About FCS Preschool & Childcare

Now accepting applications! Faith Christian Preschool & Child Care is a ministry of Faith Baptist Church serving those in the Greater Lafayette area with preschoolers, ages three and four. 

General hours of operation are 7:00am - 6:00pm, Monday-Friday.  Holiday hours vary and are available at the preschool.  Additional information on admission requirements is available.  For more information, please contact Stacy Hancock at (765) 449-0120. 

K4 preschool (for four-year-olds) meets Monday, Wednesday, & Friday 8:30am-11:30am. K3 (three-year-olds) meets Tuesday & Thursday 8:30am -11:30am.  Optional child care is provided for the days and afternoons when the children are not attending preschool.  All children are required to be fully potty trained (and not using pull-ups).

Academic Instruction

The core of our teaching material comes from a biblically based curriculum.  Children begin each day with a Bible story and scripture memory.  Character qualities such as obedience, respect, honesty, responsibility, kindness, etc., are incorporated into the overall program.  Other academic instruction includes the following topics:

K-3 PRESCHOOL

Letters

¨    The names of the letters of the alphabet

¨    The sounds of the letters (beginning phonics)

¨    How to recognize upper and lower-case letters

Numbers

¨    Recognizing numbers 1-10 (15)

¨    Counting 1-20

¨    Counting objects

Enrichment

¨    Recognizing simple shapes

¨    Music

¨    Poetry, finger plays, drama, nursery rhymes

¨    Art

¨    Introduction to basic computer educational games and methods

¨    Safety

¨    Games

¨   Manners