Presbyterian Church. It is a nurturing pre-school with a purposed Christian worldview. Offering classes for ages 2 & 3 as well as half-day and full-day VPK. Children must be potty trained before attending the school.

Excel Christian Academy Early Childhood Center

Excel Christian Academy’s Early Childhood Center accepts infants and children from 6 weeks through 4 years old. It is part of Excel Christian Academy private school that serves ages infant through 12th Grade. Our play-based, child centered program reflects the integration of physical, cognitive, social, emotional, language, and spiritual areas for the total development of the child. Meaningful play encourages curiosity, risk taking, discovery and problem solving which allows individual growth and development of a positive self worth.

First Methodist School in Bartow (Age 2 – 8th grade)

At First Methodist School we feel that an essential key to higher learning is school enjoyment and that a child’s school years should be a positive experience. Children are learning about their world and developing socially, emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually. Our program offers activities and experiences to foster growth in each area. Serving age 2 through 8th grade.

First Steps Preschool (First United Methodist Church)

The First Steps Preschool at First United Methodist Church offers a loving, caring environment for children age six weeks though pre-kindergarten. Also a Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) provider, First Steps provides lower child-teacher ratios and room capacities than required by Florida Statutes. Recognized as a Gold Seal Quality Care Center by the Florida Department of Children and Families.

Grace Lutheran School (Age 2 – 8th grade)

Grace Lutheran School is a private school for children in kindergarten through middle school. Students recognize God’s spirit at work in their lives, creating a climate of trust and respect, cooperation and love among teachers, parents, and students. Grace Lutheran also has a preschool for ages 2 – 5, full and part-time programs are offered.

Hands & Hearts In Motion at Oasis Community Church

We are a 5 STAR, nationally accredited, faith based center in Lakeland, Florida. We accept children ages 6 weeks through 5 years, and are open year round. We are conveniently located close to the Polk Parkway, Bartow Highway, and Winter Lake Road. Our staff are credentialed and continuously trained in the Early Childcare field to bring the best educational experience possible for your child.

Kathleen Baptist Church Child Enrichment Center

At the Kathleen Baptist Church Child Enrichment Center and Day Camp we provide quality Christian education to children ages 2 through 5 years of age, as well as after-school care for elementary-aged children. Please contact us today!

Lakeland Christian School (PreK4 – grade 12)

The hallmarks of LCS are strong academics, championship athletics, award-winning fine arts, and a close-knit school-family partnership. Classes are taught from a Biblical perspective, emphasizing God’s truth as it applies to every aspect of a student’s life. The Discovery Program is offered to students age 5-14 with a specific diagnosis of autism and/or related disabilities.

Lakes Academy

Lakes Academy is a ministry of Lakes Church and will be launching as new school for the 2022-2023 school year.  The mission of Lakes Academy is to provide students with a Christ-centered environment, where they can receive a quality education with a biblical worldview. Our goal is to equip students to be “more than conquerors” for the Kingdom of God.

Little Shepherds Preschool at First Presbyterian Church

For more than 20 years, Little Shepherds Preschool has provided quality, safe child care for the Lakeland community. We are a licensed preschool for children 3 months to 5 years old, dedicated to providing professional and loving care in a Christian environment. Hours range from 8:30am – 2:00pm, with partial week options available (MWF / TuTh). Open during the school year.

Parkway Christian Academy (VPK-12)

Parkway Christian Academy is a college preparatory K4-12 school that offers a distinctly Christian education with a biblical worldview. Our mission is to glorify God, disciple students, and pursue excellence in education, with the Bible as our foundation and Jesus Christ as our focus.

Polk County FL Catholic Schools (PreK – 12)

Polk County Catholic Schools form remarkable leaders in a Christ-centered environment for a better tomorrow.  Our foundation of faith is an education for life.  The Polk County Catholic Schools system offers 3 Elementary/Middle Schools, 1 High School, and one Early Learning Center providing a high-quality Catholic education from Pre-K3 through 12th grade.

