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The mission of the SMALL BLESSINGS CHILDCARE/PRESCHOOL at Detroit Lakes United Methodist Church is to provide quality care for children in a safe, caring, and healthy environment that promotes emotional, spiritual, physical, and cognitive development. In so doing, we are addressing a pressing societal need in the community and further fulfilling our church mission.
The Small Blessings Childcare/Preschool at Detroit Lakes
United Methodist Church opened in May 2006.
The philosophy is rooted in the belief that the quality of
the lives of young children can be enriched through positive early childhood
experiences. Children are seen as active learners with the care-providers
serving as guides and facilitators who
• help each child to develop a positive self image and to
experience the freedom to learn and grow in confidence;
• foster children’s creative self-expression and the
ability to communicate needs, desires, and experiences in a variety of ways;
• support children’s development of positive peer and adult
relationships; and
• create a safe physical environment in which children are
able to discover, explore and master new concepts and skills.
Care is available for children regardless of political,
religious, behavioral and philosophical ideology; race, sex, nationality, or
special needs as long as the center is equipped to meet the individual needs of
the child.
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