Great New Beginnings Early Childhood Learning Center now has three great locations to choose from in the New Castle County area.
Our first location, Governor's Square, is located behind the Governor's Square Shopping Center at the intersection of Route 7 and Route 40 in Bear. This facility opened in 1999 and serves a total of 160 families.
Our second location, Saint Andrews, is located adjacent to the Fox Run Shopping Center within the community of Saint Andrews just off of Route 40 in Bear. This facility opened in 2005 and serves a total of 205 families.
Our newest location, Bunker Hill Business Centre, is located in Middletown at the intersection of Route 299 and Route 301. This facility opened in 2006 and serves a total of 155 families.
All of our facilities educate and care for children 8 weeks through our school aged programs which include before & after care as well as a private kindergarten program. Our standards are higher than those set forth by the State of Delaware Office of Childcare Licensing in all areas including staff credentials and curriculum content. We are proud that all three of our facilities have been awarded a kitchen permit by the state due to our high standards of food safety and nutritional guidelines.
Our facilities boast age appropriate playgrounds with imagination building equipment and lots of room to run and play. Inside you will find our facilities to be bright, clean and secure.
Early childhood education provides a solid foundation on which future learning may build upon. It should be developmentally appropriate and meet the needs of the individual child. It is extremely important to establish a rapport with each child and be able to develop the child to his or her fullest potential. To meet these responsibilities, Great New Beginnings will be flexible and willing to adapt when necessary.
Great New Beginnings' main philosophy is to provide a warm, happy and stimulating environment for your child. The goal of the center is to develop a child's total potential by encouraging growth in social, emotional, physical and intellectual development. Children are given opportunities to be creative with art, experience music, movement, science, language, math activities, and various sensory activities that are also used to foster the child's hands on learning.
Throughout the year, each child's developmental strengths and weaknesses are assessed and many "individual instruction" opportunities are offered. As a child matures and the capacities to absorb more task oriented activities develop there are a series of progressively challenging activities that will be presented, making sure not to present activities that are out of the child's limit.