Mission Statement & Philosophy

Welcome to Children's Circle, a place of discovery....

This program has been serving the community since 1967, offering a nurturing, Christian setting where a child can develop the skills and inner sturdiness necessary to live in today's world. Our experienced staff leads children toward discovery of who they are and what they can do.

The Mission of Children's Circle is to extend the Second Presbyterian Church family of faith and its Christian traditions to a weekday program for young children in our congregation and in the community. This ministry embraces excellence in education by nurturing the whole child — physically, emotionally, spiritually and intellectually.

Our Philosophy

Children’s Circle is a weekday, developmentally appropriate, activity-based, Christian program.
We meet the needs of the whole child in a fun, creative, nurturing environment.

We believe in the value and uniqueness of each child.

We strive to develop in our children the qualities of confidence, compassion, creativity, curiosity, and competence.

We believe a learning environment should be safe and loving, challenging, stimulating, and developmentally appropriate.

We believe our role as teachers is to model Christian values, respect each child, provide security and acceptance, be good observers of children, protect self-esteem, be good listeners, and support and assist parents.

We acknowledge a reciprocal learning process. As the children learn from us, we also learn from them.

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