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Welcome!
On January 22, 2007 Little Blessings officially opened its door to the community to begin to serve them and start "Making a difference in the lives of Children". In October of 2009 Little Blessings became a Level Two STARS for KIDS NOW facility recognized on a National Childcare registry. The STARS for KIDS NOW is a quality program that is used to show that a facility provides quality care for the children who attend Little Blessings.
Mission and Purpose
Our mission is to provide exceptional quality care and essential skills to ensure proper development in a safe, stimulating, and caring Christian environment.
Our hope is that your child will develop his or her feeling of self-worth and dignity and that you and your child might be encouraged in a walk with the Lord.
As a Family Ministry of First Church of Christ, Little Blessings is a non-profit, self-supporting organization that is provided as a service to our community. Children are admitted without regard to race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.
What We Believe about Children
We believe children learn by doing and that development is a process.
We assume children are active, competent, and curious.
We assume children want to learn.
We believe children learn best in a safe environment, which encourages their active involvement in the learning process, promotes home-centered continuity,and enhances the individual child's areas of development (i.e., cognitive, emotional, physical, and social development).
As a result, Little Blessings offers programs for young children based on simple routines, careful planning, and developmental appropriateness.
Children have opportunities for self-selected activities, small and large group activities. In addition, children have the opportunity to work, interact, investigate, and express himself/herself through group living, creative activities, excursions, health and safety education and language experiences.
Our Staff:
Infants "Precious Petals" Toddlers "Blossoming Butterflies"
6 weeks ~12 months 12 ~24 months
Teacher: Brooke Williams Teacher: Keshia Welch
Aide: Kristen Ramey Aide: Abby Porter
Ratio: 1 to 5 Ratio: 1 to 6
Two's & Three's Three & Fours
2 ~ 3 Years 3 ~ 4 Years
Teacher: Debbie Griffith Teacher: Nancy Chandler
Aide: Stephanie Stanley Aide: Jessica Lambers
Ratio: 1 to 10 Ratio: 1 to 12
Four & Five
4 ~ 5 Years
Teacher: Brittany Smith
Ratio: 1 to 12
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Director
Melanie Jackson
littleblessings @ fccgrayson.org
Curriculum
We provide quality care for the children who attend Little Blessings with a combination of active and quiet activities that challenge your child while still providing them with obtainable tasks. We began using the Read It Once Again in October of 2008. It is a literacy based curriculum that is also recommended for children who have special needs. The curriculum is broken down into Book Units that are studied by the children in one month settings.
We are also a Christian based Early Childhood Center. The children have a weekly Bible Verse that is implemented into their daily activities and values used within the classrooms. The Christian emphasis can also be found in the prayers that fill the hallways daily. Nothing is sweeter than the prayers of a child.
What ages are served:
We serve children from 6 weeks to age 5, a child who is not enrolled in Kindergarten. We are open to the community and welcome everyone who is need of quality childcare.
What Ages are served at Little Blessings?
Little Blessings offer programs for infants from 6 weeks up to 5 years old, as long as the child is not enrolled in Kindergarten.
What is the Cost of Little Blessings?
Our Early Childhood Center has a few different options available to help accommodate your needs. We offer full-time enrollment for children for who need care 3 or more days a week, for 115 dollars a week. We also offer part-time enrollment for children who need up to 2 days a week for 60 dollars. We offer a second child discount for those who need to enrollment more than one child into our facility.
We accept Child Care Assistance from the State as well as willing to work with NACCRRA and the Commonwealth of Kentucky to help aid in the payment of your child's tuition.
What are the Hours of Operation?
Little Blessings is open for children from 7:00am until 5:30pm Monday through Friday. This center is closed for major holidays.
How can I Register my Child?
What do I need to enroll my Child?
In order to enroll your child at Little Blessings we ask that you provide the Director, Melanie Jackson with a copy of a Birth Certificate and an update copy of Kentucky State Immunization Record. We ask that a week prior to enrollment you pick up a Registration Packet along with a Parent Handbook of our policies and guidelines.
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