Merrimack Valley Christian Day School is a state-licensed, non-profit preschool ministry in Lowell that cares for children from infancy through early elementary ages and offers year-round and summer programming.
Merrimack Valley Christian Day School provides childcare and early education in a Christian context for children from infancy through early school age. The center operates on the grounds of the Lowell First Church of the Nazarene and serves as a year-round program with options for full- and part-day attendance.
The program bases its curriculum on the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education guidelines for preschool learning and follows NAEYC developmentally appropriate practices. Instruction addresses intellectual, physical, social, emotional and spiritual development and includes weekly lesson planning, ongoing observation and child-centered, hands-on learning. Bible stories and monthly interactive Bible lessons in the church sanctuary are part of the program.
Infant caregivers are trained in SIDS/safe sleep practices, safe feeding, and infant CPR/First Aid. Staff use positive guidance strategies and CSEFEL-based approaches such as redirection, praise, feelings charts, problem solving and quiet centers to support children’s social–emotional development.
An infant program that follows EEC safe sleep practices; infant staff are trained in SIDS/safe sleep, safe feeding, and Infant CPR/First Aid and provide daily updates on bottles, diapers, meals and developmental activities.
Preschool and pre-kindergarten classrooms use hands-on, sensory and open-ended activities to develop language, emergent writing, math concepts, fine and gross motor skills, and social skills; Pre-K emphasizes school-readiness skills such as letter–sound connections and basic math concepts.
A seasonal summer program (infant–age 5) that groups classes by age and includes water play, special-theme days, in-house field trips and other enrichment activities.
Toddler classes emphasize gross-motor play, social and self-help skills, music, movement, art and sensory projects, offered in small classes with certified toddler teachers.
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