Program Descriptions Ages and Licensed to Serve:INFANTS: 6 weeks to 16 months - 32TODDLERS: 16 months to 33 months - 40PRESCHOOL: 33 months to Kindergarten - 60SCHOOL AGE: Kindergarten through 12 years - 26 Sandcastle I ProgramsTODDLER I and II: 20 months - 33 monthsPRESCHOOL I and PRESCHOOL II: 33 months - Kindergarten Sandcastle II ProgramsINFANT I: 6 weeks - 6 monthsINFANT II: 6 months - 12 monthsINFANT-TODDLER: 12 months - 20 monthsKINDERGARTEN and SCHOOL AGEThis is a general guideline of the age breakdown of each group. Enrollment and each childs individual development may cause it to vary. Philosophy of Sandcastle Child Care and Preschool Center"Let the children come to me. Then He took the children in His arms, placed His hands on each of them and blessed them." Mark 10: 14 -16 We believe each child needs: to be to belong to achieve to revere to discover to love and to be loved in order to establish a good self-image. We believe in helping a child grow: spiritually emotionally socially mentally physically. Sandcastle Child Care is a Christian-oriented center where basic Christian and social values are experienced. Children from all races, creeds and religions are welcome to register. The teachers and staff selected to teach and work with your children are committed to our Christian philosophy. Harsh or threatening methods of discipline do not comply to our belief in teaching positive self-concepts. Each child is welcomed as an individual and we will attempt to meet his/her special needs. We make every effort to keep parents informed through notes on the Parents Bulletin Board, monthly newsletter, notes to parents, and parent conferences. The centers program plans are avalable to parents. If at any time you feel your needs or the needs of your child are not met, please inform us. We want your childs stay with us to be a happy and pleasant learning experience.Parents are welcome and encouraged to visit and to interact with their child during the hours the center is in operation. Busy Bees is a pre-school program that runs from September through May. It is for children ages 3-5. It is Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning from 9:30am - 12:00pm . Busy Bees use a theme-based curriculum that includes stories, sign language and art based on weekly themes.Sandcastle offers before- and after-school care for children Kindergarten through 12 years old. We also offer care for school-age children on school release days and during the summer. The children are provided a snack after school and an opportunity to work on homework, art projects, play games or work on computers. During the summer the school-age children have the opportunity to go on many field trips and enjoy water activities and science and art activities.Before- and after-school care rates are as follows (Effective October 1, 2006): 5 Days 4 Days 3 Days YoungestChild AdditionalChild YoungestChild AdditionalChild YoungestChild AdditionalChild