What to Expect During Your First Visit

Our Preschool Ministry welcomes first time guests, and we will strive to meet your child’s needs while they are in our care. Come by the Preschool Welcome Center, located on the 1st floor of building B (through the double doors to the right of the drive thru), and let us know it is your first visit. The Welcome Center volunteer or Preschool Facilitator will escort you and your child to the appropriate Preschool classroom and introduce you to the teacher. They will also be glad to answer any questions you may have.

First time guests are asked to complete a registration card and give it to their child’s teacher. This gives us important information we need in order to best care for your child.
Upon arrival, a nametag will be placed on your child and you will receive a matching security card. Please bring this card with you when picking up your child. For your child’s safety, we only allow an adult or sibling over age 16 who has the matching security card to pick up your child.
When dropping your child off at his Preschool classroom, please knock on the door and a teacher will greet you. We ask that parents please not enter the classroom as this can cause other children who are experiencing separation anxiety to become upset.
We ask that parents attach a bag tag (in the cubbies located outside each Preschool classroom) on their child’s diaper bag and label all items inside their child’s bag (bottles, cup, food containers, pacifiers, etc.).
Please tell your child’s teacher if he or she has food allergies. Typical snacks served in the preschool include goldfish crackers, animal crackers, and Cheerios. Cups in your child’s bag should only have water. We have several children with food allergies and this helps protect them if they pick up the wrong cup. (Click here for information about food and feeding on the Nursing Mothers, Bottles and Snacks page.)
Pagers are provided for parents at each Preschool classroom from birth through two years of age in case parents are needed during Sunday School or the Worship Service. (If your child is three-years-old and you want to use a pager, you may take one from the two-year-old class.) Sign-in rosters are provided at each classroom. You may write your pager number beside your child’s name on the roster. There are two types of pagers in use in the Preschool. The pagers stored in the metal buckets by the classroom rosters need to be activated – slide the back cover off, take the battery out, reinsert it, and then replace the back cover to activate the pager. The pager will beep when activated. If the pager beeps more than once, it needs a new battery. Pagers stored in the black charger tray will automatically activate once you remove them from the tray. If you are needed, your pager will vibrate so be sure to carry it close to your body such as on your waistband or in your pocket – it will not give an audible signal.
When you pick up your child, please knock on the door and a teacher will greet you. Give the teacher your child’s security card and he or she will bring your child to you.
If your child has special needs, please be sure to notify the Welcome Center volunteer or Preschool Facilitator so they can offer assistance in placing your child in the room that will best suit his or her needs.
The Preschool has a playground that is used on a rotating basis during the 2nd Worship Hour classes (12 to 18 months through 3 year olds). You may want to consider the type of clothing your child wears on the Sunday his or her class goes to the playground. To view the playground schedule, click here to go to the Preschool Calendar.
The Preschool also uses a Bye-Bye Buggy as a teaching tool on a rotating basis during the 2nd Worship Hour classes (12 to 18 months through 3 years old). The Bye Bye Buggy allows two adults to take six children at a time on a stroll outside to view things God has created or to visit ministry areas within the church and learn how to pray for them. To view the Bye-Bye Buggy schedule, click here to go to the Preschool Calendar.