Children's Learning Center at Walnut Grove Baptist Church

Our Environment:

Walnut Grove Baptist Church built a beautiful Sunday School addition designed especially for young children.  The Pre-School program of the Children's Learning Center shares this space.  After Schoolers meet in the Education Building of the church.  The Center is an outreach ministry of the Church.  While attendance at worship services and church membership are not a requirement for enrollment, our sincere hope is that families of the Center will feel welcome to participate in the many activities and services of the Church.

Our Program:

School Age

We offer Before and After-school care for children in grades K-5. We do not provide transportation, therefore we can only service schools that bus directly to us. We have three classes, the All-Stars (K-1st), the Radicals (2nd-3rd), and the X-tremes (4th-5th) with 20 students and 2 teachers per class. They rotate every 45 minutes between the Game Room, Creative Play Room, Activity Room and Playground or Gym. We also offer a full-time summer program. There are weekly clubs including Cooking, Arts & Crafts, Scrapbooking, and Fitness, as well as special events like Ocean Encounters, Bounceables, Stretch-N-Grow, Mad Science and more.

Preschoolers

We recognize that God has created each person in a unique way, so we strive to meet the individual needs of every child in our care. Our preschool program is:

• For children 3 to 5 years of age (fully toilet-trained and 3 by Sept 30th)
• Child-focused, with lower numbers of children per class (no more than 10 children in the three’s class with 2 adults, and 12 children in the four’s class with 2 adults)
• Structured with a thematic curriculum, including letters, numbers, shapes, colors, seasons, holidays, and more
• Center-based, using Art, Blocks, Homeliving, Listening, Library, Manipulatives and Discovery Centers
• Process-oriented; recognizing the value of the process not just the product
• Concerned with the emotional and social development as well as the academic
• Developmentally appropriate
  

Click below to view more information on the full and half day programs at Walnut Grove Children's Learning Center! (Adobe Acrobat required)
Full Day (Preschool & School Age)	Half Day (Preschool)

Our Mission:

We understand that families today face many challenges. Our goal is to help relieve the stress of finding safe, loving, affordable care. We opened our doors in 1997 and we believe that the process of teaching begins with reaching a child’s heart. Children who feel safe and loved are better able to learn. Please call us for more information and to set up a tour (730-6324). We look forward to meeting you.

To Make This Happen, We Offer:

• Year-round pre-school education for children aged 3 to 5 years old (toilet trained)
• Before and after school programs for children in grades K-5 who attend Mechanicsville and Cold Harbor Elementary schools.
• A full-time summer program for children who have completed grades K-5.
• Teachers who participate in regular training programs to update their skills and gain new ideas.

To see a sample schedule for both pre-school and after-school, click here.