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ECC Overview

The Sabes JCC ECC - We're More than Just a Preschool!

Of course your child will be prepared for kindergarten, but he will also learn to swim, create beautiful art, make ethical choices, and be a good friend.

The Sabes JCC Early Childhood Center (ECC) provides year-round part-time and full-time childcare to children ages six weeks through pre-kindergarten.  The ECC strives to provide a warm, nurturing, Jewish environment for our children and families.  We seek to foster within the children a positive self-concept, a joy for learning, and the ability to work and play well with others. We value the diversity of our families and our staff.  We respect differences among our children and families and we strive to teach to each child’s strengths. We are passionate about recognizing that our children have many facets and interests that need to be addressed including: physical needs, social and emotional needs, spiritual needs, and cognitive needs.

Our curriculum is play based and developmentally appropriate.  We embrace an eclectic curriculum style that celebrates the diversity of our staff and our families and is a theme-based, emergent curriculum which focuses on age-appropriate skill building.  We believe that childhood is not a spectator sport—children’s play is their work and that they learn by making choices and by doing.  In addition, we are fortunate to be in our third year of implementing the Ethical Start™ character development curriculum in our program.

For more information and to schedule a tour of the ECC, please call
Joan Klein Fishman at 952.381.3435.

In addition to our regular ECC programming, some great classes are being offered for children ages 2-5.

Why Choose the Sabes JCC ECC for Your Child?

  • Full and School Year Programs
  • Extended Day Programs
  • School Vacation Programs
  • State of the art Quality programs for children 6 weeks through 5 years
  • On site full-time inclusion specialist
  • Innovative Ethical Start™ character development program with classes for parents, teachers and children
  • Warm, nurturing and experienced teachers
  • Weekly swim lessons for toddlers through preschoolers
  • Nutritious breakfasts and snacks
  • Hot lunch program available
  • Intergenerational programming
  • Year-round Judaic programs
  • Renovated classrooms
  • Indoor gross motor room
  • Weekly classes with music, art and gym specialists
  • Use of Sabes JCC pools and other facilities

Along with quality care and education in a warm, nurturing, Jewish environment, there are many additional exciting and educational programs that are included in the Sabes JCC ECC schedule:
Weekly swimming lessons by WSI instructors are offered to children starting at 16 months. Most of the children who attend the ECC until they move on to kindergarten are able to swim with no flotation devices.

Pre-K children participate in a reading buddy program with friends from the MJDS bi-weekly from September through May.

Special Shabbat programs are held weekly with our music specialist, Laurie Herstig. We also offer Shabbat sing-along the first Friday of each month, in collaboration with the Family & Parenting Center.
ECC students also enjoy working with our Art Specialist Jeanne Aaron every week. The children are learn about famous artists, such as Paul Cézanne, and they create process oriented art. As a special gift for the holidays, the children created beautiful ceramic menorahs that were fired and glazed.

One-stop shopping: drop off your children in our Early Childhood Center, and enjoy a swim in our pool, a yoga class or a workout in our Health & Fitness Center, before you start your busy day.

The Sabes JCC also offers drop-in childcare in Sasha's Play Space for those who would like to participate in programming while their children are cared for in a safe, fun environment. Please note: parents are required to stay on site while children are in Sasha's Play Space.