Early Childhood Development Services prioritize the healthy development of children during their most critical years, from birth to age five. Good Samaritan understands that simply teaching children their ABC's does not sufficiently prepare them to enter school.
Our programs focus on preparing the whole family for school readiness and ensuring that children are physically and emotionally healthy from birth until the time they enter school. Our teachers work closely to support parents by providing them with information, resources, and strategies to foster their children's learning and healthy, successful development.
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The CDC upholds the philosophy that quality childhood education encompasses the whole child. This includes social, emotional, physical, cognitive, linguistic, and creative development. Believing that children exist within the social and cultural worlds of home and community, Good Samaritan recognizes and builds upon the experiences that each child brings to the classroom. This includes creating a learning environment that focuses on retaining and embracing home language and culture, while concurrently encouraging children to learn English.
Kid's Club is a child development program that offers age-appropriate, early learning services to children whose families are unable to access or afford pre-school. Activities focus on helping children develop the cognitive, social and literacy skills needed to succeed in school. While parents build their skills through Good Samaritan's onsite classes and services, Kid's Club creates a fun learning environment that promotes early literacy for their children, ages 13 months to 4 years.
Through a number of interactive family workshops, parents learn to support their children's development and create a strong foundation for academic success. During sessions, parents and children engage in age-appropriate activities, such as singing and playing games, that encourage early literacy, communication, and healthy parent-child attachment. Parents also attain ideas and tools for integrating play, learning, and a love of reading into their children's daily routines.
