Programs
DAYCARE
Infants
In our infant classes, we offer your child love and affection while trying to mimic what you are doing at home by following the same schedule and taking an interest in finding out your child’s likes and dislikes. We are also happy to help in the many milestones and changes that occur in your child’s first year of life.
Infants are interacted with in various ways throughout the day. We…
• Talk to them
• Sing to them
• Rock them.
• Get on the floor with them if physically able
• Help with hand/eye coordination
• Help with the next milestone – ex. Crawling, walking, etc.
Milestones to reach before moving to 1-year-old class:
• Drink from a cup
• Pick up food
• Off-bottle and formula
1 Year Olds
Our one-year-old class is divided into two groups. We have a young one-year-old class (approx. 12-18 months) and an older one-year-old class (approx. 18-24 months) in order to be able to do more age-appropriate activities. In the ones, your child will sing, be read to, color, finger paint, learn through play, have sensory activities, learn with alphabet flash cards, go for a stroll in our 6-passenger stroller, visit our indoor playroom, outside time (weather permitting) and more.
Objectives
• Colors: Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Purple, Orange, Black, Brown
• Shapes: Circle, Square, Triangle and Rectangle
• Numbers: 1-5 (if class masters 1-5, then go to 10)
• Letters: ABC song
• Parts of Body: eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teeth, tongue, arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet, toes, head, chin, knees, shoulders, and elbows.
• How to color with crayons (without putting them in their mouth)
• How to keep their shoes on
• How to sit in a chair
• How to put toys away
PRESCHOOL
We offer your child readiness activities through our preschool program with Language Development, Math, Art, Science, Learning Centers, Music, and Movement Education. This will better prepare your child for a happier adjustment in Kindergarten.
K2 Classes
Abeka Curriculum
• Learning Numbers with Button Bear
• Arts and Crafts with Button Bear
• Child Art for 2s
• Preschool Bible Coloring Sheets
Objectives
• Colors: Red, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Purple, Pink, Green, White, Black, Brown
• Shapes: Circle, Square, Rectangle, Triangle, Star, Diamond, Heart, Oval, Hexagon, Pentagon
• Numbers: Counting 1-25, Recognition/Concept 1-10
• Letters: A-Z Letter Recognition and (Introduce) Sounds
• Memorize: 12 Bible Verses & 12 Poems
• How to raise their hand to talk
• How to go to assigned seat or special place on carpet
• How to put toys away
• How to line up/walking in line with a buddy
• How to sit in chair with hands on their lap
• How to keep their eyes on the teacher
K3 Classes
Abeka Curriculum
• Numbers and Skills with Button Bear
• Letters and Sounds 3s
• Arts and Crafts with Amber Lamb
Objectives
• Colors
• Shapes
• Numbers: Counting 1-30 (if class masters 1-30, then go to 50)
• Recognition/Concept 1-15
• Letters: A-Z (introducing name, sound, formation upper and lowercase), Short vowel sounds
• Bible Memory: At least 20 Picture Bible Memory Cards (verse with reference)
• Days of Week (with the concept of yesterday, today, tomorrow)
• Months of Year
• Seasons
• How to hold a pencil correctly
• How to write their first name
• How to walk in a single line
• How to Identify left hand and right hand
K4 Classes
Abeka Curriculum
• Little Books 1-12
• Animal Friends Books - optional
• ABC and 123
• Manuscript ABC Writing Tablet
• Manuscript Writing with Phonics K4
• Readiness Skills K4
• K4 Bible Activity Book
• Miniature Bible Memory Picture Cards
Objectives
• Colors
• Shapes
• Numbers: Counting 1-100 (by 1s and 10s), Recognition/Concept 1-20, Concept of numbers before and after, more and/or less
• Letters: Connecting letters (sound out blends and words), A-Z (name, sound, formation upper and lower case), Recognize vowels and consonants, Read one vowels words
• Bible Memory: A-Z Bible Verses (i.e. “A verse, All have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23)
• How to write their first and last name
• How to hold and cut with scissors correctly
• How to sit and work independently and quietly for short periods of time
• How to walk in boy/girl line
• How to identify their birthday
• How to identify classifications (name a color, vegetable, something with wheels etc.)
• How to learn analogies (Fire is hot, and ice cube is cold, Sugar is sweet, a lemon is sour)
SUMMER CARE
Seasonal fun for your kids
From the Director
I am so excited about this summer at South Haven Baptist Church Ministries (SHBCM) and we would love for your child to be involved! Summer can oftentimes present challenges for working parents. Weekly camps, amusement parks, and activities require planning, transportation, work schedule flexibility, and affordability. We have found the solution for your child’s summer fun, SHBCM’S Summer Care program!
Our program is structured around age-appropriate activities that will better promote your child’s physical, intellectual, social, emotional, and spiritual development. Our staff is focused on providing a safe, Christ-centered program that is affordable, educational, and fun. We are excited to introduce some new and challenging activities to our program this year. This summer we have several STEM projects planned along with fun games like (human) Hungry, Hungry Hippos, Balloon Volleyball and Nerf Gun Wars! These activities have been specially designed to meet your child’s developmental needs. We also have many field trips scheduled that will include Pottery Room, Dinosaur World, Circus World, and Top Golf.
