Early Childhood Center
3201 SW Trafficway Kansas City, MO 64111
Normal School Hours
School Day Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
After School Care Hours: 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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Early Childhood Center
The Guadalupe Centers Early Childhood Center first opened its doors in 1985. We are accredited through the National Association for the Education of Young Children. We are a Head Start program and teach Creative Curriculum along with Conscious Discipline.
Creative Curriculum focuses on building a child’s confidence, creativity and critical thinking skills and Conscious Discipline works on building children’s social and emotional needs, both tools that are beneficial in the student’s development.
Our teachers receive training and professional development throughout the year as well as on site coaching to support them in the classrooms.
Our preschool is housed in the Francis Institute located on the Metropolitan Community College Penn Valley Campus.
HOW WE HELP?
How We Prepare Your Children
Parent Engagement
- Staff/Parent relationships that honor and support parenting.
- School/Family engagement that focuses on building positive, goal oriented relationships.
- Supporting parents as Lifelong Educators.
Developmentally Appropriate Learning
- Children learn in a play-based approach.
- Learning is based on the individual strengths of each child
- Program goal is for each child to achieve their full potential.
- Promoting each child's social and emotional developmental skills.
Dual Language Learning
- Children learning two or more languages are dual language learners (DLLs).
- The curriculum is culturally appropriate
- DLL strengthens cognitive skills (following instructions, staying focused, improving memory and using self-control.)
- Develops social and emotional skills; care and concern for others (DLLs use social cues to figure out which language to use in what setting.)
- Encourages dual linguistic advantages, including alphabet knowledge and early writing, book knowledge and print concepts, phonological awareness and oral language and vocabulary.
Discovering My Potential
Frequently Asked Questions
3201 Southwest Trafficway, KCMO 64111<br>
We teach Conscious Discipline which is a curriculum that helps children name their emotions, regulate them and ultimately learn to solve problems.
Our Center has implemented the ‘Creative Curriculum’ for over 20 years. This practical study focuses on the development of the whole child; social/emotional, physical, cognitive and language. We offer a 50/50 Dual Language Model. Instruction is offered in English 50% of the time (Mondays and Wednesdays) and in Spanish 50% of time (Tuesdays and Thursdays). Fridays are considered Translanguage Days, when children speak their preferred language.
We serve preschool children ages 3 through 5 years.
Our formal instruction takes place daily from 8:00am – 3:30pm.
We don’t offer before care at this time, but we do have after school care and it is available from 3:30pm to 5:00pm.
Yes. The cost is $60 weekly.
Yes, we participate in the MO Child and Adult Care Food Program. Children receive breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack daily.
No, this is a year round program.
Yes. As a Nationally Accredited Preschool, GCECC educators receive ongoing professional development weekly, monthly and annually. Your child’s progress is tracked 3 times a year and shared with you during parent-teacher conferences and home visits.
This website is supported by Grant Number 7CH012381 from the Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Neither the Administration for Children and Families nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of Guadalupe Centers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Head Start.
