What Parents are Saying...
"We chose the Family Life Child Care Kindergarten program for both my children because it is a full-day program that provides many more enrichment opportunities than our public school. In addition to the standard kindergarten curriculum, children are also introduced to other coursework such as Spanish, art, music and physical education. We were impressed with the low student to teacher ratio and the one-on-one attention each child receives. The cost of the program includes breakfast, lunch, snacks and extended care for before and after the school day. Care is also available on days when other schools are closed due to inclement weather. My son is now in 1st grade in public school and his teacher is particularly impressed with the reading and math skills he has already developed. My daughter who is currently enrolled in the program will simply tell you that kindergarten is 'awesome'."
~ Lori, Family Life Child Care Center of Berea parent
Discover the Benefits of a Private Kindergarten Program
The Family Life Child Care Center of Berea offers a private kindergarten program that helps children build an educational foundation for the future. We hold fast to the key characteristics of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) on what makes a quality kindergarten classroom. Here are just a few of the many reasons our kindergarten program provides a superior learning environment:
Eight reasons to consider our private kindergarten program:
- Our curriculum is based on the Academic Content Standards for K-12 in the areas of English language arts, mathematics, science and social studies that have been adopted by the State Board of Education.
- We offer hands-on activities that provide extended opportunities for discovery. Play and discovery gives children the chance to learn at their own pace and maintains children’s interests, enabling them to learn new skills such as critical thinking and problem solving.
- In addition to academic content, our program includes activities in social/emotional development, technology, art, music and physical education.
- We offer small class sizes and low teacher to child ratios, where children are able to receive more individualized attention necessary to better foster social skills such as cooperative play, getting along with others and taking turns.
- We utilize the Reading Mastery curriculum, which teaches all the skills non-reading children need to master the basics of beginning reading. We also use leveled reading books where students read with the teacher in small groups, helping to develop reading and writing skills.
- We use the Everyday Mathematics program, which focuses on real-life problem solving, provides a balance between whole-class and self-directed learning, emphasizes communication, facilitates of school-family cooperation and encourages appropriate use of technology.
- Each individual child has their own dry erase board to practice writing words and keeps a journal in order to encourage creative writing and illustrating.
- All meals, as well as before and after care are included in the cost of the program.
We invite you to read more about the top characteristics in the article Top 10 Signs of a Good Kindergarten Classroom published by NAEYC. For more information and rates, email our enrollment specialist or call 440-260-6001.