Neumann Early Learning Academy (Pre-K3, Pre-K4 and VPK) – 501 E Carter Rd, Lakeland, FL 33813
Resurrection Catholic School (PreK – 8th) – 3720 Old Hwy 37, Lakeland, FL33813
St. Anthony Catholic School (PreK – 8th) – 820 Marcum Road, Lakeland, Florida33809
St. Joseph Catholic School – Winter Haven (Pre-K3 – 8th) – 535 Ave. M NW, Winter Haven, FL33881
Santa Fe Catholic High School (9-12) – 3110 US-92, Lakeland, FL33801

Precious Children in the Highlands Preschool at Presbyterian Church in the Highlands

Our purpose is to provide quality childcare to the surrounding community, meeting the needs of families and children from varying backgrounds and abilities. Our faith-based curriculum provides spiritual, physical, social, emotional and cognitive growth opportunities for young children. We serve children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old, offer VPK, as well as a school-age program during the summer.

Resurrection Catholic School (PreK3 – grade 8)

Resurrection Catholic School is a Catholic private school for grades PreK3, VPK, and K-8 located in Lakeland, Florida. With a strong focus on academic excellence, spiritual development and service to others, RCS strives to nurture and develop students to their fullest potential. We are a parish ministry of Resurrection Catholic Church, but we welcome students and families of all faiths.

Ridge Christian Academy (VPK – grade 12)

Ridge Christian Academy is a Christian Preschool through High School operated as a ministry of Ridge Assembly of God. Our programs offer a Christian philosophy of education and a Christian environment for your children’s growth. Accepts Step up for Students and McKay Scholarships. Offering VPK and grades K-12.

Saint Anthony Catholic School (VPK – grade 8)

St. Anthony Catholic School is a private Catholic school and is a ministry of St. Anthony Catholic Church in North Lakeland, Florida. We accept children from Pre-K through 8th Grade, regardless of denomination. We are also a free VPK provider.

Small Wonders Child Development Center at Highland Park Church

Small Wonders is a full-time, year-round program that accepts children ages 8 weeks through pre-kindergarten. Small Wonders is governed by an appointed Board of Directors and is licensed by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). Half day and full day options. Goal Seekers before & after school care available for 5+.

St. John’s Preschool Winter Haven

St. John’s Preschool provides part time and full time child care services for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old including VPK. VPK is a free three-hour per day educational program that helps your child get ready for Kindergarten.

St. Joseph Catholic School (PreK3 – grade 8)

St. Joseph Catholic School, founded in 1957 in the Diocese of Orlando, is a faith community dedicated to the education of children as together we grow in the love of God, of others and of learning. For over 50 years, St. Joseph Catholic School has offered Catholic education with strong academics. PreK3 – 8th grade. VPK Program available.

St. Paul Lutheran School (PreK – grade 8)

St. Paul Lutheran School is a non-public school serving children age 15 months through 8th grade. Over the 56 year history of SPLS we have provided nurturing and engaging education that has equipped students exceptionally well for the next stages in their lives. This is all done with Christ and God’s Word at the center and with individual care and respect for each learner.

Victory Christian Academy (Age 2 – grade 12)

The mission of Victory Christian Academy is to partner with parents and the local church to provide the highest quality Christian education to prepare students to deal with the issues and realities of life by developing their spiritual, academic, social, and physical potential, all from the foundation of biblical truth. Serving ages 2 – 12th Grade.



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Looking to Start a Day Care at Your Church? Start Here.

Published: January 24, 2020

Meet the needs of children and their families in your community by starting a daycare in your church.

Many churches searching for the “perfect” outreach ministry may find it in the children who are sitting on their knees or snuggled in the arms of the people they want to reach. That’s because the most important decision employed parents make is choosing who will care for their children while they work.

Why should a church consider sponsoring a day care center? In their book Early Childhood Ministry and Your Church, authors Kathleen Seaton and Linda Rothaar state, “A healthy congregation is one in which there is an awareness of the real needs in the community, respect and love for all people, and a gospel-driven drive to serve others.”

