La Mesa United Methodist Children's Center operates on the La Mesa First United Methodist Church campus at 4690 Palm Avenue and offers early education and care for children from 18 months through the school-age years, including before/after-school care and full-day care during school breaks.
La Mesa United Methodist Children’s Center is a full-day early childhood and school-age program located on the La Mesa First United Methodist Church campus. The center enrolls toddlers, preschool and transitional kindergarten children, and provides a school-age program for elementary-aged children.
The center follows a play-based philosophy and tailors activities to individual developmental needs. Its curriculum materials include the Heggerty Phonemic Awareness program and Handwriting Without Tears, and staff use play and structured activities to support motor, language and social-emotional development. The program is described as screen-free.
After-school care for children who attend Lemon Ave. Elementary, including transportation by a licensed youth bus, homework assistance, daily themed activities and full-day care/camps during elementary school breaks.
The Pre-K curriculum is play-based and intended to prepare children for transitional kindergarten through a balance of structured and unstructured activities that support early literacy, numeracy and social skills.
The preschool program is play-based, with teachers tailoring curriculum to individual developmental levels and focusing on motor skills, language development, social-emotional growth and school readiness.
The TK program is play-based and aims to provide purposeful play alongside early academic skills to support readiness for kindergarten.
The toddler program provides each child a place to test and learn new skills, make friends, and engage in play-based activities that introduce colors, numbers, shapes, language development, music and movement.
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