Career Day

Ask any child what he wants to be when he grows up and he might tell you answers like a fireman or a doctor. To give him the promise of a bright future, quality early education and child care centers like LVCC introduce different "community helpers" into the classroom. LVCC on Union Boulevard invited families and community organizations to participate in career day.

The entire center, from infants to pre-kindergartners, met policemen, firemen, and a postal carrier from the city of Allentown. 

Officer Geake and his K-9 police dog, Beny

The police officer from the K-9 Unit demonstrated how his police dog, Beny, obeys commands and the important job they do together to protect citizens. 

Allentown firemen 

The firemen brought their firetruck and dressed in full gear to show the young children that they shouldn't be afraid of the firemen if they would need to be rescued during a fire.

U.S. Postal service

The mail carrier from the United States Postal Service described her valuable job serving the community and explained how "mailmen" are sometimes women.

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Ten Minutes of Learning, A Lifetime of Memories

Every Tuesday, school-age students enrolled at LVCC at Nazareth Area Intermediate School invite their families to participate in an educational open house. Center Director Colleen Heimbach carefully chooses from a number of activities based on the appropriate Pennsylvania Early Learning Standard. The program gives children the opportunity to show their parents "all the cool stuff" they learn after the school bell rings.

Although families are asked to stay only an extra ten minutes, the memories they create with their children last a lifetime.

Food science and nutrition

Parents and their children prepared healthy snacks on a stick - grape kabobs. 

Strategies of movement
Children competed with their parents to see who could balance the peacock feather longer on their heads. Parents discovered that it takes some motor coordination to keep the feather upright.

Inquiry and Design / Aesthetic Response 
Experimenting with various patterns and colors, the children and their families worked collaboratively to make duct tape lanyards. Everyone shared ideas and opinions while creating the project.