Children's Center: A Loving Place to Grow

The Los Altos United Methodist Church Children's Center provides a week-day program for young children. Our developmental program provides a safe, nurturing and Christian environment. Principles of love and respect are utilized in encouraging children as they learn and grow. Children learn through experience to respect each other's rights and needs.

Our curriculum is based on the Christian belief that all people are children of God and that the diversity of races, cultures and perspectives is a gift which enriches us all.

LAUMC's Children's Center is not only for children.

"We will help YOU raise your children!"

You, as parents, are an integral part of this school. You are welcome and needed here. The staff and Director are available to you for conferencing, support or simply for conversation. We have formed the Family Resource Center (FRC) to provide coffees with the Director, speakers and a lending library for parents. These are free of charge and open to the entire community.

Our purpose is to nurture each child's social, emotional, intellectual and spiritual development. Our program provides both structured and unstructured time each day. We believe young children need many opportunities to choose activities from a carefully prepared environment. They also need to accept times when there is not a choice. Education is not only about imparting facts and imposing schedules. Children need time to dream, think and contemplate: to make sense of and enjoy the beauty of God's world. Our rules to live by are:

Be kind to yourself
        Be kind to others
                Be careful of all creation