We’ve been able to retain our staff well beyond the average longevity in the field of childcare. Each year we determine the average longevity for our staff. This year the average is: 9.4 Years! All together our staff has over 132 years of experience working with young children.

The children attending the Onalaska Elementary Schools receive FREE transportation courtesy of the Onalaska School District.

We take children 24 months and older … very few children are fully toilet trained at that age and we welcome children still in diapers.  We work with the parents when the children are ready to use the toilet and work with assisted toilet training. 

If your child is still using diapers we need to have a supply of diapers, baby wipes and diaper disposal bags (zip-locks work well).

Each child should have a change of seasonally appropriate clothing because anything that happens at home can happen at daycare from spilled orange juice to lapses in toileting to falling in a puddle on the playground.
         
You will be required to fill out specific forms including a physical and immunization form.  Most of the forms will need to be on site prior to the child’s first day of attendance.

Group size is determined four different ways simultaneously.

• Age of the child - Ratio of children to adult
• Maximum group size
• Room size
• Number of activities available

Since room size and maximum group size and the number of activities in each room are usually stable, the one remaining factor is Ratio.

Child's Age	Licensing Ratio
24 - 30 Months	6-1
30 - 36 Months	8-1
3 Yr - 4 Years	10-1
4 Yr - 5 Years	13-1
5 Yr - 6 Years	17-1
6 Years and older	18-1

Our purpose for being here is to provide Parental Peace of Mind. You are your child’s parent.  You know your child better than anyone else.  You are the best person to surmise what your child’s reaction will be if you come and have to leave again without taking him with you. Some children are very sensitive and others take life much more in stride.
         
We offer lunch to parents or grandparents at $2.00 per meal.  Simply call ahead to reserve your meal and you can join your child for lunch.

Wisconsin licensing requires that if a child is under the age of 5 years and is in a program that operates for 4 hours or more that a rest period be provided. 
         
We provide cots with sheets in a nap room that is supervised by one or more adults.  Quiet music is played and the room is darkened.  Teachers rub backs helping children to fall asleep. The children who are Non Nappers are allowed up after 30 minutes of rest and enjoy quiet play at a table. They are joined by children who awaken early.

We believe that each child should be responsible for his or her own behavior. We use two methods depending on the age and ability of the child to interact with the teacher:  Glasser’s Reality Therapy and 1-2-3 Magic.

Never do we practice corporal punishment or a punishment which will harm a child.

We were the first group daycare center in Onalaska. We received our initial license on January 7, 1974. 

The food program at Christian Chapel Day Care is both delicious and nutritious. The food is prepared on site in our own kitchen by our own cooks. Some of the parents comment regularly about the wonderful aromas as breakfast or lunch is prepared.

The children enjoy the food prepared here. We find that usually even the fussiest eater finds something in the meal to eat.  Your child will not be forced to eat, but we do encourage children to “taste” some of every food.  Some of the children have commented, “I touched my tongue to it.”

We believe that a child is only a child once.  We believe that if child can learn to exist in a group situation they will be “ready to learn” when they get into Kindergarten. We work with “pre” reading and math skills. We do not do drills or force a child into a program he is either not ready for or would not enjoy. We like to make learning “fun”.
         
The children do not have “screen time” while at Christian Chapel. A television is never on to absorb the children’s interest and time. We believe that early childhood is the time when a child needs to build relationships and social skills and that these skills are not easily developed sitting at a keyboard or screen.
         
Each daily lesson incorporates activities helping children develop Bible knowledge through Bible stories, skills in language, science, social studies and math and to mature in their social emotional issues.