About Us

The Gingerbread House Preschool and Childcare Center encourages knowledge, wisdom, and understanding by providing a developmentally appropriate curriculum in early childhood education.

The Gingerbread House is located at 3020 Court Street, just minutes from downtown Syracuse. Our hours of operation are 6:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, providing care for children six weeks to six years of age. Our preschool program begins at three years of age.

Our Mission Statement

The Gingerbread House Preschool and Childcare Center is a Catholic ministry of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities. The Center strives to recognize and accept each individual as he/she fulfills and achieves his/her God-given potential from infancy through six years of age.

The Gingerbread House has been serving the city of Syracuse and it’s surrounding communities for over thirty years, and is committed to offering our parents and children a loving and nurturing Catholic environment.

Core Values

Excellence

We provide exceptional care and create a nurturing, educational, and fun environment, which meets the needs and exceeds the expectations of the families we serve by using a healthy, developmental, and dynamic approach.

Integrity

We operate from an ethical frame of reference. We adhere to a standard of conduct which is consistent with the overall values of The Sisters of Saint Francis and our community, behaving with honesty and fairness and owning up to our faults, while keeping focus on our mission.

Collaboration

We utilize teamwork and cooperation in our work. We achieve synergy and positive overall results through partnerships and teamwork. We work together and effectively utilize resources to provide children with high quality care, services, programs, facilities and resources.

Inclusivity

We recognize and respect social identities that are different from our own and those of the groups to which we belong. We promote awareness about human identities such as race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic class, and disabilities, recognizing that each individual has value.

Childcare

Infants

In addition to holding and cuddling the infants, our teachers are always interacting with them to encourage their mental and physical development. Your child will develop the ability to grasp toys, vocalize sounds, recognize pictures of familiar objects and acquire a variety of other skills.

Teachers work with each child in a series of stimulating activities that incorporate the natural routines of feeding and play. The teacher reinforces the babies’ development without disrupting their daily schedule.

Toddlers

Toddlers have the opportunity to physically explore their world inside and outside of the classroom. They also begin more structured activities, such as learning centers and circle time. Your toddler will begin learning concepts of color and size, and will start to build their vocabulary.

We understand the challenges that toddlers face in a social learning setting, and have experience in helping them adjust to being part of a group and the classroom environment.

Preschool

Our Preschool children are more secure and ready for a higher level of learning. Our academically structured days are filled with opportunities to explore different learning centers including language arts, mathematics, block building, exploratory science, literature, sensory play and dramatic play.

The children in our Preschool classrooms are encouraged to develop emotionally, academically, and socially to become more independent as well as develop the skills necessary to form meaningful relationships with their peers.