Introduction
Lakeside Presbyterian Church Weekday Preschool
Parent Handbook
revised 2010
On behalf of the Lakeside Presbyterian Church family and the Weekday Preschool staff, I would like to welcome you to Lakeside Presbyterian Church Weekday Preschool.
We take very seriously the trust you have placed in us to care for and nurture your child during the time he/she is enrolled in one of our weekday programs. We look forward to working with your child and you during this important period of their development.
We are committed to the belief that our program is at its best when it is a shared experience. Parent involvement is critical to the success of your child’s educational experiences. We encourage you to be an active participant. You will be better able to understand the program in which you have enrolled your child if you are involved.
Teachers and parents need to keep the lines of communication open in order to share information and exchange ideas that will make this experience the very best it can be for the child. We want this time to be a growing and learning experience for all of us: parent, child and teacher. Together it will be!
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to share this very special time in your child’s life.
Thank you for choosing Lakeside Presbyterian Church Weekday Programs.
What we believe about the children we care for . . .
Preschool age children are inquiring, intelligent individuals who need to learn how to put the knowledge their senses gather to good use. These children are not equipped for sitting still and listening to words. They are equipped by nature to rise, look, see and do. Their chief characteristic at this stage of growth is activity.
A preschool child’s “work” is play. It is through their play that they…
*explore their world
*make choices
*deal with consequences
*learn to relate to others
*acquire skills for being successful in all learning environments
Preschool is a great period of learning, but it is much more than ABC’s and 123’s. The preschool child’s job is to grow physically, emotionally, intellectually and socially. The way he or she does this best is by being in a program where the emphasis is on what he or she can do.
Lakeside Presbyterian Church has provided a Weekday Preschool program for over 50 years because the church family believes young children need experiences that will help them to grow spiritually, socially, mentally, emotionally, and physically in an environment where they feel safe, loved and valued because they are precious gifts from God.
Your child’s preschool experience at Lakeside Presbyterian Church is based on the belief that we are called by God to welcome and value children…
“Because we affirm that
all children are a gift of God,
created by God and created good;
all children are a gift
to the whole of the human community”
from A Vision for Children and the Church Congregational Ministries, PC (U.S.A.)