The ABC Center is in operation Monday through Friday from 5:00am until 6:00pm.  We are a year round program, running from January through December.  The ABC Center is licensed by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.  The license is posted in the Director's Office and on the Parent Corner (entrance to building).

The Child Daycare Rule Book is available at the center in the Director's Office and can be requested for review.  The center's licensing record, including compliance reports and evaluation forms from the health, building, and fire departments are available in the Parent Corner.  You may find inspection results online at www.cdjfs.oh.us.gov.

Job and family services are available to families who are eligible for financial assistance.

At the First Lutheran ABC Learning Center, our mission is to provide a Christian atmosphere where children will experience Christ's love and will be encouraged to explore God's world.

The ABC Learning Center is a ministry of First Lutheran Church in Shelby.  For more information about First Lutheran Church please click on the church below.

 

 

We recognize the family as the most important part of a child's life and we will strive to create a bond between home and day care/learning environment.  We will assist the family by providing a Christian atmosphere for children to  to grow spiritually, intellectually, physically, socially, and emotionally.  We believe children have the right to feel safe and secure in their environment, and we emphasize safety for all children.

Our program promotes curiosity, resourcefulness, cooperation, kindness, affection, and joy for the children of different ability levels, various socioeconomic backgrounds, and ethnicities.  The children will experience various activities to develop understanding of others in the world around them.  The children will learn to care for all of God's creation through developmentally appropriate and multi-sensory activities.