First United Methodist Church Preschool

First United Methodist Church Preschool offers well rounded full and part-time programs that adapt to the individual needs of our students while maintaining the goal of kindergarten readiness. Our children love to learn! We encourage social and emotional growth, emergent literacy, beginning math skills and science through a play-centered, hands-on curriculum with faith based values intentionally integrated throughout the day.  Self-reliance, respect for others, sharing, and self-determination are modeled by our staff and nurtured in the children. Our staff love to share the love joy and peace of Christ each day.

Mission Statement

The mission of First United Methodist Church Preschool is to share the love, joy and peace of Christ with our students and their families while providing a safe and nurturing environment where our students will be introduced to education in a fun and stimulating environment.

Educational Philosophy

Children learn by involvement, activities, and exposure. Learning must be the fulfillment of your child’s stretching outward toward a great variety of experiences within which facts and skills are a part, but not the major part.  We want to turn children on to learning! We want to encourage self-respect, independence, success and confidence. We want children to learn to accept responsibility for his/her actions. We want children to learn to work and play with others, share, take turns, and respect others. We are grateful for good parent-teacher relationships that create a happy support team for the children.  Most of the education for younger children is to help them in understanding their surroundings and to accept differences.  It is better to build children than to repair adults. Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded.  What we do to children, they do to society.

FUMC Preschool Program Events and Enrichment at a Glance

Weekly Chapel

Orientation for parents

Stay and Play Orientation for children

Weekly music enrichment program

Monthly visit to the Mirror Lake Public library

Visits from Timeless Tales

St. Pete Fire and Rescue

Mandatory Parent Teacher Conferences

Pumpkin Carving with Parents

Halloween Costume Parade and party

Thanksgiving Program and Feast

Santa Shop

Christmas Program

Donuts With Dad

Easter Egg Hunt and Party

Mother’s Day Tea

Grandparents Storytime

VPK Graduation

Additional Programs and Enrichments available through FUMC Children’s Ministries

“The City” safe social media network for our families