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Child Care
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Purpose
Venice-Nokomis United Methodist Church
established a Child Care Center
in 1983
to give families in the community an opportunity to place their
children
in a loving,
safe, Christian, and quality pre-school program. We want
children
to learn, play,
and grow in the best possible environment. The children are
introduced to a variety
of quality experiences to enrich their development in
the areas
of social skills,
emotions, intellect, creativity, independence, and
spirituality.
We want to create
an attitude that learning is fun. Our goal is to
help build a
strong foundation for each
child in accordance with Proverbs 22:6,
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Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.
We have an excellent staff of highly trained professionals. We
provide support
to
the parents, encourage family involvement, and recommend regular
parent /
teacher
conferences. We keep a low student / teacher ratio because we
know
it is best for
the children to be able to get more individualized attention. We
want you and
your child to feel “at home” with our surroundings and the
program
we offer.
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Activities
Our activities emphasize sensory development, socialization,
language
development,
problem solving, math, eye/hand coordination, co-active
development, large/small
muscle development, concentration, health
manners, cooperation,
communication
skills, using information, and
learning to express themselves.
Our schedule includes
times for learning
centers, snacks, playground, arts and crafts,
lunch, and naps. We
also
sponsor field trips to different places, such as, the YMCA
for gymnastics
and
swimming, the Venice Little Theater, McDonalds, and the Venice
Fire Department.
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The Child Care Center is designed for children
between the ages of 2 to 5.
We are open Monday through Friday from 7:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.
For more information about our facility,
please call us at (941) 484-4415.
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Religion & Music
Our weekly schedule includes time for worship with our Senior or
Assistant
Minister
in the Chapel and a music appreciation class taught by our
Director
of Music. The
children periodically sing for our Traditional Family Worship
Service, as well as,
special events and programs throughout the year. |
Community Outreach
We visit our "adopted grandparents" at Heritage
Health Care Nursing on
a regular
basis. The children dress up in their Halloween costumes, share
a Christmas toy,
enjoy refreshments together, and exchange lots of hugs.
Homemade
Valentines
are made and sent to Veterans in the hospital.
Each year money,
food, and/or
consumable items are collected to give
to a family in need
during the holidays. The children learn how good it
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Fundraisers
Fundraisers are a very important part of our
program. We have sold candy
bars,
Tupperware, and published cookbooks. The favorite fundraiser of
the
children is
our annual Wheel-A-Thon. The children ride their bikes, and
tricycles
or non-pedaling
scooters and receive money from all that pledge a donation
for
the number of laps
they ride.
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