Our Programs
At GBC Early Learning Center, we offer care and educational programming for children ages 6 weeks through five years during the school year, and through age 12 during the summer months. From helping your baby reach key developmental milestones to preparing your preschooler for kindergarten, to extended learning for your elementary-aged child through the summer months, and every stage in between, our caring teachers and staff have the experience, education, and tools to partner with you in discipling your child to be socially confident, physically healthy, emotionally sound, and spiritually mature.
Director's Spotlight
Program Highlights
We offer childcare and early education across all developmental levels. Check out a highlight of each of our classrooms below.
Infant Care
(6 weeks to 12-16 months)
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Personalized care based on baby’s schedule designed to support your routines at home.
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One-on-one sensory, cognitive, and motor development activities to help baby reach key milestones.
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Daily reports to keep you up-to-date on your baby's nutrition, sleep, digestion, and milestones.
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Staff who have completed, or are in the process of completing, WV Infant and Toddler Certifications I and II.
Walkin' and Talkin'
(approx. 16 months to 24 months)
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Socialization support as toddlers develop self-awareness, expression, and regulation.
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Introduction to Bible time through daily Bible memory verse song and Bible stories.
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Learning through play w/ individualized support to reach key milestones.
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Daily reports to keep you up-to-date on your toddler's nutrition, sleep, digestion, and milestones.
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Staff who have completed, or are in the process of completing, WV Infant and Toddler Certifications I and II.
Strong Beginnings A
(24 months - approx. 36 months)
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Socialization support as children develop skills like sharing, turn-taking, following single-step directions, and asking for help.
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Daily devotion with Bible time and Bible memory verse songs.
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Learning through play with invitation to teacher-directed learning activities.
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Toilet training support and development of independence, emphasizing communicating needs through speech and sign.
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Daily reports to keep you up-to-date on your child's nutrition, sleep, digestion, and milestones.
Strong Beginnings B
(Three- and Four-Year-Olds)
Independent toileting preferred; not required
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Flexible programming for children who are not yet socially or emotionally ready for a preschool classroom environment or whose families do not need three-to-five day early education services.
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Daily devotion with Bible story and Bible memory verse song.
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Experiences with valuable literacy and numeracy skills as well as life skills like paying attention, persisting through challenging tasks, managing feelings and behavior, and developing positive relationships with adults (authorities) and other children (peers).
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Socialization support as children develop skills like self-control, following multistep directions, and asking for help with social problems.
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Learning through play plus teacher-directed small group learning activities.
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Daily reports related to the day's learning activities and your child's overall daily experience.
K3 - Preschool
(Three-Years-Old by September 1)
Must be toileting mostly independently
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Daily devotion built on a monthly theme to help children apply God's Word to their daily lives. Bible memory verse song helps children hide God's Word in their hearts.
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Nationally recognized Christian academic curriculum focused on learning through play with an emphasis on developing school readiness skills.
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In addition to academics, life skill areas of particular focus include personal hygiene, expressing self clearly, practicing healthy conflict resolution, asking trusted adults for help in difficult situations, and attending to challenging tasks, like cleaning up, taking turns, transitioning to new activities, or participating in a group setting.
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Socialization support as children develop skills necessary for building friendships, collaborating on tasks, and fulfilling personal roles and responsibilities.
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Daily updates related to the day's learning experiences and weekly reports of overall learning.
K4 - Pre-Kindergarten
(Four-years-old by September 1)
Must be toileting mostly independently
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Daily devotion built on a monthly theme to help children apply God's Word to their daily lives. Bible memory verse song helps children hide God's Word in their hearts.
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Nationally recognized Christian academic curriculum focused on learning through play with an emphasis on developing foundational literacy and numeracy understandings and skills.
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In addition to academics, life skill areas of particular focus include taking accountability for personal behavior, acknowledging feelings and making good choices for expressing them, persisting through challenging tasks, participating in a group setting, and taking care of personal and group belongings.
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Socialization support as children develop skills necessary for building friendships, collaborating on tasks, and fulfilling personal roles and responsibilities.
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Daily updates related to the day's learning experiences and weekly reports of overall learning.
Summer Programming
Ages 5 - 12
Full-time summer care and week-long summer learning camps are available for school-age children.
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Summer care and camps group children based on the school grade just completed (PK-1, 2-4, and 5-7).​
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Full-time summer care is $35 per day or $150 for a week-long, non-refundable rate, a savings of $25 per week.
o Monday through Friday​
o 6 AM - 6 PM
o Breakfast, Lunch, PM Snack provided
o Payment required in advance of attendance.
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Summer learning camps are $125 for the week and run from 9 AM to 2 PM. Each camp includes 6 daily activities starting with daily devotion and ranging from arts/crafts to indoor/outdoor games to music/dance and more...also included is a morning snack and a lunch. Each week's camp activities vary so children can attend more than one week if desired. Our 2025 dates are:
o June 23-27
o July 7-11
o July 21-25
o Payment due on or before May 1st.
$25 non-refundable supply fee if registration is cancelled after May 9th, 2025.
If registration is canceled with fewer than 10 days notice, full payment amount becomes non-refundable.​
Christian Environment
Experience God Curriculum
Daily devotions provide opportunities for "children to come to know God, understand the love He has for them, and develop a personal
relationship with Him". Each month children experience a new Bible story and learn a new memory verse through music and motion.
Individualized Learning
Observation-Based
Young children learn best through interactive, concrete and hands-on experiences, and they demonstrate their understanding best this way too. Our teachers observe children and make note of growth and areas of need as they play, interact with others, and engage with activities.
Visible Learning
We create a learning portfolio for every child. Through the Brightwheel app, you can receive real-time photo updates of your child's progress and teachers can maintain visual records of your child's learning even after physical samples of your child's work have gone home to be enjoyed by you and your family.
Benchmark Tracking
Our teachers record their observations based on the 7 key areas (35 distinct skills) and record them on a developmental chart for progress monitoring. These charts allow you and your child's teacher to partner on developing lessons and activities that will continue to help your child grow at the Center and at home.
Reflection Opportunities
Your child’s portfolio helps you and your child's teacher see his/her emerging interests, learning styles and developmental level. By revisiting the portfolio, our staff can partner with you to consider ways to adapt lessons and activities to better connect to your child’s goals and needs.