:: Early Childhood Center

Building the Foundation for a Child's Education

For over 30 years, WHC has had an exceptional and innovative preschool.
We offer the best of Jewish content with appropriate early childhood social, emotional, and cognitive development programs at two locations — the Rabbi Joseph Weinberg Early Childhood Center and WHC Primary School at the JBSC and the Edlavitch-Tyser Early Childhood Center at Temple. We welcome more than 400 children each year, ranging from 18 months to 6 years of age.

Our classes are small and staffed with two full-time leaders allowing for lively instruction and individual attention. Our clergy, teachers and staff provide a wonderful Jewish environment for our children. The facilities are modern and spacious and include computer labs, art rooms, music rooms, science centers, and media centers. New playgrounds have stimulating equipment and ample shade and we have large, safe, open spaces for indoor play.

Early Childhood Center programming is rich, varied and specifically designed to be developmentally-appropriate. Broad curriculum areas include science, social studies, reading readiness skills, language arts, mathematics concepts, and Jewish holidays and festivals. We strive to stimulate a child’s natural creativity and curiosity in a friendly group atmosphere.

WHC Primary School is located at the Julia Bindeman Suburban Center and is accredited by the Maryland State Department of Education. We provide an excellent academic and Jewish education to the earliest elementary learners, with two primary teachers in each class and content specialists. If interest is sufficient, we may progress to first and second grades.

Applications for admission are available in late November and may be returned beginning in December. An application can be downloaded from our website or call us to have one mailed to you. Priority in admission is given to Temple members.