Our Program:
The children we serve are at-risk children. Due to the very special needs that children who have experienced crises have, Precious Lamb Preschool strives to provide a quality and more personalized program where the children receive a lot of one on one attention from teachers and volunteers in a small group setting. Precious Lamb maintains a unique 1:4 teacher/child ratio in order to give these children the consistency they need and opportunities for healing and growth. The children blossom in Precious Lamb's safe and nurturing environment. Hands-on learning activities help the children gain the knowledge and skills needed to feel confident and succeed, helping them grow emotionally, mentally, spiritually, physically and socially.
| Our Schedule | |
|---|---|
| 7:30am | Staff prayer and planning time |
| 8:00am | Children start arriving- free choice inside or outside |
| 9:15am | Bathroom break |
| 9:30am | Circle time- welcome song, calendar, language and literature, music and movement |
| 10:00am | Snack |
| 10:15am | Centers- creative art, science, bible time |
| 11:00am | Outside time- gross motor activities |
| 11:45am | Bathroom break |
| 12:00pm | Lunch |
| 12:30pm | Nap-time |
| 2:30pm | Wake up time, Reading and free choice activities inside and/or outside |
| 4:00pm | Time to go home |
Parent Education:
Precious Lamb provides parent education classes within the shelters and programs we serve. Parents with children enrolled at Precious Lamb, as well as other shelter residents, participate in and benefit from the classes. Classes are currently offered at Lydia House, Christian Outreach in Action and His Nesting Place serving 8 to 20 women in each class.
We have been fortunate to have professional volunteers from a variety of fields to teach classes in their own area of expertise and cover topics such as positive discipline, nutrition, anger management and how to budget your finances.Precious Lamb also provides on-site childcare for the moms at the shelter so that they can focus on the class itself.
Working with young children is vital to their growth and development, especially socially and emotionally. Equipping their moms with support and skills is also invaluable to family stability as a whole.