Michele Marr, communications director of St. Matthews Episcopal Church in Newport Beach, California, says 12 desperate parents call every week inquiring about day care. As a result, her church is praying about and researching the possibilities of opening a facility. “With so much publicity about child abuse,” says Marr, “parents tend to prefer a church day care because it feels safer.”

What better way to meet families’ needs in your community than inviting children and families into a church-sponsored day care?

Reaching Out

Churches with day care facilities have a sense of mission. Robin Reed directs Carpenter’s Kids, a preschool for nearly 400 children under the age of 6. Her church, South Haven Baptist of Springfield, Missouri, considers its facility a ministry of the entire congregation.

“Families need to have a place where they can feel unconditional love,” she says. “They want an environment where their children’s total needs are met—spiritual, physical, emotional, and academic.”

Smaller facilities find that size does not limit their outreach to the community. Gayle Beeler, of Grace Evangelical Free Church in Longmont, Colorado, purposely involves the 30 children in her preschool in community activities. Whenever the children are out in the community, others notice that these children attend a church-sponsored day care. It’s another way to let people know about your church.

Making the Decision

Consider these issues when deciding whether a day care center is an option for your church.

What are your community’s needs?

How many facilities already exist in the area? What needs do they meet in terms of hours, ages, and philosophy? Research the information to make a sound decision. Then present your research in a congregational meeting.

Does your congregation have a sense of mission for a day care?

Beeler worked at a public facility before approaching her pastor about the possibility of opening a day care in her church. She was delighted when the congregation latched onto the vision of such an outreach.

What is the day care capacity of your building?

Classroom space doesn’t necessarily constitute a day care center. What are the licensing requirements in your particular state and community? Each state has its regulations for employee qualifications, space needed per child, insurance requirements, and more. Consider that some insurance companies require training and safeguards for sexual abuse. Call your department of social services for licensing information, and check with your local council of churches to see if there have been any difficulties with other congregations obtaining licensing.

How will the day care affect your congregation?

Will you have a separate area for the day care, or will you use Sunday school classrooms? Renting to an outside party can cause problems in sharing space, time, and materials. This is why most directors feel it’s important for a facility to be operated by the church. Cooperation is important when rooms are used for Sunday school, church clubs, and day care activities.

What ages of children will you provide care for?

Will you provide primarily infant and preschool care, or will you also have an after-school or summer program for older children? What hours will you operate? Tailor your programs for the typical working schedules and commute times in your area.

Do you have the financial resources needed to start a child care center?

You’ll need to pay salaries, purchase supplies and equipment, and cover insurance and licensing fees. Will the center make payments to the church for use of the building? Or will the church subsidize the center by not charging rent or utilities? What about providing scholarships to needy families? It might take several years for the center to establish itself financially.

Who’ll work in your program?

This is a major factor in deciding whether to open a center. If you want your staff to have a vision for your ministry and a genuine love for kids, consider: Staff members should belong to your church, and they must able to affirm a personal faith in Christ. And day care providers should be more interested in caring for children than talking with each other.

Setting Up

Once you decide to set up a church day care center, develop the purpose of your ministry. Why are you going to do this as a church? If you want to minister to families, this should be the entire congregation’s goal.

Develop a mission statement.

Most mission statements include the goal of meeting the needs of children and families and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. Your mission statement should also make a commitment to high standards of excellence in providing for the physical, social, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual well-being of children-regardless of racial, religious, or economic backgrounds. Keep your written mission statement to two to four sentences. Give it to parents and congregation members. A written mission statement will ensure that your purpose is clear.

Start small.

Offer only one class. Then develop a sense of how to deal with the issues that’ll invariably arise. Later when the program has grown, there will be a strong foundation to fall back on.

Our society today is a working society. Children need day care, and opening a church day care meets families’ needs. Not only can you care for children’s everyday needs, but you can also introduce them to the gospel. When you open a church day care, you’ll be fulfilling the command of Jesus when he said, “Let the little children come to me.”

Carla Williams is a freelance writer in Colorado.

