Park Avenue Methodist Church Day School - New York NY Child Care - Pre School

106 EAST 86 STREET , NEW YORK NY 10028
(212) 289-6997

About the Provider

Description: Our play-based program celebrates the individual child while promoting the classroom community. When very young children enter school they are still in the process of forming themselves as individuals. Once they become secure individuals they can then become part of a group. Play is actually the work of childhood and it is through play that children develop themselves and then learn to get along with others.

Our goal is to provide for each child a springboard from which they can be successfully launched on an educational career beyond preschool. Our students acquire both academic knowledge and social skills. The youngest children enter still constructing themselves as young individuals and by the time they enter kindergarten elsewhere, they have mastered the necessary skills to be engaged cooperative members of a group. Children learn to take turns, share and collaborate with respect for other people and the surroundings. Education here is an active, child-centered enterprise, led by a dedicated, talented faculty. The children are given time to explore and interact. They are also given the freedom to develop their own interests. Our students are known and recognized for their kind and cooperative behavior. This occurs as a direct result of the fact that we emphasize respect and cooperation by creating an environment in which the children feel safe, comfortable and valued, while being engaged and interested in their activities. In a warm, supportive and challenging classroom children take pride in their own accomplishments and appreciate the accomplishments of others. The daily programs are designed to meet the specific developmental needs of every child.

Scheduled activities include, group meetings, theme- based projects, music, art, fine motor and gross motor activities. There is also ample time each day for individual and small group exploration of many inherently interesting activities in the room. These experiences which are developed around the child’s choice of activity, with an emphasis on free play, are critical for the development of language skills and mathematical thinking that result from our skilled teachers guiding the flow and direction of the child’s chosen work. In a flexible responsive classroom the teachers respond to the specific interests of the children. The differences between a play based model and other models is not what information and skills are gained but rather the ways in which skills and knowledge are offered to the children. We want to put the ‘pre’ back into preschool and feel that early education is not merely a smaller version of later education with workbooks, drills and computer technology, but rather a preparation for later education. Happiness, creativity and active imaginations are all much more important for later academic success than early acquisition of automated information.

Additional Information: Years in Operation: 12 or more

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 1823
  • Capacity: 40
  • Age Range: 2 YEARS - 5 YEARS
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • District Office: New York City Department of Health
  • District Office Phone: 311 or (212) NEW-YOR (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulations Status
2017-11-15 Violations requiring correction within two weeks (Critical Violations) 47.47 (b) CORRECTED
Brief Description: Designated outdoor play area was observed without fencing of appropriate height at time of inspection.
2017-11-15 Violations requiring correction within two weeks (Critical Violations) 47.59 (a) CORRECTED
Brief Description: Exits and other egress not provided with required signage at time of inspection.
2017-11-15 Violations requiring immediate correction (Public Health Hazards) 47.41 (e) CORRECTED
Brief Description: Windows excluding fire escape windows in a child care service observed without window guards in a child care service.
2017-11-15 Violations requiring immediate correction (Public Health Hazards) 47.59 (e) CORRECTED
Brief Description: At time of inspection heating apparatus was observed being used without appropriate guards. Restricted space heater observed being used.

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