There are dozens of childcare options in the Lewis Center area. While it’s wonderful to have options, the abundance of daycares can make it challenging to decide on the program that’s right for your family.
Penguin Crossing Academy is one of the top daycare and early childhood development programs in the Lewis Center area! What sets us apart? Here are just a few reasons:
Early Childhood Education Program
At Penguin Crossing Academy, we help the children develop a passion for learning that they will carry with them throughout their lives. Penguin Crossing Academy uses a weekly theme-based curriculum that fosters social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development and enhances learning in literacy, math, science, social studies, and the arts.
Our curriculum balances teacher-directed and child-initiated learning. Teachers plan and implement a developmentally appropriate, content-rich program for children of all backgrounds and skill levels that constantly matches the interests of the students.
Socialization
All children must learn to interact and socialize with peers and adults. The more practice they get early on, the easier their education will be. When they start kindergarten, socializing with peers and listening to new authority figures won’t be intimidating. Instead, it will be automatic.
Children who don’t have daily opportunities for socialization will have to learn to interact with peers, respond to teachers, and learn academics. By enrolling your child in Penguin Crossing Academy, they will have extra opportunities to practice appropriate social skills. This gives them a head start, so that when they start kindergarten, they can primarily focus on learning the educational material.
Children enrolled in Penguin Crossing Academy learn to make friends quickly because they’ve learned valuable skills like sharing, patience, problem-solving, and conflict resolution. These skills benefit them not only in kindergarten but also for the rest of their lives.
Nutrition
Children at home with their parents are often not exposed to nutritious foods because parents are likely to cater to their child’s specific likes and dislikes. While understandable, serving a child only what they like to eat limits their palate and potentially raises picky eaters.
At Penguin Crossing Academy, we offer a variety of healthy foods that follow current dietary guidelines. Children get exposed to foods they might not see at home, which helps expand their palate and opens their world to new flavors, textures, and combinations.
Practice for Kindergarten
Kindergarten can be overwhelming to children who have never been to an early childhood education program. There are new people, rules, and schedules to follow, and having no early exposure can make these even more challenging.
Skills that seem simple to adults are foreign to children who stay home with their parents. In many ways, their whole world is different. No wonder kindergarten is intimidating for young children!
But the first day of school can be exciting for your child instead of overwhelming. Children can develop confidence and independence through enrollment in an early childhood education program. Then, on the first day of school, they are ready to learn instead of still learning the rules.
Enroll at Penguin Crossing Academy Today!
Penguin Crossing Academy offers an outstanding early childhood education program that prepares your child for kindergarten and beyond! Ready to get started? Contact us today!
