Sunshine Kids Mother’s Day Out
Our ministry is to provide a structured program for child development to parents of our community who need a warm, loving environment in which to leave their child on a short-term basis. Sunshine Kids is staffed by mothers who are members of Somers Avenue.
For more information on Sunshine Kids Mother’s Day Out or to register your child please fill out our request form or contact the office at 758-5256.
Hours of Operation
9:00am – 2:00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays following the NLR School District calendar. We adhere to the district’s Spring Break, Thanksgiving, and Christmas holiday schedule and do not meet during the summer.
1 Year Old’s Program
The classroom objectives for the 1 year olds are to enhance positive communication, to develop a sense of self through exploring the world around them, to nurture and build self-confidence the children need to be separated from familiar people and surroundings, to build their social skills, to spark their imaginations, and to provide a healthy and safe environment to nurture the social interaction of toddlers.
This is accomplished through age appropriate activities such as:
- Lots of loving and rocking
- Introduction to classroom structure with monthly units
- Finger plays
- Simple games
- Songs
- Prayer at mealtime
- Development of motor skills through play
2 Year Old’s Program
The classroom objectives for the 2 year olds are to nurture and build the self-confidence children need to be separated from familiar people and surroundings, to build their social skills, and to spark their imaginations.
This is accomplished through teaching skills and concepts such as:
- Sharing
- Taking turns
- Lining up
- Forming circles
- Counting to 10
- Recognizing shapes
- Recognizing colors
- Learning the Pledge of Allegiance
- Learning how to care for possessions by putting away toys and keeping personal objects in assigned cubby
- Development of hand-eye coordination through coloring, using Play-Do, puzzles, and art craft.
3 Year Old’s Program
The classroom objectives for the 3 year olds are to create a positive environment in which children begin the fundamental learning that will help them to succeed when they begin pre-school education.
This is accomplished through teaching skills and concepts such as:
- Sharing
- Taking turns
- Lining up
- Forming circles
- Recognizing numbers 1-10
- Recognizing shapes
- Recognizing colors
- Recognizing the alphabet
- Learning the Pledge of Allegiance
- Learning how to care for possessions by putting away toys and keeping personal items in their cubby
- Hand-eye coordination
- Name recognition
- Arts and crafts that may involve glue and scissors
