Not only are we educating our minds, but we’re educating the minds of our future generations.

The Child Development Center just opened in August, and is now bringing in preschool students into the building. The Child Development Center opened its doors in the 300 hallway about two weeks into the school year.

The high school students taking Child Development II are able to interact with the children and learn some very valuable skills that they can take with them later on in life. The students learn behavior management, lesson planning, time management, empathy and how to teach subjects in a fun, interactive and hands on ways.

When the preschoolers first came in, it took a while for the students and kids adjust to the new environment.

“It’s different having to teach the kids, but it’s something that I can get used to,” Junior Britney Moellering said.

In the Child Development Center, there are toys for the kids to play with, books for them to read, dress up clothes and other supplies that are needed in a preschool environment.

Most of the toys and supplies in the classroom are donated by the teachers of Liberty High School and 4-5 of the teachers’ children also go to preschool in the morning.

The students also have to teach, play and come up with lesson plans for the preschoolers to do throughout the week, when the kids are there. Students will come up with three lessons for each day, a snack and allow them to have some free time playing with the toys.

The lesson plans can not be the same everyday so the students have to learn to come out with their creative ways while making their lesson plans.

The preschoolers come in on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 7:20-8:50 a.m. On the days that the preschoolers are not there, the students come up with lesson plans and work on things that will benefit the preschoolers.

“The students are very tired on days we don’t have kids, and when the kids come in, the students call dibs on the student and start playing with them,” Ms. Genenbacher said.

The students have began to build relationships with the the children and since Child Development II is only a semester class, it will be hard for them to let go.

Students learn the different needs and attention that each child needs too, so the students that will be coming in second semester will also have to learn and adapt to their needs.

“I learned that they all require different attention at different times,” Moellering said.

Students in Child Development I and II have to be dedicated to the class and take on a lot of responsibility.

“My advice would be to think about if you’re dedicated enough to take the class and have a big responsibility on your hands,” Moellering said.

The Child Development class can make a huge impact in your life and will teach you the skills that you will need later on in life.