Programs & Curriculum

FAQs

Study Opportunities

- Yes. Kingdom Express uses a Biblically sound curriculum, and sets learning targets to meet or exceed Pickerington schools' kindergarten readiness requirements. At Kingdom Express, we think the best academic preparation is to encourage your child's enthusiasm for learning. Teachers who have a keen interest in your child's success create lesson plans based on the Gospel Publishing House Preschool Curriculum. By providing individual attention in a small group setting, Kingdom Express teachers nurture each child's confidence. Learning to ask questions, discovering cause and effect, negotiating fair play and making new friends are some of the academic and spiritual building blocks emphasized at Kingdom Express.

Kingdom Express offers at least two recess periods per day, either outdoors, or in our large muscle room. Kingdom Express play times are considered an extension of the classroom experience. In addition to running, jumping and climbing, teachers plan nature walks, picnics and other learning opportunities. Weather permitting, children play outside every day!

You may choose the schedule that works best for your child. Children can come to Kingdom Express for either a half-day or a full-day, as few as two or as many as five days a week, and we also offer before- and after-school programs.

Staff

Our Kingdom Express Director is hands-on: she is available to the faculty, as well as the children and their families, every day. As our Education Director, she is responsible for the curriculum and programming. The Director also enjoys the freedom to observe classrooms, mentor faculty and continually develop a healthy learning environment for your child.

All Kingdom Express teachers are specifically trained in key areas of childcare, each possessing certificates in: CPR, First Aid, Child Abuse Prevention, and Communicable Disease Detection. Additionally, all Kingdom Express teachers must complete at least 120 hours of State accredited early childhood in-service training, within the first year working for our center.

Though class ratios may well be kept smaller, the highest class-time ratios permitted at Kingdom Express are listed below:

• Infants (6 weeks to 12 months): 1 teacher for every 5 children
• Older Infants (12 months to 18 months): 1 teacher for every 6 children
• Toddlers A (18 months to 30 months): 1 teacher for every 7children
• Toddlers B (30 months to 36 months): 1 teacher for every 8 children
• Preschool (3-5 years): 1 teacher for every 12 children

Safety & Security

You are always welcome to visit or call during the day, and when you pick up your child, you will receive a Daily Activity Report. Where appropriate, your child's teacher will note: how long s/he napped, what portion of lunch s/he ate, and how well s/he is doing with potty-training. Your child's teacher will also describe all of the fun activities and special moments of the day.

Kingdom Express is committed to the safety and security of the children and teachers in our center. Visitors are required to present identification Alternate caregivers, authorized by children's parents, must also present identification .

Kingdom Express uses a written sign-in/sign-out log. With a parent or guardian's permission only, a child may be released to an alternate caregiver who presents identification, and this must be photo ID).