Teaching Philosophy
Beachmont’s Child Care directors and teachers allow children to learn and develop by:
Exploring God’s creation and His love for them.
Using their curiosity and own initiative to make discoveries.
Being guided by qualified and caring teachers in their physical, emotional, and intellectual growth.
Experiencing authentic relationships with peers and adults.
Engaging in developmentally-appropriate lessons that align with their physical, emotional, and intellectual needs.
Respecting the uniqueness and gifts of each person.
Participating in a variety of physical activities that encourage play and healthiness.
Understanding how to manage emotions, change, and challenges.
Curriculum
Beachmont uses an outdoor, Christian play-based approach that focuses on growth through a variety of learning experiences. Our goal is to provide a safe, caring environment in which all children can learn and develop. To do this, our teachers will plan weekly and monthly themes to provide teacher-and-child-led learning activities that align with our teaching philosophy.
These themes will incorporate a variety of skills such as shapes, colors, literacy, math, music, science, etc. We encourage parents to discuss their child’s growth and development with their teachers throughout the year, but we also will have parent-teacher conferences scheduled in the fall and spring.
At the core of our philosophy and mission is to share the Gospel with each child in our program. We seek to do this by exploring God’s creation and His love for us. We recognize and respect that parents may have different views or beliefs that are practiced at home, therefore, we encourage each parent to become familiar with our mission and statement of beliefs and understand that these beliefs will be incorporated within our program.
Devotions/Bible Stories
Taking time to share God’s truth and love with our students is the most important thing that we can do as child care workers. Throughout the week, Beachmont teachers will take time to pray, read a Bible story, learn Bible verses, do an art project, and sing songs to learn about the Gospel. We will also use bench areas that are located in the woods, the classroom, and our chapel to regularly have a devotion time.