Learning Center

The Emanuel Children's Learning Center helps prepare young children for Kindergarten, socially, emotionally and cognitively.

Emanuel is the Oldest Licensed Daycare in Ohio and includes a Reading Room, Fun Field Days, Performing Arts, Arts & Crafts and Parent Involvement. The curriculum focuses on Ohio Early Learning Standards and provides nutritious breakfasts, lunches and daily snacks.

The Children's Learning Center implemented the Ohio Step Up to Quality Program which is a voluntary quality rating system for license early childcare programs above Ohio standards.

The Center also collaborates with other organizations such as:

• Children's Inc. to provide the Promoting Resilient Children Program to strengthen social and emotional skills.
• The Speech, Hearing and Deaf Center to receive preventative screenings and follow-up care.
• Lloyd Library and Museum to provide an enriched science and literacy program.
• Greater Cincinnati Oral Health Board to provide routine dental cleanings, exams and follow-up.

Violin comes to Emanuel

On Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., the beautiful strains of the violin can be heard from the first-floor classroom of the Emmanuel Center.

The Suzuki method of music education is being used. This method was developed in Japan after World War II and modeled on the ideas of how children naturally acquire language. The Suzuki philosophy and form of music education are now used worldwide.

The program has been made possible with funding from the Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation and the Dater Foundation. These foundations have not only provided the children with an opportunity to experience an instrument, but to also learn Spanish.