Why Peas in a Pod Learning Center?
* Christian Environment: Each day begins with prayer. We read bible stories and scriptures from the bible to help teach kids what it means to be a Christian and how to live thier lives like Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
* Highly trained teachers: will deliver Christian, developmentally appropriate, research based instruction that fosters confidence, self esteem and a love for learning.
Lead teachers will have a college degree, early childhood or childcare certification, or are enrolled in an educational program.
Each of our staff members is prescreened with a criminal background check and are pediatric first aid and CPR certified.
All childcare staff receive 20 hours of early childhood training each year, including frequent training in Conscious Discipline.
* Safety: Parents can rest assured that their child is safe when they log on to our secure website and access the webcam in their child’s classroom online anytime. We are one of only two child care providers in our area that offers this advanced technology. All doors are locked from the outside, including the front main door. Only authorized parents or caregivers may enter using our secure keypad on our front entrance door. We routinely check I.D.'s before releasing a child to any unknown adult.
* Low Ratios: Our low teacher to child ratio will allow dedicated teachers to focus on the individual learning styles and needs of each child. We beat the minimum state standards for classroom teacher to child ratios in every classroom. Our low ratios range from 1:4 to 1:8 in all classrooms.
* Enrichment Classes: Peas in a Pod Learning Center has formed a partnership with local enrichment teachers to offer a variety of enrichment classes on site for a minimal fee. These classes may include: BV Gymnastics Acrobus, Spanish, and Opus One Music.
* Convenient Location: Parents can easily drop their kids off on the way to work or school at our facility which is conveniently located on 2818/Harvey Mitchell Parkway, next to the Southwood Animal Clinic, and across the street from College Station Post Office. (Intersection of Southwood Drive and Harvey Mitchell Pkwy/2818).
* Curriculum: Academic, Christian, and Social/Emotional. Click on CURRICULUM to learn more about our research based, developmentally appropriate curriculums.
* Nutritious snacks: Our goal is to provide nutritious snacks containing minimal or no high fructose corn syrup or partially hydrogenated oils. Additionally, we are a peanut free school.
* Texas School Ready Program: Our center has teamed up with Sam Houston State University to help prepare Preschoolers for Kindergarten!
Full Time Space Available!
Full Time Spaces Available:
Infants / Babies (ages 6 weeks - 10 months)
Young Toddlers (ages 9 months - 18 months)
Older Toddlers (ages 1.5 - 2.5 years old)
Young Preschoolers (ages 2.5 -3.5 years old)
Kinder Ready (ages 3.5 - 4.5 years old)
* Please call 979-703-1816 to schedule a tour and to check for availability.
Tours
To view our facility, you must schedule a tour by calling 979-703-1816.
All information found in our parent packet is also displayed here on our website.
Admission packets to enroll your child are handed out at scheduled tours.
All information found in our parent packet is also displayed here on our website.
Admission packets to enroll your child are handed out at scheduled tours.
Curriculum
1.) ACADEMIC: We Can! by Dr. Vicki Gibson
2.) SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL: Conscious Discipline by Dr. Becky Bailey
3.) CHRISTIAN: Play & Pray Bible Stories
ACADEMIC: We Can!
Our curriculum design is thematic and skills-focused. It is comprehensive, including the nine domains required in the Texas PreK Guidelines by the Texas Education Agency, http://www.tea.state.tx.us/. We Can includes oral language, vocabulary development, and listening comprehension using literature, poetry, music, and creative dramatic play. Teachers work with children in whole and small group activities; both teacher directed and child-directed. Children choose learning centers or workstations that develop prerequisite skills in vocabulary, listening comprehension, storytelling and art expression. As children become more proficient, teachers help them develop phonological and phonemic awareness, print awareness, and early reading skills. In addition, the curriculum includes activities that teach pre-skills in math, science, social studies and fine arts.
Classroom teachers follow scripted daily lesson plans written by Dr. Gibson to ensure high fidelity of program implementation along with quality instruction and learning. The plans provide guidance for the teachers to use fun, instructional activities that are developmentally appropriate for each age group and effective tools for learning.
Learning centers, or workstations, are used to incorporate small group instruction and individual play. Children enjoy daily opportunities to develop social and academic skills. Instructional and play activities are matched to children’s needs. All curriculum and learning is aligned with scientifically based reading research (SBRR). Instruction includes how to learn and what to learn. Specific emphasis is placed on organizational thinking and planning, independent decision making and self-regulation, learning to assume personal responsibility and accountability.
For more information, visit http://www.wecanearlychildhood.com/
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL: Conscious Discipline
Conscious Discipline® is evidence-based, and was named a national model for character education by the Character Education Partnership in 2005. Conscious Discipline® is a comprehensive classroom management program and a social-emotional curriculum. It is based on current brain research, child development information, and developmentally appropriate practices. It facilitates early childhood teachers in creating “school families” where children and teachers can reclaim joy, helpfulness and caring as a foundation for the educational process. Conscious Discipline® assists teachers in developing their inner life, empowering them to transform conflict into teaching moments for themselves, their colleagues, and the children and families they serve. Research conducted in schools and centers using Conscious Discipline® shows that it decreases aggression, increases academic scores on state tests, decreases impulsivity/hyperactivity in “difficult” children, increases collegiality of staff, and creates a positive school climate.
To learn more about Conscious Discipline please visit: http://www.beckybailey.com/cd_what_is.cfm
CHRISTIAN: Play & Pray Bible Stories:
Your child will enjoy learning bible stories with easy, child-friendly language, and fun play that helps them enjoy and remember God's Word. Children will participate in faith building activities, like simple songs, quick crafts, scrumptious snack ideas, games, service projects kids can do, and meaningful prayers.
