The Children's Day Out program was developed at Memorial Baptist Church in 1988. As the name suggests, the program is aimed at children in our church and community.

The purpose of the Children’s Day Out program is to provide care, education and development of each child enrolled to his greatest potential spiritually, mentally, physically, emotionally and socially. This is to be accomplished by providing learning and developmental experiences consistent with the Christian principles of Church at the Cross.

ENROLLMENT

Enrollment is open to children age 5 months (as of 8/1) through 5 years old. Class 1C and up are required to attend two days. Infants have the option of attending one or two days based on availability.

HOURS

C.D.O. operates every Tuesday and Thursday
Our school hours are 9:30am to 2:30pm

Extended Hours ~ 2:30pm to 4:30pm

Parent Orientation will be Sept. 4, 2008
Our first C.D.O. day will be Sept. 9, 2008
The last C.D.O. day will be May 19, 2009

EXTENDED HOUR OPTION – “STAY & PLAY ”

We are very excited to offer “Stay & Play,” a new extended hour option from 2:30 – 4:30 pm. This is an extended playtime offered to children who are enrolled at MBC-CDO. Age appropriate activities for 6 months through pre-K will be offered and led by some of our very qualified staff. Ideas such as playtime rotating between our TREEHOUSE play center, our outdoor play park, an occasional movie, craft, snack, etc will extend your child’s day of fun while you take care of errands that you need to run.

HOLIDAYS

We follow the GCISD calendar for holidays.
The will be no C.D.O. the week of Thanksgiving and the week of Spring Break. In addition we will not have C.D.O. on December 18th, the last Thursday before Christmas break, or Tuesday, January 20th, a school holiday for GCISD and CISD.

TEACHER /STUDENT RATIOS

Babies 1A, 1B	5-11 months	2 to 7
1C, 1D	12-17 months	3 to 12
1E, 1F	18-23 months	2 to 10
2A, 2B, 2C	2 year olds	2 to 14
3A, 3B, 3C	3 year olds	2 to 14
4A, 4B, 4C	4 year olds/Pre-K	2 to 15

TUITION & FEES

REGISTRATION FEES
Non-refundable Registration/Activity Fee
All fees are due upon registration.

One day a week $105 ~ Infants 1A/B
Two days a week $150 ~ All Students

TUITION
One day a week $115/mo. ~ Infants 1 A/B
Two days a week $170/mo. ~ All Students

Tuition is due the first class day of each month
and is considered late after the 5th of the month. ($10.00 late fee applies.)
There is no reduction in tuition for absences.

STAY & PLAY FEES
Option 1: Entire Month $8.00/Day
Option 2: Desired Days $10.00/Day

There will be no Stay & Play on the afternoon of our evening Spring Program.

CDO CURRICULUM

The teaching staff is dedicated to making C.D.O. Preschool a positive experience. The rooms are arranged into play-learning centers where children can make choices for individual and small group activities.

The C.D.O program uses the WeeLearn Curriculum, which is a developmentally based curriculum. An academic curriculum, which consists of various academic tools including Alpha Time and Frog Street Press, is added in the Four Year Old/Pre-K classes. Each 4’s/Pre-K class focuses on helping to prepare the children for a positive kindergarten experience.

Our goal is to build upon the developmental foundations of trust, independence and initiative so that each child will feel good about himself and his world.

SPECIAL DAYS

What great fun! There are two special days each month. Some of our favorites are Drive-In Movie Day, Western Day, Pajama Day, and State Fair Day. We also have a special mother's tea and a graduation for our PreK students.

ACTIVITIES

Children's Day Out also includes the following activities to enhance our curriculum:

• Chapel
• Music
• Library and/or Story Time
• Computer Lab (4’s/Pre-K)

MEDICAL /SICKNESS

Shot records are due no later than the first week of school. We do ask that your child not attend when they have had a fever, vomiting or diarrhea in the previous
24 hour period.

REST TIME

We do require all children to have a rest time each day. We provide mats for each child and they are allowed to bring blankets and security items. We play quiet music while the children rest. They are not made to sleep, but must rest quietly.

For more information about CDO please contact Trish Van Loh, CDO Director at (817)421- 5437 in the CDO office.