Christine’s Early Learning Center

08/17/2023

There's a few spots left in this new, in-person class developed to help you talk to your teens! Lunch provided. Register today: https://forms.gle/tS5CnLZwqt2Pd5G96

06/19/2023

Four main Criteria:
1. Work or live in St. Joseph County for the last year
2. Qualify for a Mortgage
3. Willing to work with Habitat for Humanity to volunteer to build and to take homeownership classes
4. Need for safe and secure housing!

fill out an app online👇
https://www.habitatsjcmi.org/partner-families

06/08/2023

Our first summer reading event is next week! Stop by Wednesday June 14th and join us from 10-11AM. 👩‍🚒👮‍♂️

06/01/2023

Attention!!! New Event!!!

We are excited to announce the Sizzlin' Into Summer Pop-up Carnival!

Anderson Midways will be the carnival company. This is a different carnival company than we have at Fair.

There will be rides, games, and fair food.

This is a FREE Admission Event!!!

June 2: 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
June 3: 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
June 4: 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Ride wristbands are $20.00 per day.
Ride tickets are $1.50 each, 15 tickets for $20.00, or 50 tickets for $50.00
Each ride takes 3-4 tickets.
You must have a ride wristband or purchase tickets to ride the rides.

The Centreville Garage Sale and Vintage Market will still take place on Saturday, June 3, 2023, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For information regarding the rides, please visit www.andersonmidways.com

05/17/2023

The new Summer Literacy Passports are here! Soo many things for families to do this summer. Earn stamps, then bring your passport to the Back to School Event at the Huss Project on Aug 12th and get a surprise!!!! 🤩🤩⛱🎉

05/09/2023

📚 Have you ever read the story “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie”?
If you have, you know that it’s a story of a mouse who is given a cookie and that event sets off a series of other other requests that all leads back to the initial event.

🫧When children are given the freedom to explore their world; a series of events like that easily occur. Today, that exact thing happened.

Now, most days are like this because adults set materials up and the children take the lead in how they use them.

🖍️If you give a toddler a piece of chalk, they’ll need a surface to make marks on.
🖍️When they are making marks, they’ll probably ask for a friend to join.
🖍️When one friend comes over, another friend (or 4) will probably come join them.
🖍️Then the surface might get too crowded, so they’ll need something else to write on.
🖍️They’ll find a new surface together, then begin to tell stories about their drawings.
🖍️When their drawing grows, they’ll need more colors.
🖍️And on and on…until they need a new surface to make marks on. 😊

05/08/2023

❓Did you know that foster children are eligible for Early Head Start programs? At ISD, we believe that every child deserves access to high-quality early childhood education and care.

Our program offers a safe, nurturing, and supportive environment where children can learn, play, and grow.

We provide a range of services to help children and families thrive:
⚕️ Health screenings
🍎 Nutritious meals
👨‍👩‍👦 Family support services

If you are a foster parent or know of a child in foster care, aged 0 to 3 yrs old, who could benefit from our program, please contact us to learn more. Together, we can help every child reach their full potential.

05/06/2023

We are 12 hours away from the Centreville Garage Sale and Vintage Market! The weather is looking beautiful for tomorrow!

Tomorrow, Saturday, May 6 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. is the Centreville Garage Sale and Vintage Market at the Fairgrounds. This is a FREE admission event!

There will be garage sale vendors, antique vendors, five fair food vendors, St Joseph County Conservation District tree sale, and the Centreville FFA Chapter flower sale! The Centreville FFA will be selling flowers for their fundraiser.

Vicksburg Vintage Market

05/01/2023

To experience math at Christine’s Early Learning Center is as easy as observing our children engaging in their play.

Children are natural mathematicians.
They push and pull toys, sort materials, stack all sorts of items and fill and empty cups of water in the mud kitchen. All of these activities allow young children to experience math concepts as they experiment with spatial awareness, measurement, and problem solving.
Weaving math into all areas of the curriculum will enhance children’s play experiences. They come into situations where real problem solving has to occur. They own their learning this way.

-Will all of the pine cones fit in this bowl, or do I need the bigger one?
-When I pour my milk, I need to fill half of my cup.
-Does my stick fit in the small side of the container with holes or will I need to use the larger side?
-How many containers do I need to fill the whole trailer with sand?

We want to use these situations to help our children use their high thinking brains. The classrooms, teachers, and math related materials/loose parts all contribute to authentic learning experiences.

04/27/2023