Joshua Early Childhood Center has begun an art enrichment program this year. Our art curriculum is a developmental based program for children between 2.5-5 years old. Our method? Process Art. Process Art is focused on the process, not the product. There are no predetermined products. Instead, teachers provide the guidance, materials, and tools to be creative - the objective is to learn, not teach. Our kiddos learn in, through, and about art by experiencing it - "to become an

Searching for the right preschool for your child can be overwhelming to say the least! There are many options, especially in the Denver/Centennial, CO area. So how do you know where to start and what to look for? These 5 simple steps are just what you need before you make the leap to enroll your child into the best preschool for your family. 1. Start early It is recommended to start a year a head of time. Many preschools have a wait list, so starting early can help get you

JECC is ready to start planning “Phase 1” of our ECHO (Early Childhood Health Outdoors) Preschool Playground Project! As many of you have heard in the past year, JECC is among the first group of preschool programs in Colorado to be an ECHO Seed Grant Site. Over 50 different early childhood centers around Colorado applied and only 25 were selected to transform, improve and naturalize their outdoor learning environments. We are so excited to finally break ground on this initia

Watching preschoolers pretend to run a bakery, play house or get help in a doctor's office is endearing to watch, but did you know pretend play is a critical activity to a child's development? The dramatic play center in the preschool classroom is a crucial area to practice language, literacy, problem solving and fine motor skills! Our teachers at Joshua Early Childhood Center have been putting in a lot of creative energy to make their dramatic play centers engaging and dynam

Today marks World Autism Day and April is Autism Awareness Month. About half of the children at Joshua Early Childhood Center have an autism diagnosis. We celebrate and value these individuals and their families each and every day! Please take a minute to listen to Wendy Miller, a JECC mother, speak about her son and how autism has impacted their family. "...I would like to close by saying that autism is not easy. Johnny has severe autism, and Nate and I plan on taking ca

No matter how it is said, we sure LOVE our moms! From all of us at JECC, Happy Mother's Day! #preschool #daycare #prek #inclusion #mothersday

How Can Yoga and Mindfulness Benefit My Child? Yoga and meditation are more than just silly postures and sleeping on a yoga mat. Practice in yoga aims to foster self-regulation, play, and motor planning skills in addition to building physical and mental strength and flexibility. Through yoga, learning, social play, and exercise can be encouraged and reinforced !I’ve been teaching yoga to children since 2010, and have seen the myriad of benefits it can have firsthand. In yoga

Please consider purchasing a ticket or becoming a sponsor for our upcoming Spring Gala on April 28th. This special event will be held at The Cable Center, from 5:30p-10:00p. Learn more about our parent organization, The Joshua School, by watching this video or by visiting our website! CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS #preschool #centennial #littleton #highlandsranch #denver #daycare #autism #gala #donate #sponsor #tickets

Parents, are you having a hard time deciding if preschool is the right choice for your toddler? We have just a few openings left in Joshua Academy for next school year in our toddler classroom. Twilight Peak provides a safe and nurturing environment to help our two and three year olds learn and grow. We begin the year helping our children become accustomed to the newness of preschool and work to ensure that each child has a positive first school experience. At this age, we sp

Earlier last month at Joshua Early Childhood Center, clinical psychologist Brian Wolff, presented on childhood anxiety to our preschool parents. It was interesting to break down exactly what anxiety is and how we, as the adults, can help our young children! The holiday season can certainly be a time when we see some anxious behaviors emerge. Routines are changed, you may have travel plans to new places, unfamiliar visitors over to the house. There are a lot of new and diffe

Looking for a quick, cheap, and mess-free science experiment to do with your preschooler this summer? Try out the classic Ivory Soap experiment this week! Last year during summer camp, this activity led to some very excited and engaged little scientists. Head on over to Happy Hooligans blog for instructions! Happy experimenting! #preschool #summercamp #inclusion #science #prek #childcarecenter #centennial

Our friends over at Curly Clues Club have a great children's book recommendation this week that lines up perfectly with JECC's mission and values! "Good People Everywhere" by Lynea Gillen helps give a starting point to talk with your child about differences among people. It inspires "young children to grow into grateful, caring, and giving" individuals." Check out Curly Clues Club blog to read their recommendation of the book. We will definitley be picking up a copy for here!

It is the Week of the Young Child, as celebrated annually by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)! The week honors "early learning, young children, their teachers and families" and celebrates each day with themes like Music Monday, Tasty Tuesday, Work Together Wednesday, Artsy Thursday, and Family Friday. Today, Joshua Academy thought about all the different ways children learn during meal time. From manners (e.g., passing food to each other),

One year ago today we opened the doors at Joshua Early Childhood Center! How time flies! What started as one program with two classrooms has grown into two programs, Joshua Early Intervention and Joshua Academy, and five classrooms total. We are so grateful to the many people that have contributed to our growth and success this past year! Joshua Early Intervention is currently full with a waitlist, but public tours continue to be offered every few months for those interested

Happy New Year! We are excited for the second half of the school year and what the future has in store for JECC! While the weather may be painting a different picture, the time is approaching to start thinking about summer options and registration for the 2017-2018 school year! The following are upcoming events and important dates here at Joshua Early Childhood Center: Joshua Academy OPEN HOUSE: Who: Open to the public! Children invited! What: Joshua Academy will be hosting a

Holidays are a great time to get hands on with your preschooler! Constructing crafts can help teach concepts across many different learning domains. Check out these New Years Eve crafts to try out with your family! Learn more about preschool crafts! Happy crafting! #preschool #newyears #2017 #crafts #arts #handson #constructing #joshua #joshuaearlychildhoodcenter #prek

Searching for the right preschool for your child can be overwhelming to say the least! There are many options, especially in the Centennial,

As we spend this week before Thanksgiving reflecting on what makes our community at JECC so great, we can’t miss an opportunity to think of our families. Whether they are donating car seats, helping prep materials, setting up fundraisers to help our program grow, or donating delicious food for our Thanksgiving feast, our families are always there to lend a helping hand. We are so grateful for the dedication our families show to their young ones, and the trust they put in us

As a teacher at Joshua Early Childhood Center, I am most thankful that the environment in which I work is built upon the foundations of acceptance, understanding, and compassion. Coming to JECC and seeing our children play together, work together, and teach one another in an inclusionary setting is a beautiful experience that I feel proud to be apart of. The neurodiversity of our students is what makes JECC so unique and allows us to do the things we do. Every child brings a

Today we are thankful for the people that made Joshua Early Childhood Center a possibility. While there is a whole community that has contributed to our growth and success over the years, our founders are the people who turned their dream of this school into a reality. In 2002, six educators were teaching in a public school district when their beloved student, Joshua, unexpectedly passed away. After years of frustration over the constraints of traditional education, these si