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what is taught in an Orthodox kindergarten

  • The Rostok progymnasium is the first preschool educational center in Kazan according to the Russian classical school system. It is called the educational system of the future, tested by the past. It is based on the methodology of the founder of scientific pedagogy in Russia Konstantin Ushinsky , built on the principle of natural conformity. It focuses on the personality of the child with the characteristics of his age and perception of information.

  • “This kindergarten is a preschool element of our Orthodox gymnasium,” said its director, Archpriest Alexei Chubakov . “At first, a preschool department worked in the gymnasium itself, but there was a realization that it should be a separate building with the Russian Classical School preschool program.”

  • Kindergarten, designed for 120 pupils and 80 pre-school children, is housed in a new spacious three-story building at Zorge Street, 25a. At the beginning of 2021, Rostok was visited and approved by the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov , after which a regular recruitment of children began.

  • This summer, you can enroll your baby here from toddler to graduation group – they are small in Rostok, no more than 15 people.

  • Rostok’s infrastructure in terms of comfort and thoughtfulness is unlikely to have equals in all of Kazan at the moment.

  • Large bright groups, a separate pre-school classroom equipped with an interactive whiteboard and adaptive desks, sports and music halls with a projector, a swimming pool where children work with a swimming coach, playgrounds with a safe surface and game complexes.

  • Halotherapy sessions in the salt room strengthen the immune system, which is especially important for weakened babies. Rostok has an inclusive approach: it accepts children with disabilities, with speech problems – they are helped to cope with regular classes with a speech pathologist.

  • “Our institution has an official status, a license to conduct educational activities within the framework of preschool education, as well as additional education,” says the head of kindergarten Maria Elpidinskaya . “In our work, we use a state-approved educational program with an Orthodox component.”

  • The main idea and mission of an Orthodox kindergarten is to raise a child not just in love and comfort, but in a system of moral coordinates. So that, together with knowledge about the world, with physical and intellectual development, he harmoniously absorbs the spiritual and universal foundations of life, in any situation he knows how to distinguish between good and evil.

  • Christian ethics is capable of providing clear moral guidelines. In addition, without knowledge of God’s commandments, Christian shrines, it is impossible to understand a huge layer of Russian and world culture – literature, music, painting, to be a truly educated, intelligent person.

  • In “Rostok” they accept children without regard to the social status, national and even religious affiliation of father and mother. It is important that parents want their child to study the history of our country, absorb Orthodox culture and know that throughout his life God is invisibly present with him.

  • A special role in the Orthodox kindergarten is assigned to the house church. It was specially designed taking into account children’s perception: in the bright painting there are images of children, animals, flowers, so that communication with the Creator for the baby takes place in the atmosphere of a kind fairy tale.

  • Once a week, on a weekday and on the twelfth holidays, children participate in worship. Even if the child’s family is unchurched, this does not create any problems: the kids happily participate in common prayer, simultaneously learning for themselves the rules and routine of Orthodox life.

  • Rostok’s normal operating hours – the doors are open from 7 am to 6 pm. The day is built in the same way as in a classic kindergarten: in the morning, exercises, first breakfast, general developmental classes, then second breakfast, a walk, lunch, and an hour.

  • After a quiet hour, additional classes begin. There are many circles – choreography, chess, swimming, drawing.

  • Rostok has its own kitchen, so dishes for five meals a day are prepared to be both healthy and tasty, from farm products. You have to be smart when compiling the menu: if the kids flatly refuse to eat fish, they replace it with turkey or fish meatballs, which they eat with pleasure. And if you call an open cheese pie a pizza, then everyone asks for more!

  • Children do not fast due to the fact that they need to grow up. But on the days of fasting, a conversation is necessarily held with them, teachers explain that fasting can be observed not only in relation to food, but also spiritually.

  • In “Rostok” there are full-time and part-time groups – in any case, the child will be provided with an educational program of artistic and aesthetic direction, physical and speech development, educational games and additional classes.

