About Us

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Our Philosphy

Motivated by our sincere desire to help all children and parents achieve their highest potential, our staff members work together to ensure a safe and encouraging environment in which each child can succeed.  We will strive to instill a positive influence through bible based teaching and principles to our children which will be incorporated in our curriculum through staff and volunteers.  This will possibly include reading bible stories, listening and singing religious songs, praying before meals, and morning devotion. Building self-esteem and motivation to excel and succeed. 

Safe Haven Child Development Center is based upon the following promises:

  • Designed to offer a well-developed, well balanced, inclusive child care program for children 2 weeks up to 14 years.
  • Licensed January-December from 6:00am – 6:00 am (24 hours) 7 days a week.
  • Healthy creative development of children and support for success of each child.
  • We provide for language development for all children including infants and toddlers.
  • We include opportunities for a child to make choices and to learn by doing.
  • We promote physical and emotional growth.
  • We are enriched through multi-cultural experiences and are consistent with the cultural ethnic background of the children.

We provide for individual and group experiences of self-image:

  • Shows respect for each child
  • Listens and responds to all children
  • Provides one on one contact by greeting each child by name.
  • Follows through on promises.
  • Protects personal belongings by labeling cubby areas, and individual class work with the child’s name.
  • Avoid situations, which stereotype racial/ethnic backgrounds.
  • Accepts each child’s language
  • Provides opportunities to talk about feelings and to laugh
  • Talks to infants and toddlers during routines such as eating and changing diapers.

Creative Expression:

  • Children are given the opportunity to handle many materials such as paint, play dough etc.
  • Exposure to music including religious music, games, toys and various foods.
  • Exposure to water, learning through play, and stories.

We provide social interaction:

  • An opportunity for children to talk together in small groups and participate in large group activity.
  • An opportunity to eat together and discuss experiences.
  • A chance for each child to succeed at something during his/her stay at the center, increasing the child’s self-esteem.
  • A chance for children to interact with other children in other classrooms of varying ages.

Intellectual Stimulation:

  • Children are encouraged to solve problems, initiate activities, explore, experiments, learning by doing and language understanding.
  • Children use their names, addresses, age, telephone numbers, signs and labels in learning to recognize symbols for letters and numbers.
  • Children are introduced to all holidays such as Easter, Christmas, fourth of July, Mother’s day, Father’s day, Kwanza, Hanukkah Cinco de Mayo, etc. and celebrations.