A Home Away From Home For Your Little One
At First Friends Child Care Center, we provide unparalleled childcare services. We create a safe and secure environment for your children to grow, learn, and thrive. Our staff is highly trained and dedicated to providing your children with the best possible care. We understand the importance of quality childcare and have worked hard to make sure that our services are top-notch.
At First Friends, our children learn to:
- Work alone and with others
- Share and take turns
- Explore and expand abilities and interests
- Express thoughts and ideas
- Listen to and respect others
- Develop feelings of security and success
- Develop preschool skills
At First Friend, our activities include:
- Manipulatives
- Sorting
- Art
- Science
- Dramatic play
- Storytime
- Music
- Block play
- Large and small motor activities
- Parties and social interaction
- Puppet shows
At First Friends, our activities are designed to:
- Build self-confidence
- Develop vocabulary
- Encourage recognition of differences in sound, size, shape, and color
- Increase interest in books, numbers, and people
- Improve coordination
- Introduce new ideas
Curriculum
The curriculum is not just the goals of the program and the planned activities but also the daily schedule, the availability and use of materials, transitions between activities, and the way in which routine tasks of living are implemented. Criteria for curriculum implementation reflect the knowledge that young children learn through active manipulation of the environment and concrete experiences which contribute to concept development.
At First Friends we utilize the Creative Curriculum approach set forth by Teaching Strategies. This curriculum model is based on research that children learn best through hands-on exploration with people and materials. Children learn through Play! Children need to use all their senses to truly learn about their world. The Creative Curriculum sets the foundation by providing information about
- Developmental milestones
- Setting up environment
- Choosing appropriate activities
- Assessing children’s development
- Sharing information with parents
The teachers observe each individual child, documenting developmental goals they have reached as well as those they have yet to reach. This shows the teachers what developmental objectives to work on. The teachers also observe what the children are interested in. These observations help the teachers decide on topics to study.
We take care to ensure the curriculum each week is developmentally appropriate for and of interest to our current group of children.
Contact Us for More Information
At First Friends Child Care Center, we are always happy to answer any questions you may have. Contact us today for more information about our childcare services. We look forward to hearing from you.