At Providence Children’s Academy, we believe that after school care focuses on a child’s holistic development. Our staff is committed to your child’s emotional, physical, social, and personal well-being.
While education is important, it isn’t the only focus here. Our goal is to create a nurturing environment where your child feels cared for, as if they are at home. Our dedication to your child and their total development is what makes us stand out in Coconut Creek as an after school program.
Core Elements of Our Coconut Creek After School Care Program
When you’re looking for a great after school program, our program offers many excellent features, including:
Passionate & Positive Staff
Our teachers are well-qualified and committed to teaching early childhood. They create a stimulating, fun, and safe environment for your child. They invest individual time with your child so they not only thrive academically but in all ways.
Complimentary Pickup
We offer a free pickup service from local schools. All of our drivers offer a safe transportation service.
Daily Extracurricular Activities
We combine homework help with hands-on activities at our after school program. We believe in extending your child’s education, but also love implementing fun activities with science, technology, or even cooking. This allows your child to learn things they enjoy for future habits and subjects to explore at home, too.
Homework Help
We believe every child has unique learning needs, which is why we work to teach them in a way that best suits their needs with their homework.
Outdoor Fun
Our program is designed to include playtime, which is important for social and emotional development as well as physical development. We do structured play where children learn to follow instructions and play with others. However, free play is important too, as it allows them to explore their imagination and creativity.
Healthy Snacks
We offer healthy snacks with all allergen-containing foods labeled so your child is safe. We ask that our parents alert us to any dietary requirements.
Open Communication
We offer daily communication via our mobile app or the Internet. We also offer one-on-one sessions for parents to discuss their child’s development.
Enriching & Educational After School Activities
After school programs use these activities to help continue a child’s development and education during the transition hour between school and home.
Some of these activities include:
Sensory Play That Sparks Curiosity
Sensory play stimulates a child’s senses while incorporating balance and movement. It allows children to explore and learn about the world during these hands-on activities. This may include water play, sand play, playdough, or sensory bins filled with rice, beans, and other textures.
Story Time and Early Literacy Fun
Early literacy story time helps young children learn reading and writing skills before they can read or write. Activities like letter recognition, vocabulary, and print awareness help build key learning skills early on.
Music and Movement Activities
Incorporating music and movement into their daily routine is vital for a young child’s development. It helps with memory as they remember song lyrics and dance routines. Language development occurs when reciting songs and rhymes, too.
Creative Art Projects
Art projects help preschoolers with fine motor skills, emotional expression, and fostering creativity. It is also a great self-confidence booster for young children.
Outdoor Play & Motor Skill Development
This activity helps with motor skill development. For instance, running, climbing, playing with balls, or jumping all help children learn balance, strength, and hand-eye coordination.
Science Exploration for Young Minds
Keep them hands-on and engaging, such as making slime or creating a cloud in a jar, or even doing a volcano with baking soda and vinegar.
Building Friendships Through Group Play
Group play teaches communication skills, sharing, and problem-solving as a group. Cooperative drawing, where children work on one drawing together, is a great activity for building friendships.
Benefits of After School Activities
After school activities offer consistency and calm during the time between school and home.
However, there are many other benefits too:
- Supporting Structure: Young children thrive on routine. They help kids feel stable after the regular school day ends.
- Encourages Social Interaction: Enrichment activities like art, music, and creative play help children develop socially. They are also closely connected to emotional health.
- Provides A Safe Place For Working Parents: Parents get the peace of mind needed that their child’s structure is balanced with both fun and learning in an after school program.
Schedule a Tour of Our Coconut Creek After School Program
When you’re looking for an educational after school program that incorporates free play with a structured routine, Providence Children’s Academy is the place. We pride ourselves on being a Premier Early Education choice for those in the local area. We want to help you make your children as productive as possible.
We use engaging learning activities to help make their experience with us memorable. Our facility is secure with fingerprint access for pick-up. When your child is playing outside, our playground is furnished with Little Tikes products, the safest on the market. To schedule a tour at our Coconut Creek child care facility, call 954-570-6914 or take a virtual tour.