The Dallas J’s premiere preschool offers weekly options for infant care (Ages 3 -12. months) and Early Childhood (1-5 year olds). Hours are working parent-friendly. One of the many benefits of joining our GECC is 1. you get to be part of the #bestschoolfamilyever and 2. you get all of the perks of being part of the Dallas J. Come find out how the GECC can be your family go-to destination for a great educational experience, a supportive community and several ways your family can stay active.
Our GECC is committed to meeting our families’ needs and demands of TODAY. We have created several ways for your family to be part of our GECC educational experiences through personalized learning with OUR OWN GECC Educators. Let us be your family. Let us be your support system. Continue your child’s early education at a time and in a space that feels comfortable for you.
Our Studio Spaces will bring some of the children’s favorite learning experiences from the classrooms to a whole new level! The Studios provide children with plenty of time and space to fully immerse themselves in their work, leading to greater explorations and understandings. Each studio will be available to a single class for an entire week, allowing children to visit in small groups and return to their work the following day. These spaces will inspire new thinking, ignite creativity, and allow for a deeper dive into the children’s interests.
City Planning Studio
The City Planning Studio is a place where children can channel their architectural and engineering skills as they work to design structures, roads, bridges and more! Children can draw up their plans at the sketching table or jump straight in to the construction stage with wooden blocks, train tracks, community buildings and other supplies for creating the greatest city ever!
Lego Studio
Legos are a beloved childhood toy that offer children countless opportunities for creativity and innovation. The Lego Studio is filled with thousands of Lego bricks as well as those specialty pieces needed for building more complex and interesting creations. This is truly a space where children’s imaginations can dream up anything and the Legos will be there to build it!
Cardboard Studio
If you have ever seen a child play with a cardboard box, you know there is something magical that happens! Ever wonder what they would do if they had dozens of boxes to work with? The Cardboard Studio will be a place where children can explore all the possibilities of cardboard boxes: from creating forts, to assembling a train, or blasting off in a space ship, this studio can be anything the children want it to be!
Sculpture Studio
The Sculpture studio will be all about clay! Children will explore the properties of the medium, develop an understanding for how it works, and learn techniques for using clay to create different sculptures. Other materials and tools like wire, rollers, and texture carvers will be introduced over time for children to add details and fine tune their unique creations!
Loose Parts Studio
Loose parts are open-ended and intriguing materials that have various potential uses, resulting in unlimited possibilities for play. Children visiting the Loose Parts Studio will be invited to experiment with materials that challenge them to think critically and to expand their understandings of how things work. The beauty of working with loose parts is there is no wrong or right way to use them so really, anything can happen!
Storytelling Studio
Children are storytellers by nature, often acting out their favorite stories in dramatic play or making up silly stories during lunch time. The Storytelling Studio will be a place for stories to come to life! Filled with puppets, books, a dollhouse, story stones, and writing materials, children will be able to tell their stories in endless ways!
Woodworking Studio
Woodworking is an empowering skill for young children to develop. They enjoy working with the tools and watching the pieces of wood transform into something from their imagination. The Woodworking Studio will be set up as a place for our children 3 years and older to practice using actual tools like hammers and screwdrivers, building their skills up before moving on to creating something with wood!
Textiles Studio
The Textile Studio will focus on the textile art techniques of weaving and embroidery. Children will hone their skills with the different methods using the actual tools of textile artists, like weaving looms, embroidery hoops and frames, and child-safe sewing needles paired with yarns and fabrics.
Lights and Shadows Studio
Shadows are some of the most fascinating things to young children! You can find them playing with their own shadows on bright summer days or creating shadow puppets in their beds at night. The Light and Shadow Studio creates a space where children can experiment more with how shadows work. A room filled with twinkling fairy lights, light tables and projectors, and all kinds of translucent materials for casting shadows, this studio will bring to life all the magical properties of light.
Music and Movement Studio
The Music and Movement Studio is designed as a place for our toddlers and 2-year-olds to explore the different ways their bodies can move. Children will experiment with the sounds of instruments, both traditional and hand-made, and dance to the rhythms of music from all over the world as they discover the joy that is performing arts.
Paint Studio
Painting is sometimes a child’s first introduction to art and is often a favorite form of expression. The Paint Studio will offer new perspectives with painting as well as new techniques. Children will be invited to paint on various surfaces, explore the many different types of paint, and even practice the amazing process of acrylic pour painting!
NAEYC Accredited
NAEYC strives to raise the quality of education for all children from birth through age eight. Accreditation systems are major part of NAEYC’s efforts to improve early childhood education. Our commitment to NAEYC and their accreditation criteria allow the GFECC program to provide the best learning experiences for young children and our educators by meeting national standards of quality.