PROGRAM OPTIONS

No two families schedules are exactly alike.  It's why we have a variety of options for parents to drop off and pick up their children from our Preschool Center.


Full Day:  Full day schedules are available in several different options: Monday through Friday, Monday/Wednesday/Friday, or Tuesday/Thursday.  Our hours of operation are from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.   Preschool begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 11:55 a.m. Parents can drop off their children starting at 7 a.m. if before care is needed, and must pick  no later than 5:30 p.m if your child stays for aftercare.  The start of the school year is in mid-August with a May end date.


Half Day:  Half day schedules are available in the same options as full day: Monday-Friday, Monday/Wednesday/Friday, or Tuesday/ Thursday.  Children who come to the preschool half days  can arrive as early as 7 a.m. if before care is needed. Preschool begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 11:55 a.m., children must be picked back up by noon. 


Summer Camp:   Our summer camp program runs June through August and is designed for children ages 3 to 6-years-old.  A variety of summer camp themes are offered for parents to choose from.  Children can attend for any number of weeks they are interested in and are not required to register for the entire summer.  Summer campers may be dropped off at 8:45 a.m. and must picked up no later than noon. 

Lollipops

Our Lollipops Class is for 2-year-olds. Since this is often your child's first formal experience away from mom and dad this class focuses heavily on social-emotional growth,  independence and self-help skills. Teachers also introduce the basic preschool concepts such as colors, shapes,  letters and numbers along with other skills.  This class has a 1:8 ratio with two teachers and a maximum of 16 students in the class.  

jelly beans

Our Jelly Beans class is for 3-year-olds. A more formal teaching instruction begins with this age group following the Illinois learning standards. They continue to focus on self-help skills and independence along with learning how to follow instructions, stay on task and work cooperatively with a group.  There are two teachers in this class to provide more than adequate attention to the kids.

gummi bears

Our Gummi Bears class is for 3-year-olds and 4-year-olds. They continue to focus on self-help skills and independence with an emphasis on advancing their skill sets, development of conflict resolution and increasing attention spans with a pre-kindergarten approach.  There are two teachers in this class.

M&M's

Our M&M's class is for 4-year-olds and 5-year-olds.

This class continues to focus on self-help skills, independence with a strong emphasis on advancing their skill sets, development of conflict resolution and increasing attention spans with a pre-kindergarten approach.  There are two teachers in this class.

contact us

If interested in any of the program options listed above, please contact the Preschool Director, Debbi Thurston at preschool@christumc.cc or you may call the office at (815) 398-1458.