Our Mission

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Dunwoody United Methodist Church Preschool provides a developmentally appropriate education in a loving Christian environment where children are nurtured and encouraged to develop cognitively, socially, emotionally, physically, and spiritually to their full potential.

Our Philosophy

The purpose of our weekday preschool is twofold: to prepare the child for more formal education and to teach him to live with himself in his surroundings in an acceptable manner. We hope to achieve this by guiding each child through many experiences. Our goals for each child are:
… to help each child master the concepts of God’s plan for each of us in our relation to our surroundings.
… to create within each child a respect for others and self.
… to guide each child as he grows more aware of the world surrounding him.
… to aid each child in his natural curiosity about all things.
… to impart knowledge to each child and aid in independent thinking and problem solving through books, records, stories, the senses, motor experiences and equipment.
… to watch and listen as each child expresses his ideas, opinions and creativity.
… to teach each child to take instruction from adults other than parents.

Dunwoody United Methodist Church Preschool accepts students without regard to race, creed, sex, religion or national origin, insofar as we can provide quality education and services for each child.

Class Offerings

Extended Day Opportunities

There’s a lot of fun to be had after 12:00 p.m. at the preschool! Options to extend the preschool day are offered for our Twos, Threes, Fours, and Kindergarteners. We offer a lunch hour with supervised play, two additional blocks of time for play, and an array of optional Enrichment Classes. There are three EXD sessions per school year, so you can set your child’s schedule by session for a consistent weekly plan.

Our Curriculum

The Curriculum at DUMCP is guided by our mission to provide a developmentally appropriate education in a loving, Christian
environment where children are nurtured and encouraged to develop cognitively, socially, emotionally, physically and spiritually to
their full potential.

Our programs meet the Georgia Early Learning and Development Standards (GELDS) and the Kindergarten Georgia Standards of
Excellence (K – GSE) while maintaining a balance of active, child-initiated learning and teacher-directed instruction. In addition, we
allow for physical movement, active communication and interaction and individual and group problem solving.

The Creative Curriculum is the thread that ties our programs together by guiding teachers in developmentally appropriate practices across all age levels. It is a center based curriculum that encourages child-focused activity. Young children are actively motivated learners. They study the world through play.In each classroom, there are clearly defined interest areas where children can engage in activities such as creative art, blocks and building, dramatic play, reading and relaxing, science, manipulatives, writing, and sensory/water play. Children are encouraged to work with partners or in small groups.

These spaces are adapted and rearranged periodically to meet the current needs and interests of the children. Play possibilities are
suggested by the teachers through arrangement of materials and selected props. Use of the materials is open ended.

Children are immersed in language and literature during Circle Time when the teacher leads the class in story reading, songs, poems
and finger plays. Additionally, lessons pertaining to a weekly theme (typically science or social studies related) mathematical
concepts, and for older children, letter of the week and phonological awareness activities are explored during Circle Time.

Our fours classes further develop early literacy and fine motor skills through the use of the SRA Imagine It Phonics, Phonemic Awareness in Young Children and Handwriting Without Tears curricula. The Kindergarten curriculum includes the use of SRA Imagine It Phonics, Phonemic Awareness in Young Children, Reading A-Z, Eureka Math and Handwriting Without Tears.

For more specific information on individual class curriculum, check out the parent handbook below.

Accreditations and Associations

Dunwoody United Methodist Church Preschool is fully accredited by the Cognia (formerly AdvancED/Southern Association of Colleges and Schools SACS/CASI). The preschool is also a member of the Georgia Preschool Association and the United Methodist Preschool Association of the North Georgia Conference.