The BCCC Advantage
Why choose us for your child’s care?
We believe that there are three distinct advantages to picking BCCC as your child care center:
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.
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.
OPPORTUNITY FOR OUTSIDE PLAY
We have developed a beautiful outdoor space adjacent to our center. We are committed to having children play outside every day that the weather has a “feels like” temperature between 0 and 100. There are many benefits to having children play outdoors. Some of the benefits are listed below, followed by a couple articles you may want to read for more information.
- Develop essential physical skills and abilities such as gross motor skills, and the vestibular sense.
- Learn through free play and need opportunities to take risks, test their limits, and learn new skills.
- Socialize and build essential life skills such as problem-solving, resilience, and social skills.
- Understand their bodies better, engage in imaginative play and enjoy the outdoors.
- Stay physically active, which protects their health in childhood and throughout life.
Why is Outdoor Play Important for Children’s Development? (learningresources.co.uk)
Outdoor play and children: Benefits and why it matters (medicalnewstoday.com)
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 only for the school year and some want to include the summer. The same is true for our school age families as some want care only during the school year and others want it year-round. We have designed our program so families have 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 >.