2.) SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL: Conscious Discipline by Dr. Becky Bailey
3.) CHRISTIAN: Play & Pray Bible Stories
ACADEMIC: We Can!
Our curriculum design is thematic and skills-focused. It is comprehensive, including the nine domains required in the Texas PreK Guidelines by the Texas Education Agency, http://www.tea.state.tx.us/. We Can includes oral language, vocabulary development, and listening comprehension using literature, poetry, music, and creative dramatic play. Teachers work with children in whole and small group activities; both teacher directed and child-directed. Children choose learning centers or workstations that develop prerequisite skills in vocabulary, listening comprehension, storytelling and art expression. As children become more proficient, teachers help them develop phonological and phonemic awareness, print awareness, and early reading skills. In addition, the curriculum includes activities that teach pre-skills in math, science, social studies and fine arts.
Classroom teachers follow scripted daily lesson plans written by Dr. Gibson to ensure high fidelity of program implementation along with quality instruction and learning. The plans provide guidance for the teachers to use fun, instructional activities that are developmentally appropriate for each age group and effective tools for learning.
Learning centers, or workstations, are used to incorporate small group instruction and individual play. Children enjoy daily opportunities to develop social and academic skills. Instructional and play activities are matched to children’s needs. All curriculum and learning is aligned with scientifically based reading research (SBRR). Instruction includes how to learn and what to learn. Specific emphasis is placed on organizational thinking and planning, independent decision making and self-regulation, learning to assume personal responsibility and accountability.
For more information, visit http://www.wecanearlychildhood.com/
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL: Conscious Discipline
Conscious Discipline® is evidence-based, and was named a national model for character education by the Character Education Partnership in 2005. Conscious Discipline® is a comprehensive classroom management program and a social-emotional curriculum. It is based on current brain research, child development information, and developmentally appropriate practices. It facilitates early childhood teachers in creating “school families” where children and teachers can reclaim joy, helpfulness and caring as a foundation for the educational process. Conscious Discipline® assists teachers in developing their inner life, empowering them to transform conflict into teaching moments for themselves, their colleagues, and the children and families they serve. Research conducted in schools and centers using Conscious Discipline® shows that it decreases aggression, increases academic scores on state tests, decreases impulsivity/hyperactivity in “difficult” children, increases collegiality of staff, and creates a positive school climate.
To learn more about Conscious Discipline please visit: http://www.beckybailey.com/cd_what_is.cfm
CHRISTIAN: Play & Pray Bible Stories:
Your child will enjoy learning bible stories with easy, child-friendly language, and fun play that helps them enjoy and remember God's Word. Children will participate in faith building activities, like simple songs, quick crafts, scrumptious snack ideas, games, service projects kids can do, and meaningful prayers.
Meals & Snacks
LUNCH: Parents will send a nutritious lunch and drink to school with their child each day. Each classroom will be equipped with a refrigerator and microwave. Kids will enjoy lunch with their friends inside their own familiar classrooms.
SNACKS: Nutritious snacks and water will be provided by the center for children. Snacks will contain minimal or no high fructose corn syrup or partially hydrogenated oils. Our goal is to provide nutritious snacks such as, whole grain cereals and crackers, fresh fruits, low sugar fruit cups, yogurt, etc.
SNACKS: Nutritious snacks and water will be provided by the center for children. Snacks will contain minimal or no high fructose corn syrup or partially hydrogenated oils. Our goal is to provide nutritious snacks such as, whole grain cereals and crackers, fresh fruits, low sugar fruit cups, yogurt, etc.
Frequently Asked Questions
Nap Time: All infants 0-10 months are on their own individual nap schedules and will sleep in the cribs that we provide. Children attending the young toddler classroom ages 8-18 months old take a nap at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day. Kids who are not yet walking will nap in the pack n plays that we provide. All children ages 1.5 -5 years will be given the opportunity to rest from 12:30 - 3:00 pm each day, and will bring their own nap mat to school on their first day, and teachers will sanitize and store the mats after each use. Nap linens will go home at the end of each week to be washed and returned on Monday. Most kids will nap in their own classroom, others will share a room with children similar to their age. Nap time is a developmentally appropriate, supervised activity. Although most children will sleep, if a child has laid on their mat awake for one hour, they will be given the opportunity to participate in a quiet activity such as reading a book or may be moved to another room for a different supervised activity, until rest time is over.
Ready to Reserve Space for Your Child?
Ready to reserve space for your child?
To request an admission form: and enrollment packet:
email me at stephanieshoemake@gmail.com
Enrollment Fee: $50 per child (non-refundable) to be added to the waitlist or for enrollment.
Tours: To view our facility, you must schedule a tour. Please call 703-1816 to schedule a tour.
To request an admission form: and enrollment packet:
email me at stephanieshoemake@gmail.com
Enrollment Fee: $50 per child (non-refundable) to be added to the waitlist or for enrollment.
Tours: To view our facility, you must schedule a tour. Please call 703-1816 to schedule a tour.
Join Our Team!
EMPLOYMENT: Join our team!
We offer our teachers:
1.) Competitive wages
2.) Childcare Discounts
3.) Professional Development/Training Opportunities
4.) Advancement Opportunities
To request an employment application:
Send your RESUME' to: stephanieshoemake@gmail.com
We offer our teachers:
1.) Competitive wages
2.) Childcare Discounts
3.) Professional Development/Training Opportunities
4.) Advancement Opportunities
To request an employment application:
Send your RESUME' to: stephanieshoemake@gmail.com
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