We provide a daily snack in the morning and afternoon for ages 12 months and up. Parents pack a lunch for their child with a water cup and a milk cup (optional). The monthly snack calendar gets emailed out every month. Our goal is to provide healthy nutritious snacks for all of our kids. You are welcome to pack a snack with their lunch if your child doesn't like a particular type of food, but we will still offer it unless there's an allergy. Our snacks are nut free. Each classroom has a microwave and a refrigerator. Parents provide all meals for infants.

Yes, the state of Texas requires naptimes. You can find more information about naptime requirements here.

We provide cots for toddlers through pre-k 4 classrooms. Parents must provide a fitted crib sheet and a small-medium sized blanket. Children are encouraged to bring one small lovey. All items from home should be labeled with their names. All items will be sent home on Friday to be washed and returned on Monday.

Yes, there are two playgrounds on the grounds. We believe playing outside in nature is an important aspect of development.

Toddler through Pre-K4 classrooms have an assigned outdoor time on the playground from approximately 30 minutes to an hour two times a day.

If it is raining, storming, or if the heat or cold is outside an acceptable range for safety, we go to our indoor gym to play in place of time on the playground.

We have weekly Chapel that promotes kindness, giving, caring, and sharing. Weekly Chapel is for ages 2 years old and up. We practice daily prayer and developmentally appropriate values within the classroom as well.

The Texas Rising Star program is a quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) for child care programs participating in the Texas Workforce Commission’s (TWC) Child Care Services program. Texas Rising Star certification is available to licensed centers and licensed and registered child care home facilities that meet the certification criteria.

The Texas Rising Star program offers three levels of quality certification (Two-Star, Three-Star, and Four-Star) to encourage child care and early learning programs to attain progressively higher levels of quality.

You can read more about TRS here: https://texasrisingstar.org/parents/

Currently, Faith Lutheran Church Childcare Development Center Preschool has a four star rating. A four star rating means the average score is 2.4 or greater (80 percent of total possible points).

Numerous research studies have shown that children who attend higher-quality early learning programs are more prepared for school entry than children who do not attend high-quality programs. Child care and early learning programs that achieve Texas Rising Star certification, offering quality care that exceeds the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Child Care Regulation (CCR) minimum standards, are in a better position to positively affect the physical, social-emotional, and cognitive development of children. As programs advance through the levels of Texas Rising Star certification, they are increasingly able to positively affect the development of the children they serve daily.

Read more about TRS here: https://texasrisingstar.org/about-trs/

Faith Lutheran Childcare Center is open at 7:30 am and closes at 6:00 pm daily Monday through Friday. Closures due to inclement weather follow the AISD schedule.

We offer programs from 6 weeks old infants up through afterschool care. We extend our youth program through the summer to school age kids through 12 years old.

We use Frog Street Curriculum in all of our classrooms. Frog Street is certified through the Texas Education Agency. Frog Street provides a comprehensive program of research-based curriculum both in English and Spanish for early childhood programs. The curriculum supports key learning domains and is aligned to state and national learning standards.

To find out more about Frog Street visit their website here: https://www.frogstreet.com/

• New Year's Day (if on a weekend, then either Monday or Friday)

• Good Friday

• Memorial Day

• Independence Day (if on a weekend, then either Monday or Friday)

• Labor Day

• Thanksgiving and the following Friday

• December 24, 25, 26 (or three working days)

• Martin Luther King’s Birthday

These are days where we do staff trainings and offer time to fulfill professional development that is ongoing for every teacher to complete. 30 required hours per year.

We are closed for these two professional development days:

1. President's Day

2. Columbus Day