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About Our Educational Programs
Your child will receive the kind of care and attention that will encourage his/her intellectual, emotional, physical and social growth. Children are supervised according to governing standards. Individualized planning is a part of our weekly thematic lesson planning. We use Creative Curriculum and Core Curriculum as our teaching and planning models.

Plan of Daily Activities
A written plan of daily activities and routines is established for each group and posted in the group space. Daily activities promote the development of skills, social competence and self-esteem. Daily experiences recognize the child as an individual and give some choice of activities that respect personal privacy, lifestyle and cultural background. Our daily activities are planned thematically to enhance the children’s learning experiences. The Educational Outline in conjunction with the standards of the Creative Curriculum effectively to introduce the children to an environment that encourages and promotes idea of choices. Daily activities include outdoor play activities, which facilitate the development of their gross motor skills.

For Toddler Children (13mos-36mos)
The function of our programming is simple, but meaningful in purpose. Our purpose is to provide the children with as many opportunities as possible to develop. This program stimulates the children’s learning patterns within the educational framework of the Creative Curriculum for Toddlers/Twos and offers learning experiences to enable developmental growth.

The children have one hour of outdoor activity (30″-am and 30″-pm). The children are provided with learning activities that enables them to move from parallel to cooperative play. Sand/water play at least once a week. Toileting/diapering occurs at scheduled times and as needed throughout the course of the children’s day. *Breakfast time is 8:30am-9:00am. