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 - August 2010

Happy August!            It is so hard to believe that this is our last month of summer.  We have so much fun and the weather has been so nice. This month we have a new theme every week:  Week 1 - Creative Arts Week Week 2 - Beach Week Week 3 - Crazy Week Week 4 - Bubbles and Suds Week Week 5 - Summer Fun Days We have swim days every day, so...  Please be sure to have a swim suit, towel, and sunscreen for your child/ren.  Please remember - no flip flops. We will have a Water Bouncer on Tuesday, August 10th and again on August 27th. Every day of Crazy Week is different.  Here is the week... Monday - Crazy Hair Dos Tuesday - Pajama Day Wednesday - Face Painting Thursday - Face Painting Friday - Backwards Day (wear everything backwards) In order to keep CCC the very best pre-school in the county, we are going to replace the climbing structure in the play yard along with play yard and facility improvements.  Stay tuned! Thank you so much for your continued support!

Mark Your Calender:      8/10 & 8/27     Water Bounce      8/12 & 8/24    Chapel Time      8/16                Crazy Hair Day       8/17                Pajama Day      8/18 & 8/19     Face Painting      8/20                Backwards Day      8/30 & 8/31    End of Summer Play Days              9/1   New Tuition Rates      9/3   Teacher's In-Service Day              (School Closed)      9/6   Labor Day Holiday (School Closed)      Also Remember:     Tumbling - begins on 8/13 (Friday) Dance & Soccer - will begin in Sept.  Pizza & T-shirt Days - Fridays