The BCCC Advantage
Why choose us for your child’s care?
We believe that there are four distinct advantages to picking BCCC as your child care center:
OPPORTUNITY
Children attending BCCC experience a variety of educational, recreational and developmental activities. One daily activity we pride ourselves in is giving all of the children time to play and explore outside.
Preschool programs have additional enrichment opportunities besides the daily activities:
• Chapel on Monday or Tuesday mornings (rotating schedule) – in conjunction with Bethlehem Covenant Church
• Children’s choir on Wednesdays – in conjunction with Bethlehem Covenant Church
• Field trips to local parks, libraries and other points of interest
The school age children have additional enrichment opportunities during school release days, holiday breaks and summer.
• Children explore museums, swimming pools, local parks, take behind-the-scenes tours at places like the Guthrie Theater, Excel center, Twins stadium, and SeaLife, or go bowling, to the Science Museum and indoor ice skating.
• On Friday afternoons, throughout the school year, the school age children have the opportunity to participate in Actor’s Studio – a place to explore their ideas and creativity through acting and creating plays.
PROFESSIONALISM
At Bethlehem Child Care Center, we provide your child with a fun and safe environment to help them learn and develop outside of your home. Your child will receive personal attention in a professional and highly supervised setting from staff members who are well-trained, qualified and caring. Our staff meet in teams weekly to plan lessons, outings, and discuss each child’s quality of experience. Our center has met criteria to be certified under NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) standards.
AFFORDABILITY
In addition to our reputation as being one of the top child care centers in the Minneapolis and St. Paul area, Bethlehem Child Care Center remains committed to keeping the cost of high-quality childcare affordable. Our rates are regularly at or below the area median for professional centers. We also have some of the lowest student-to-instructor ratios anywhere.
FLEXIBILITY
Every family’s needs and schedules are different. Some preschool families want full day care – every day. Some want full day care a few times a week. Some want care in the mornings only and some need to combine these options. Some of our school age families want care only during the school year and others want it year round. Some only want care in the summer or on Release Days from school. We have designed our program so families have many options to choose when they enroll their child.
ABOUT US
Philosophy
We believe that the work of young children is play – they gain the greatest knowledge through hands on, active learning that encourages curiosity and exploration. Our goal is to provide an atmosphere in which children feel confident to explore the creative and stimulating play activities made available for their growth. These include: spiritual, emotional, physical, language, math, pre-reading, science, music, and art.
Curriculum
In our Beginners and Pre-K classrooms, our staff utilizes Creative Curriculum. Creative Curriculum is based on 38 researched objectives for development and learning. It focuses on exploration and discovery as the pathway to developing confident, creative and lifelong critical thinking skills. Learn more about the curriculum by visiting this Creative Curriculum page >.
Bethlehem Covenant Church
The child care center is an outreach of the church. To find out more about the church, visit their website http://bethlehmcov.org >.