About Peace Lutheran Preschool

We are a Christ-centered school that strives to develop the whole child through a variety of play-centered learning experiences. Through our program, children will leave Knowing, Growing, and Sharing in Christ. In addition, Peace Lutheran Preschool is a Licensed Program that has received the highest possible Parent AWARE rating (4 Stars!) 

Our Philosophy

Our program is built around the concept that children are born ready to learn. As caregivers, we strive to create a learning environment that is safe, stimulating, and encouraging. Young children are capable and competent. 

• Early childhood education is an integral part of congregational mission and ministry.

• Learning is sequential, building on prior understandings and experiences.

• Learning proceeds at different rates for each child; children will show a range of skills and competencies within any area of development. 

• Learning in each area is interconnected. Young children learn best through play, interactions with others, and active exploration of their environment. 

• Learning is embedded in a culture. Children learn best when their learning activities are rooted in a familiar cultural context.

• Learning begins first with the family, continues in early care and education settings, and depends on parent involvement and caregiver guidance.

• All children have the potential to achieve the Minnesota Early Learning Standards with appropriate support and instruction.

Our Core Values

• Each child is a unique and special child of God and we recognize each child for their individual abilities and strengths.

• It is important to nurture the development of the whole child so that each child grows spiritually, academically, physically, socially, and emotionally.

• Children learn best through play, exploration, and discovery

• We attempt to create a warm, accepting, loving, and Christ-centered environment where activities are child-directed and well-balanced, as well as developmentally and age-appropriate.

Key Areas of Development 

Below are the five key areas of development that we believe are critical to a well-rounded education: 

• Cognitive (Intellectual): Providing the concrete, hands-on experience through which young children learn.

• Spiritual: Focusing on Jesus Christ as our loving Savior

• Emotional: Developing self-esteem, confidence, and independence

• Physical: Providing exercise for large and small muscle groups

• Social: Building the foundation for interpersonal interaction.

Conscious Discipline

Conscious Discipline provides evidence-based, systematic change in the way adults and children perceive behavior, rather than simply targeting specific behaviors as if they occur in a vacuum devoid of outside influences. This perceptual shift allows us to access the higher centers of the brain for skills like problem solving, empathy, teaching and learning. Adults are able to see the need underlying a child’s behavior and then address the deficiency. Conscious Discipline meets families where they are, empowering all families and students to experience increased success. We know children need self-regulation skills to be successful in kindergarten and ultimately in life. Conscious discipline focuses on the adult developing their own self-regulation skills first, so that they can maintain composure and create an emotionally safe environment for learning. Second, the adult then lends the child his or her own executive skills so that children are secure and connected and they then will learn healthy ways to manage typical frustrations like pushing, arguing, intrusion, backtalk, turn-taking, transitions and daily routines. Conscious Discipline is a leader in classroom management and provides a transformational whole-school solution for socia-emotional learning, discipline and self-regulation.

Parent Aware

Peace Preschool is a 4 star parent aware rated program (the highest rating received). To find out more information about Parent Aware of MN click on the following website:

https://www.parentaware.org

Peace Lutheran Preschool seeks to serve the entire community of Faribault and the surrounding areas. We provide a loving and enriching preschool experience in a Christian atmosphere. Peace Lutheran Preschool admits children of any race, color, national or ethnic origin and allows them all the rights, privileges, and activities of our programs. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship programs or other administered programs.