Child care
Early Head Start and Head Start:
High-Quality Childcare and Early Learning for Your Child
Your child and family deserve the best. Sunbeam is a leader in high-quality early learning and childcare services. Our Early Head Start and Head Start programs designed with your child and family’s well-being in mind, focusing on creating safe and supportive environments where your child will learn, grow, and thrive.
These programs are open to eligible families with childcare assistance or any form of public assistance.
Low Teacher-Child Ratio
Your child will get more personal support from well-trained staff.
Fun Learning
We use a research-based curriculum and high-quality classroom materials.
Free Diapers and Wipes
Provided during the school day.
Safe Environment
Our centers are clean, safe, and focused on hope.
The Importance of Early Childhood Education
Did you know the first 5 years of your child’s life are important? In fact, 90% of your child’s brain grows before kindergarten. Early learning experiences are important and have a big impact on your child’s health and how they will succeed in school and life.
There are many benefits to early childhood care and education. Sunbeam offers high-quality early learning that helps children grow their curiosity and important skills like thinking, talking, and getting along with others. We care for your children in our nurturing classrooms with highly qualified teachers. Teachers give your child special attention, focusing on their strengths and needs. They create personalized plans to help your child grow in areas like language, problem-solving, and motor skills. Children who complete this school readiness program are better prepared for elementary school and are more likely to finish high school, attend college, and succeed in their careers.
We are enrolling children from birth through age 4, and pregnant moms in our high-quality early education centers and partner sites in Oklahoma City.
Sunbeam offers many extra services to support your family
At Sunbeam, we believe in the strength and resilience of families. Learn how to identify and use your unique strengths:. You have the capacity to thrive, and we’re here to support you every step of the way, so you can support your family.
Your involvement plays a vital role in their growth and learning. Here are ways you can get involved:
Personal Learning Plans
We offer activities for your child’s age and needs. These help them learn important skills like thinking, talking, and getting along with others. Your child will also grow in areas like language, problem-solving, and motor skills.
Health and Nutrition
We provide health check-ups and shots. We also connect your family with health screenings and referrals. Your child will get healthy meals and snacks. We also give nutrition tips for the whole family.
Mental Health
We offer easy-to-get mental health help for children and families, including online options and early childhood mental health advice.
Family Engagement
We offer many ways for you to be involved in your child’s education, like volunteering or joining activities. You can also help make decisions about our program through Parent Committee meetings and/or Policy Council.
Parent Education Classes
These free classes help you learn how to create routines, manage feelings, communicate needs, and more. This free program gives you important information, activities, and educational toys and books to use with your child. This helps you prepare your child for school.
Family Support
We are here to support you with resources and assistance, whether you need help finding a job, housing, or other services. We work with local groups to make sure your family gets the help you need. We also provide home visits and help with goal setting!
Supporting Your Child’s Development
Sunbeam is committed to helping your child grow in all areas of development. Here’s how we do it:
- Creative Curriculum: The leading research-based, top-ranked, whole-child early childhood curriculum, designed and developed with teachers. Our curriculum meets the needs of all children.
- Complete Development: We focus on your child’s social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development.
- Personal Learning Plans: We assess each child’s needs, interests, and abilities to create personal learning plans.
- Diverse Teaching Strategies: We use different teaching methods to accommodate various learning styles to make sure every child can learn in a way that works for them.
- Community Building: Our classrooms are designed to be communities where children learn to work together, share, and solve problems.
- Fun, Relevant Learning Activities: We plan activities and lessons that build on your child’s interests and knowledge. This makes learning fun and relevant to them.
Supporting Your Child’s Growth
Your child’s teacher will work with them one-on-one or in small groups to help them reach their goals. In our classrooms, your child can choose from different activity centers, including:
Gross Motor Skill Activities
Playing with equipment to develop big muscles, like running and climbing.
Dramatic Play
Pretend play, like dressing up and playing house.
Language and Literacy
Reading, writing, and storytelling.
Fine Motor Skill Activities
Activities that use small muscles, like drawing and building with blocks.
STEAM Awareness
Exploring and learning about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics.
Expressive Arts
Enjoying music, rhythms, and other activities.
Family Calendar and Center Courses
Families will receive a yearly calendar with all our events and planned closures. If there are any additional days when the center will be closed, we’ll let you know at least one month ahead or as soon as we can.
Learn more about Sunbeam’s home-based Home Visitation program. We are signing up pregnant moms and children from birth through age 3 for Early Head Start.
We are hope-centered.
What does it mean to be Hope-Centered?
A hope-centered approach means believing that the future can be better and that you can make it happen. It focuses on:
Goals
Setting clear, reachable goals.
Pathways
Finding different ways to reach those goals.
Motivation
Having the drive to follow those paths and overcome challenges.
Contact us
This website is supported by Grant Number 06CH012537 from the Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Neither the Administration for Children and Families nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of Sunbeam and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Head Start.