Saint Paul Early Childhood Ministries offers early childhood care and education in a center-based facility in Houston. Students and families at Saint Paul Early Childhood Ministries will get the best of a school-like environment that both provides the structure and stability for learning to flourish and the soft introduction for students to formal school in the years to come. As a center, Saint Paul Early Childhood Ministries also has the space, resources and opportunities for enrichment and educational activities alongside the empathetic and caring relationships that will benefit students for years ahead. Saint Paul Early Childhood Ministries has a full-time schedule that promotes community for the students and families that attend. Students will have the opportunity to get to know the same peers and adults, every day, and learn together in a structured environment. With plenty of opportunities to explore, play, and try new activities, students will grow their cognitive and language skills as well as their sense of wonder at the world around them. Parents will see their children’s social and behavioral development grow in leaps and bounds! Saint Paul Early Childhood Ministries likewise takes a play-based approach to children's development and learning, facilitating education through interactive, hands-on activities that get children moving. Play-based environments structure their spaces to encourage students to move with independence, passion and explore at their own direction. Staff in these environments encourage and galvanize students to lean into their interests and build their own worlds in cooperation with their peers, and students gain cooperative, social and emotional skills as a result of this community.