Why Teach Science?
Science helps children grasp the world’s mechanics while developing critical thinking skills and the ability to analyze information. It enhances their observational, organizational, and problem-solving abilities, fostering confidence to seek answers. A strong science education is essential for your child's success in life and academics.
Why Teach Art?
Art promotes personal exploration and experimentation, fostering creativity and encouraging innovative thinking. Through art, people of all ages can develop valuable problem-solving skills and may come away feeling inspired and confident.
Why Teach Music?
Creating Musical Memories: Teaching Music in Preschool ...Teaching music in preschool is essential because it supports development across multiple domains, including cognitive, language, social-emotional, physical, and academic areas. Music helps improve memory and cognition, enhances fine and gross motor skills through movement, and provides a powerful avenue for emotional expression and regulation. It also strengthens early literacy, encourages creativity and cultural appreciation, and helps children learn to focus and reinforce classroom lessons through engaging, memorable songs and activities.
FMC Preschool Special Classes
Empowering Young Minds: Enriching Learning Beyond the Classroom
A typical day in preschool starts with a morning circle time, followed by independent centers, snack, and outdoor play. During these thoughtfully organized activities, our students develop essential academic and social skills appropriate for their age group.
We believe that our special classes enhance and enrich the standard curriculum and are designed for children at all levels. These classes provide students with an opportunity to deepen their engagement in learning and extend their experiences beyond the traditional classroom setting. Our special classes encompass music, gross motor skills, science, art, library, and small group pull-outs.
Why Teach Science?
Science helps children grasp the world’s mechanics while developing critical thinking skills and the ability to analyze information. It enhances their observational, organizational, and problem-solving abilities, fostering confidence to seek answers. A strong science education is essential for your child's success in life and academics.
Our Philosophy
First Methodist Preschool is committed to providing a quality program for our young children by:
- providing an opportunity for preschool children to live, work and play together in a friendly, happy, Christian atmosphere; where there is cooperative, democratic living; where there are opportunities for the children to gain new skills and appreciation, form good habits, and learn to be responsible members of a group, enriching the children’s lives as they are guided daily by teachers who are keenly aware of the many opportunities to interpret religiously the everyday experiences of the children.
- assisting First Methodist Church of Henderson in its responsibility to the community in giving Christian training.
- helping parents in the understanding of the developmental tasks of children, and in the development of Christian homes which will nurture the children in the Christian faith.
Preschool Goals
- To promote health, physical growth, and motor development
- To promote language skills
- To increase independence in meeting and solving problems
- To promote expression through art, music, and dance
- To build self-esteem
- To provide daily living experiences
- To help children observe, investigate, seek and acquire information to make choices
- To experience the Christian values and faith that our church community offers
Organizational Structure
The preschool is an integral part of First Methodist Church of Henderson. As a part of the church’s Education Ministries, it is a non-profit extension of the ministry of the church.
The highest standards of quality care and education are upheld in the preschool program. The program is open to children of all creeds, races, and ethnic groups dependent only on the program availability and space.
The director is an employee of the preschool, cooperating with the staff of the church. The director supervises and controls the business and affairs of the preschool. The facilities of the church such as the library, kitchen, parlor, Great Hall, sanctuary, etc., are available through scheduling. The maintaining of the preschool facilities is the responsibility of the church. All preschool facilities are shared with other programs of the church.
The preschool is a Texas non-profit corporation.
The preschool operates with a board of trustees who determine and administer the policies of the preschool as set forth in its Bylaws.
Licensing
The preschool is licensed by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. All guidelines are outlined in the Childcare Minimum Standards. A copy of this document is on file in the office and is available to all parents. It is required that each staff member review this manual as a part of the employee orientation process.
The preschool is responsible to a licensing representative who visits on a regular basis (1-2 times a year). Any cited violations are posted for the public as specified in the compliance report. The license from the state is also on display in the preschool hallway.
FMC Preschool holds a day care license. A day care is defined as a “child care facility that provides care less than 24-hours per day for more than 12 children under the age of 14.” The preschool is licensed for 120 children.