Children’s Care Center
Since its inception in 1979 as a local mission of the First Presbyterian Church of Howell, the Preschool Center has been a licensed, self-supporting, non-profit corporation. The expansion of the Center into a full-time, year-round educational child care center was approved by the child care board in 1990.
Director: Julie Aramian
Assistant Director: Jan Gardynik
Phone: 517-546-1310
Email: fpchildrenscc@att.net
Child Care: 4 weeks-5 years
Preschool: 3 & 4-year-olds
Summer Safari: 5 years-12 years
Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday
What Makes Us Unique?
Trained and dedicated staff with very little turnover
First Center in Livingston County to be NAEYC Accredited
Christian environment
Staff trained in CPR, First Aid, and Early Childhood Education
Individual age classrooms with small group sizes
Regular communication with parents
Low teacher-child ratios
Planned age-appropriate activities, which help our children develop socially, emotionally, physically, and spiritually
Convenient location - downtown Howell
Fenced and new playground equipment
Monthly special event activities - music, exercise, educational
Monthly hot lunch served
Air-conditioned classrooms
Parent/teacher conferences with written evaluations twice a year
Daily nutritious snacks served
Onsite and offsite field trips and guest speakers
Evening family social events
Yearly school pictures taken
Classrooms have windows and doors to the outside as well as the interior hallway
Curriculum
Our curriculum provides for all areas of child development: physical, emotional, social, and cognitive, in an integrated approach. Appropriate curriculum planning is based on our teacher's observations and assessments of each child's special interest and development progress. The daily schedules in all the classrooms include free choice, fine and gross motor skill activities, creative art projects, sensory play, music and movement, literacy, science, math, outdoor play, discovery, and much more.
Philosophy
It is the desire of the Center Staff to provide developmentally appropriate experiences, which will help youngsters to develop intellectually, physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually, with a group of children their own age. The philosophy of the First Presbyterian Children's Care Center is to understand and support each child as an individual. We also believe that children grow and develop to their fullest potential if given the opportunity to explore, create and problem solve, with materials that are appropriate to their developmental age. Our Center will offer each child a warm, safe, and nurturing environment and provide activities to promote cooperation, creativity, independence, and a sense of self-esteem. We will encourage a sense of caring for the community and an awareness of the world around them.
The Staff
The First Presbyterian Children's Care Center is unique in child care and preschool in that the majority of our staff have been at the center for the last 8 years. Our staff is experienced and committed. We have celebrated 5, 10, 20, and even 25-year anniversaries with our teachers! As career child educators, our teachers routinely attend continuing Early Childhood Development classes. All staff is trained in CPR and First Aid. The teachers design and implement the curriculum in their individual classrooms.