Welcome to our Preschool!

The Crescenta Valley United Methodist Church Child Care Center wants to serve your family - we offer your infants and preschoolers caring, experienced teachers; days full of fun and learning; and two beautiful, enclosed play yards. We offer half-day programs and full-day programs in an effort to meet your family's childcare needs.

 

Philosophy & Curriculum We believe that each child is an individual and learns at his/her own pace.We do not compare one child with another, or try to hurry a child’s learning in any area of development. We believe that a child’s physical and emotional needs must be met before any learning can take place, therefore our first priority will be to make each child feel safe, secure, loved and accepted in our classroom. We believe that children learn best when they are able to initiate their own learning. As the year progresses and each child grows, we will base our curriculum on their interests and abilities. We will not TEACH the children, but will foster their growth, encourage them to participate, facilitate their learning and provide them with experiences that will help them to enjoy learning.

We believe that parent participation is an important part of any child’s learning and we encourage parents to become involved with their child’s life at school. This can be done through parent-teacher communication, attendance at school PTO Meetings, participating at special school activities and contributions of your time, talent and support. Your children will be given opportunities each day to enhance their social, emotional, physical, cognitive and spiritual development, which will help prepare them for the years of learning ahead. We expect this year to be full of fun and learning, and we are happy to have your child with us.

Meet our Director:   Lin Otnisky

Lin Otnisky comes to us with lots of love for children and plenty of experience running preschools. For 10 years, she served as the Regional Director of the San Rafael-based Knowledge Learning Corporation, where she was responsible for eight childcare centers. Prior to that, Lin served as the Center Director of the Children's Discovery Center in San Rafael. She has been with CVUMC CCC since November 2006. Her door is always open!  Call Lin at (818) 249-4048 or email her at ccc@cvumc.org to set up a tour or to ask your questions.

CCC News - February 2010

Happy February!! Happy Valentine's Month!   Thank you for supporting our Book Faire. We sold over $1400.00 in books!!   This month we will be focusing on LOVE - the love of God, the love of our families, the love of our country and the love for others. Our colors this month are red and white.   We have lots of fun planned for this month. On Friday February 5th we will have a Super Bowl Party. We will have a hot dog lunch for $3.00. Please have your child come to school in football attire if you can. We all will be wearing jerseys, hats and anything else that looks like football.   This year we will again have the Valentine Balloon Special Delivery for the children. The children will receive a valentine balloon, a valentine sucker and a note from the giver. We will deliver the balloons on Friday February 12 during our Valentine's Day Parties and all of this for only $3.00 a balloon.   This month we welcome new friends in the Bunnies and the Crickets rooms.
Mark Your Calender:                                                           2/15         President's Day (School Closed)        Also Remember:    Soccer - Mondays Dance - Tuesdays Tumbling - Fridays Pizza/Hot Dog Day - Fridays