OPEN DOORS CENTER FOR CHILDRENOur
youngest daughter Lisa Dianne Gonzales asked me if I would walk around
town with our only Grand Daughter Lily since their class, Open Doors
Center For Children was having a walk around town outing visiting
several landmarks; e.g., Library, Court House, Post Office, Water
Department and ending up at our Fire Department. I replied,
"Yes" without any hesitation.
BACKGROUND OF OPEN DOORS CENTER FOR CHILDREN
The open doors center for children is sponsored by the
First United
Methodist Church here in Wadesboro, NC and I will do a copy
and paste from the Church webpage:
The first phase of Open Doors Center for Children, a licensed child care
facility, opened on February 4, 2008, with one classroom. This classroom
is a More at Four class, licensed for 18 children ages four to five. The
curriculum is designed to prepare children for kindergarten and
encourages learning through creativity and exploration. Working and
playing in small groups allows each child to explore the world in a
manner that best suits his individual learning style. Open Doors will
strive to prepare children to enter school with the social, physical,
emotional and intellectual skills needed to be successful.
Children learn through play. Play is their work, and it is the way in
which they learn about the world and their place in it. This
child-centered curriculum starts with the knowledge that children learn
through their senses and learn the most through learning about things
that interest them. Teachers provide learning opportunities that balance
children's interests with presenting new information.
It is our goal to form a partnership with parents. Children feel most
secure when they are confident that there is a strong bond between the
most important people in their lives, and between their homes and their
center. At Open Doors Center, we believe in the value and importance of
each individual child. We embrace the motto of the United Methodist
Church, "Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open doors."
GETTING STARTED
The walk around was scheduled to start at 12:00 Noon on February 8,
2022 and I arrived several minutes early at the facility and signed in.
One of the teachers Mrs. Dayna was getting everything ready and the
children were quickly lined up on the walkway and some type of tether
system was stretched out and had spaced cloth loops for the children to hold
on to.
I will add pixs taken from the start to the finish and hopefully do
not leave anyone out.
Above pix of Mrs. Dayna, one of the teachers with a good grin going!
We started out on East Morgan Street making our way to South Green
Street and turning right.
Everyone is out the gate and ready to go!
LIBRARY
The first stop was the Library and Mrs. Dayna quizzed them about what
was inside the library and they got it correct; books!
IN ROUTE TO THE COURT HOUSE
We crossed the street at the square and I failed to get a pix of Parsons
Drug Store, my bad!
The Anson County Court House really looks big with the children in front
of it.
NEXT STOP POST OFFICE
I got a pix of Miss Lily waving to her Paw Paw behind the camera!
We headed down North Green Street and made a right turn onto East Martin
Street to view the United States Post Office below:
Another view below of the old Court House facing the United State Post Office.
After leaving the Post Office, we made a right turn onto North
Washington Street.
Pix of KFC in the distance.
The little girl in the center asked if I could take her
picture............grin if you must!
The water department on the corner of East Wade Street and Washington
Street.
HEADING TOWARD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Above is pix of the First United Methodist Church as viewed from South
Washington Street.
We are on our last turn and will be heading to the finish line before
too much longer!
Everyone up to this point is having a very good time, enjoying being
outside on a good stroll!
Mrs. Dayna getting a group picture.
HEADING BACK TO
THE OPEN DOORS CENTER
First United Methodist Church as viewed from East Morgan Street.
I noticed that Mrs. Dayna did a "head count"
several times during the course of this outing! Back to our
starting point.
INSIDE THE CENTER
PLAYGROUND
Pix of one portion of the play ground which is superbly maintained.
Mrs. Dayna has the children still for some reading to them.
Well, maybe a few are on the move..........another grin is in order!
Mrs. Dayna continued to quiz the children and they were
attentive and respondent for sure.
In closing, I had a great time with the children and glad I was
invited to attend.
Web page published by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 02-08-2022.
PRE-SCHOOL GRADUATION - CLASS OF 2035
The
Open Doors Center For Children had their 2022 graduation ceremony on May
25, 2022 at 9:30 A.M.
The class sang some songs and orally displayed a few of the things they
had learned, ABCs, Numbers, etc.
MISS LILY GONZALES RECEIVING HER DIPLOMA
After each student received their diploma, they were all lined up and
proceeded to jump into Kindergarten. I will thumbnail the
pixs other than Miss Lily, therefore click on the thumbnail pix for a
larger screen view:
MISS LILY GONZALES JUMPING INTO KINDERGARTEN.
PROUD PARENTS, GRAND PARENTS AND FAMILY
After the graduation ceremony, the kids were given gifts and I believe
received a book.
This is a stepping stone for each of the graduating
preschool class members and with the help of family and of course, Jesus
Christ our Lord and Savior, they will one day become productive
citizens.
Web page updated by Bill aka Mickey Porter on 05-25-2022.
LEAVING ON A
SPIRITUAL NOTE
If you do not know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, please take
this moment to accept him by Faith into your Life, whereby Salvation
will be attained.
Ephesians 2:8 - 2:9 8 For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: 9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.”
Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God.”
Open this
link about faith in the King James
Bible.
Romans 10:9 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
Open this
link of Bible Verses About Salvation,
King James Version Bible (KJV).
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory
of God;”
Micah 6:8 “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what
doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and
to walk humbly with thy God?”
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me."
