We help young children prepare for success in school. Our early childhood education centers provide safe, supportive environments for children, in which they can play, learn and grow.
At Children’s Home Society & Family Services, trained professionals partner with parents to nurture and promote learning. Our goal is to help each individual child get ready for school success.
Parents gain peace of mind, knowing that their child is being cared for in a safe and nurturing environment by a team of early learning professionals. This frees parents to focus on work, attend school or complete job training.
Our philosophy: CHSFS provides age-appropriate learning and school readiness skills in a non-competitive and cooperative environment. Low staff-to-child ratios ensure individualized attention.
Our commitment to staff: CHSFS employs dedicated professionals who are educated in child development and committed to children. Staff members are encouraged to extend their capabilities and opportunities for advancement through regular in-service training, further course work and professional affiliations.
Our educational approach: CHSFS is a member agency of the Child Welfare League of America and embraces the League's Philosophy of Early Childhood Care & Education. Specifically, we must provide our children with settings and opportunities that:
- Encourage discovery and support and safeguard inquiry, whether in the form of questions or experiments with reality;
- Promote a sense of accomplishment with self-esteem through sincere appreciation by friendly adults or peers;
- Provide adult role models who can help them along the road to responsibility;
- Help children participate actively with peers in small groups as well as with understanding adults so that they can develop a positive outlook and attitude toward life and themselves;
- Teach children to understand cultural and ethnic diversity and to respect those who are different from themselves.
CHSFS Early Learning Centers are accredited by the Council on Accreditation.
Children's Home Society & Family Services partners with businesses, schools and government agencies to provide on-site Early Learning Centers around the Twin Cities of Minnesota. If you are interested in starting an early childhood education program in your community or at your place of business, please contact CHSFS.
