Christian Child Development Center

01/25/2026

CCDC will be Closed on Monday, January 26th, 2026 because of unsafe road conditions. Please stay Safe & Warm.

01/22/2026

08/08/2025

Albert Einstein said "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." Everyone at CCDC - Children, Parents, & Staff took the summer to participate in a summer immersion project exploring Fairy Tales and creating our very own Fairy Gardens. We all enjoyed moving at our individual pace with deep thinking and fantastic imagination.

07/25/2025

100% Agree!

It’s not your job to rush them. It’s your job to protect the short childhood years in slowness, boredom, curiosity, and deep presence. 💭

Let’s go barefoot, with pockets full of rocks and paint in our hair. ✨

07/24/2025

It’s only 9am—and yet, nature has already been a part of our day in so many beautiful, simple ways.

I’m raising a nature-loving child, and I’ve come to realise that connection with the outdoors doesn’t have to be big, planned, or perfect.
🌿 It lives in the quiet rhythms.
🌿 The everyday pauses.
🌿 The habits we don’t even realise are shaping a lifelong love for the natural world.

Here’s how we’ve connected with nature before we’ve even reached nursery today:

☀️ We opened the curtains and let the morning light pour in—spotting a pigeon on the neighbour’s roof and waving good morning.
📚 We snuggled in bed and read The Wild Woods—letting nature stories guide our slow start.
🍇 We topped our yogurt and granola with hand-picked blackberries—talking about how they grew.
🚪 We opened the front door and paused to feel the air—deciding together if it was a shorts day.
🐝 We stopped to watch bees dance on the lavender and checked if any tomatoes were ready to harvest.
☁️ We looked through the sunroof at the clouds—predicting the weather as we went.
🌊 We dawdled by the stream, listening to the sound of water trickling after the rain.
🌿 We smelled the mint growing in the nursery garden before saying goodbye.

These tiny moments?
They matter.
They teach slowness. Wonder. Awareness.
And most importantly—they build a quiet, lasting bond with the earth.

✨ For more ways to weave nature, calm, and connection into your daily rhythm, come explore my Hygge in the Early Years Training.
Because the magic is already there—you just need to slow down enough to notice. www.hyggeintheearlyyears.co.uk

02/19/2025

CCDC will Re-open Friday 2/21/25. Stay safe and warm.

01/23/2025

We began the New Year with our Baby Doll Project in order to teach love, empathy and compassion. We discovered that our fine motor skills were at work with all the buttons and snaps on our baby clothes. Sure glad that we dressed them for winter weather too! 🥰❄️❤️

01/22/2025

Christian Child Development Center will open at 10:00 AM tomorrow morning. Please be safe! Roads were slippery today after the thaw but with 12 degrees predicted for tonight and a high of only 36 degrees tomorrow we all need to be very careful!

01/22/2025

01/10/2025

Anticipating the coming snow with visions of building a snowman. If we get ice instead of snow then we had the opportunity to practice our snowman building skills with our snack. Stay Safe & Warm CCDC Families! ☃️❄️❤️

12/24/2024

In all our merriment we always remembered the Reason for the Season! Merry Christmas from our CCDC Family to Yours! ❤️🎄🎅