About Us
The primary objective of the Barnesville Child Day Care Center (BCDCC) is to provide a warm, nurturing environment that encourages children to develop their capabilities and interests at their own pace and according to their individual needs. We offer a program which recognizes the uniqueness of each and every child and provides positive encouragement for the child’s continued growth by encouraging social development by providing opportunities for sharing, taking turns, making friends, resolving conflicts, resolving problems, helping others, recognizing and accepting others, cooperating on projects, and building self esteem.
- Encouraging emotional development through verbal expressions of thoughts and feelings, experiencing rules and limits, experiencing kindness, justice, empathy, and recognizing and accepting emotions in others and to develop a respect for others
- Developing responsibility for one’s own actions in health, safety, self help skills, and interpersonal areas and to learn to exercise appropriate independence
- Encouraging the physical development of large motor skills through outdoor and indoor games and activities, as well as fine motor development through the use of manipulative toys, blocks, puzzles, and other small tools and objects, and to facilitate the development of visual-motor skills
- Encourage creativity by offering many kinds of materials and frequent experiences in music, art, dramatics, literature, and oral skills
- Encourage an interest in language through stories, puppetry, the housekeeping corner and its equipment, music games, science materials, dramas, problem solving, and other conversations
- Facilitating intellectual development by widening the child’s experiences in order to increase knowledge, basic concepts, and skills
Learning/Developmental Philosophy
Our main focus of education is developmental and not academic. Learning will be keyed upon the children’s interests and age readiness. The Center offers a program that stimulates early learning by providing a rich environment with age-appropriate materials for learning activities that allows the children to guidance of the teachers; children will develop a sense of self confidence that meets the emotional, social, physical, and intellectual objectives of the BCDCC.
Discrimination Policy
The BCDCC is a parent cooperative organization licensed by the Department of Public Welfare, State of Minnesota, Human Services. The Center is managed by the Director which is governed by a Board of Directors including parents and interested persons. This facility is operated in accordance with the U.S. Department of Agriculture policy which does not permit discrimination because of race, color, sex, age, handicap, or national origin. Any person who believes that he or she has been discriminated against in any USDA-related activity should write immediately to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington DC 20250.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide a warm, nurturing environment that encourages children to develop their capabilities and interests at their own pace and to their individual needs.