Adventure Learning Center

The East Side Baptist Church Adventure Learning Center is a state-licensed facility.  Our mission is to provide a Christ-centered environment and education that will aid in the development of spiritual maturity and academic success in preschoolers.  We truly value our partnership with parents in providing preschoolers with a warm, loving, and caring learning environment.

Download 2012-13 registration form                Download Summer 2012 registration form

Teaching Staff
Our teaching staff is dedicated to making the Adventure Learning Center a positive, Christ-centered learning experience for preschoolers.  Our dedicated team of  teachers strive to make their classrooms fun and enjoyable for our students.  They work hard to make sure benchmark standards have been met and to insure each child is ready to continue their education once they graduate from our program.

Curriculum
The Adventure Learning Center utilizes the Christian-based Weekday Early Education Curriculum (WEE).  This curriculum reflects the children’s natural learning and is integrated across the five primary areas of development: social, emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual.  This is accomplished through classroom learning, outdoor activities, games and center play.  Your child will participate in a variety of learning activities which include art, reading, blocks, puzzles, manipulatives, science, nature, music and dramatic play.  Social skills are developed through sharing, taking turns, thinking, reasoning, and problem solving.  Bible stories and verses are included in each teaching unit.

Chapel
Chapel is held each Thursday morning for our 3-year-old through Pre-K classes.  Our Children’s Pastor, Travis Young, brings the stories of the Bible alive to our preschoolers through his weekly teaching.  Over a child’s two- year window of Chapel, they will be introduced chronologically to the 64 primary stories of the Bible from Genesis through Revelation.  Chapel is taught with creativity and excitement.  Your children will come home recounting what they have learned in Chapel each week.  They should be able to answer a series of questions about the lesson you will receive each week.

Schedule
We follow the Fort Smith Public Schools calendar.  

2-day classes (Tuesday & Thursday) – This option is available for our 1-year-old through 3-year-old classes.

3-day classes (Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday) – This option is available for our Infant through Pre-K classes.

4-day Pre-K Class (Monday – Thursday) – This option is only available for our Pre-K class.

Program Hours
9:00am – 2:00pm
Early Care available from 7:30am – 9:00am
After Care Available from 2:00pm – 5:30pm  

We offer classes for ages 6 months to Pre-K.

Registration
You can print and fill out the registration form available at the top of this page or stop by our center.  A nonrefundable deposit is due at the time of registration to reserve a spot for your child.

Tuition Prices
Please refer to the registration form link above for pricing and supply fees.  We offer a sibling discount of 10%.  We have a 10-month tuition cycle running August through May.  Tuition is due the first Tuesday of each month.  The first payment in August will be due at our Open House.  If tuition is not received by the 7th of the month (Sept. – May), there will be a $5 per day late fee assessed.  A $25 service fee will be charged on all returned checks.

Tours
We would love the opportunity to give you a tour of our facility.  Please call the number below to schedule a time that is convenient for you.

Potty Training
Students in our 3- & 4-year-old classes must be fully potty trained for admittance.  By definition, “potty trained” means that they are wearing underwear (not pull-ups) and do not need much assistance in the bathroom.  We realize that accidents do occasionally occur.

For More Information:
Jami Karber, ALC Director: 479-452-1481 ext. 244
jami@eastsidebc.org
East Side Baptist Church
2710 Massard Road
Fort Smith, AR 72903