MISSION

Thank you for  considering Ebenezer UMC Preschool for your child’s early education and spiritual development. We believe in the value and uniqueness of each child we serve. Our childcare experience is designed to promote each child’s own individual social, emotional, physical, cognitive and spiritual development. As caregivers and educators, our mission is to provide a safe and developmentally appropriate learning environment, which fosters a child’s natural desire to explore, discover, create, and become a lifelong learner.

OUR HISTORY

Ebenezer UMC Preschool opened in September 1987 as a half-day program following the Rockdale County School System calendar. The original location of the preschool was in the Fellowship Hall next to our historic chapel which is now known as the Student Warehouse. At that time, we offered classes for ages 2 to 5 years old. In 2000, the preschool moved to its current location in EUMC’s Education Building. Our desire has always been to provide quality care and education for our community. We began to realize that a half-day program was no longer meeting the needs of our community. In 2013, we started the process of becoming a state licensed year-round, full day program. On October 31, 2014, we received our license from Bright from the Start. and, shortly thereafter, we received our first star in the Quality Rated program.  As a ministry of Ebenezer UMC and with a faith-based curriculum, we continue to strive to be the best we can be for our students and their families.

OUR PROGRAM

Our program is built around the concept that children are born ready to learn. As caregivers, we strive to create a learning environment that is safe, stimulating and encouraging. The following principles are excerpted from the Georgia Early Learning Standards and serve as the foundation for our curriculum.

 Each child develops at an individual rate and has personal approaches to learning.

• Young children learn through developmentally appropriate play and social interaction.
• Young children learn best when all aspects of development (physical, emotional and social approaches to learning, language          and literacy, and cognitive) are treated as interconnected.
• The child’s family, educational setting, community, and culture shape the child’s development. 
• Early learning experiences must draw on and enhance the connections between each family and the early childhood program.
• Early learning experiences must support diverse culture, home language and individual learning potential of each child.
• Early childhood teachers play a powerful role in the education of young learners and deserve dignity and respect from the             community at large.