  • A distinctive feature of Rostok is that the whole family is invited to all events, whether they are services or festive concerts. Parents are actively involved in the upbringing process, because even the best kindergarten only complements their role in the child’s life.

  • For children from other kindergartens, admission to pre-school preparation courses is open. Here they are engaged in articulatory gymnastics and staging sounds, they are taught to read and discuss what they read, draw, write in copybooks and on chalk boards. Writing is taught according to the calligraphy classics adopted in pre-revolutionary Russia. This not only develops excellent handwriting, but also develops fine motor skills – the foundation of intelligence. It should be noted that graduates of the Orthodox kindergarten “Rostok” have the priority right to enroll in the Orthodox gymnasium named after St. Gury of Kazan.

    • Preschool children were taken to church without the knowledge of their parents

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    Kindergarten kids No. 152 showed God and gave gifts

    – Kindergarten teachers take my child to Vera Presbyterian Church. For what purpose, I don’t understand, and the teachers are not going to explain this, – says the indignant Elena (we do not indicate her last name at her request). – I began to protest against such events. To this, the manager said: “So, all the children will go to church tomorrow for the holiday, and your son will sit alone in the group.”

    Two days in a row, on August 8 and 9, the preparatory and senior groups of the municipal kindergarten No. 152 went in full force to the neighboring Vladivostok Christian Presbyterian Church “Vera”.

    – They showed us pictures of grandfather with a beard and said that this is God, – says little Kolya. We sang songs about him and danced.

    In memory of August 9, the children got a whole mountain of gifts. Including T-shirts, where, in addition to the name of each child, the eloquent inscription “Royal Priesthood” was written out, a bracelet with bells, a wooden amulet with a long lacing. A bright inflatable toy in the form of a bus attracted special attention of parents. Happy children “sit” in the cabin, the same “grandfather”, and a smiling monkey is behind the wheel.

    By the way, this is not the first time such church visits have been organized. In early August last year, the little ones were also taken to visit the Presbyterians.

    The head of the kindergarten categorically refused to comment on the situation and advised her to contact her higher authorities – the Vladivostok Education Committee.

    – This fact is currently being investigated, – Larisa Kovaleva, chief specialist of the education committee of the Vladivostok administration, explained to KP correspondents. – As it turned out, one of the parents took the initiative to take the children to a concert at the Vera Church. The manager did not know the details of the event. The guys went to church only once – on August 8th. The concert lasted exactly 40 minutes.

    The executives are obviously lying. This is confirmed by the conversation with the clergy.

    – Just like last year, we agreed with the teacher that children would come to us. On August 8 and 9, students from Korea came. Together we did crafts, played, danced, – the shepherd’s wife tells KP correspondents, with difficulty picking up Russian words. – Children were brought in at 10.30, and taken away at 12 o’clock. Lunch starts in the garden at this time.

    Elena no longer sends her son to kindergarten. She prefers to stay with her grandmother. The other day she wrote a statement to the Pervorechensky District Department of Internal Affairs with a complaint about the situation in the preschool institution. All Elena wants is to determine the legality of the kindergarten teachers’ actions.

    Specialist’s comment

    Going to church will not pass without a trace

    Zoya LUTIK, medical psychologist:

    – For children aged 5 to 7, any event is significant and affects the psyche: the personality is just beginning to form. Participation in events with a religious bias, of course, also cannot but affect the mind of the child. Even people with established thinking often fall under the influence of various ideological currents. What can we say about preschoolers, when every adult is an indisputable authority for them.

    Going to Vera Church can be seen as an element of cultural development. But in this case, the educators had to coordinate this event with the parents. Moreover, set out in detail the purpose, time, place of its holding. And most importantly, parents had to give written or oral permission.

    A call to the diocese

    Only parents decide what to believe in children

    – This situation in the kindergarten is a clear violation of Russian law. In Russia – a secular state – the education of faith is not mandatory. Teachers have the right to interfere in the spiritual life of a minor only with the permission of the parents. It doesn’t matter what religion it is. If children were forcibly taken to a traditional Christian church, this would be the same violation of the rights of the child.

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