From the Nursery Coordinator
Welcome to the Nursery of First Presbyterian Church. My name is Karen Fitts, and I'm the Nursery Coordinator. I use my experiences from my many years of teaching pre-school and caring for our children in the nursery to maintain a safe, nurturing environment for your child. Our dedicated nursery staff realizes that you are allowing us to care for your greatest treasure and we are grateful for the opportunity to serve you. We wish to provide your child with an atmosphere of comfort and security while they are in the care of the nursery staff. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at 615/298-9519 or e-mail me.
Karen Fitts
Nursery Coordinator
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Inside the Nursery at First Presbyterian Church
In order to ensure proper attention, as well as age-appropriate activities,
our children are divided into these groups:
In order to
ensure proper
attention as
well as
developmentally
appropriate
activities, our
children are
divided into the
following
groups:
Infants
(6 weeks to 6 months)
Crawlers
(7-12 months)
Walkers
(13-17 months)
Young twos
(18-26 months)
Older twos
(27-35 months)
Young threes
(36-40 months)
Older threes
(41-47 months)
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Our Wee Angels Room is for infants from 6 weeks to 6 months.Our facility is equipped with swings, exersaucers and many different kinds of stimulating toys for your child's enjoyment. Children find this room to be relaxing and calming with the caring staff.
Our Baby Doves Room is for children 7 months to 12 months.This room is inviting for older babies to explore all the safe, fun and educational toys that the room has to offer. The room is very spacious and has plenty of areas where the children can crawl and pull up safely.
Our Little Lambs Room is for children 13 months to 17 months. During the Sunday School hour, the children will be involved in our Sunday School curriculum, which includes a Bible lesson with activities and music. Sunday School is taught by devoted volunteer teachers. The children in this room love to discover the instruments and play along to the songs.
Our Rainbow Room is for children 18 months to 26 months.The room is equipped with a kitchen area to simtulate imaginative play and manyeducational toys. Children in this room enjoy our Sunday School curriculum which includes a Bible lesson with activities and music. Sunday School is taught by devoted volunteer teachers.
Our Sun Room is for children 27 months to 35 months.This room is full of manipulative educational toys such as puzzles,
stackables, and blocks. Our Sunday School curriculum includes a Bible lesson with activities and music. Sunday School is taught by Volunteer teachers.
Our Moon Room is for children 36 months to 40 months.This room is learning-center oriented with an emphasis on self-exploration. During the Sunday School hour, these children are taught a continuation of the same Sunday School curriculum which includes a Bible lesson with activities and music.
Our Star Room is for children 41 months to 47 months. The room is learning-center oriented. The children are taught a continuation of the same Sunday School curriculum which includes a Bible lesson with activities and music.
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Why Do We Have Pagers?
Our pager system offers many different features that are helpful to the nursery
staff and parents. The first priority of our paging system is to locate parents who
are needed in the nursery by sending a vibration and a simple message letting
you know why you are needed. We will not allow your child to be upset for
over ten minutes without contacting you. Our pager system also serves as a
security measure. Children in the nursery will only be released to the parent
or designated individual who returns the pager with the corresponding number
located on the child's nametag.Our pager system is important and expensive;
therefore, in the case that a pager is lost, you will be asked to replace it.
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Volunteer Ministry
Parents are needed as volunteers in our nursery. Every Sunday our nursery is
staffed with paid workers as well as several parent volunteers. We ask that
each parent set aside one hour twice a year to involve themselves in our
nursery as a volunteer. This also gives parents an opportunity to get to know
nursery workers, Sunday School teachers, and other families within the church.
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