Our Philosophy

Extended Family

The center administrator and teacher/child-care providers strongly support the traditional family values of protecting and promoting the child's health and well-being. As child/parent advocates, we promote parent/teacher daily communication and ongoing early childhood educational opportunities. Our goal is to promote cohesiveness between parent and child-care center, thus promoting a harmonious parent/teacher relationship.

Experience

This may be the most difficult decision you have to make, wondering how to trust someone with your precious child, and we want to assure you that you would be making a great choice with KIDS JAM. Many things make Kids JAM the child care center of choice, setting us apart with our well established program and amazing staff. For 40 years our Director has had a proven curriculum that educates in a fun, nurturing, safe environment.

Preparation

Our graduates are extremely prepared for their grade school years and beyond by giving them the fundamentals that build a strong foundation. Our children are confident, social, loving young people that thrive from an enriched environment which encourages growth in all developmental areas.

Low Ratios

Our low teacher/student ratios give the opportunity for more individual attention, better supervision, the ability to learn from a variety of teachers, and the comfort of knowing that your child/ children are in a safe environment.

Respect For Others

Our etiquette program teaches children to be respectful and treat their friends with good manners. They learn how to have appropriate manners in different situations and to be considerate of all people.

Private Is Better

As a private center we are able to have the owner on site daily, giving personal attention to all the details that make up the center. We also set the curriculum, ratios, tuition fees, and policies rather than a corporation that may be based in another state setting these things for us.

 The Curriculum

We have a preschool curriculum throughout the entire center, and essentially do not wait until a certain age to introduce concepts. We believe in exposing children to many ideas, experiences, education, art, and relationships so that they may understand concepts when they are ready, rather than waiting until later ages to introduce them. Everyone teaches objectives about the same weekly themes or special days of the month, and as the child grows things become more detailed and stimulating along the way. We are sure to focus on all of the developmental areas and inspire growth as each child moves through toddler, preschool, PreK and Kindergarten. We schedule visitors throughout the year to create another level of education, acting as field trips within the center.

Your Involvement

And last, lets talk about the parent involvement. We encourage parents to come in and talk to our friends about their jobs, vacations, experiences, etc. We also like it when parents come in and read a book or help out with a party. Parents will be invited to attend parent/ teacher conferences twice a year with written evaluations on your child. Of course, your child is evaluated throughout the year and you are welcome to talk to teachers about your child's progress anytime. However, this is a special time to ensure that the growth and development of everyone is on the right course. In June we will be starting a parent committee. This we feel will be a positive addition to Kids JAM and will help to bridge the gap between the staff and parents. We feel it is important to build relationships between the parents, staff and administration. If you are interested in joining, or in just learning what we are up to, please contact our office.

We hope that this has given you a little insight about Kids JAM and we look forward to seeing you on a tour of our center soon!