St. Paul's Early Learning Center provides loving care and fun activities for your preschool-age children using weekly themes and age-appropriate curriculum. We teach faith-based values that we all hold in common, such as loving our neighbors, sharing, respecting our differences, and caring for others. We welcome and respect children of all faiths. The focus of St. Paul's Learning Center is learning through fun!
Children take turns bringing a nutritious mid-morning snack. Parents are asked to provide a nutritious sack lunch.
St. Paul's Early Learning Center is licensed by the Iowa Department of Human Services.
For more information, call Julie Hanlin, St. Paul's Early Learning Center Director, at 319-363-6349, jhanlin@stpaulsumc.org
Finding quality daycare/early learning centers isn’t easy, much less for part-time care. None of the options I found made me feel good — until I met Julie Hanlin, the director of the Early Learning Center at St.Paul’s United Methodist Church. Julie runs a program that is truly centered on providing children a structured nurturing and learning environment. A lot of other daycares promise that, but they don’t deliver — it just feels like kids are being ‘watched’ for a few hours, not truly cared for. I could only find stellar reviews of the program, and now I’m writing one of my own.
My two-year-old loves going to “school,” and I feel good about leaving him in his teachers’ and Julie’s hands. Parents bring their kids to St. Paul’s for years, and as their families grow, they bring their younger children. Many teachers are parents who fell in love with the program enough to become certified ELC teachers themselves.
The ELC at St. Paul’s is a gem, and meets a huge need for quality part-time child care and early learning in our community. I can’t recommend it enough.
St. Paul’s Early Learning Center Valentine’s Day Fundraiser Parents, grandparents, and loved ones can send a special something to their favorite valentine! They can select: Balloon for $5; Box of candy $5; Stuffed animal $5; Two for $10 or all Three for $13! Order forms can be turned into your child’s teacher or the main office (office@stpaulsumc.org). Orders will be available for pick up the week of Feb. 10th-13th. Please include a space on the form for the name and phone number of the person placing the order. Questions, please contact Julie Hanlin (jhanlin@stpaulsumc.org).
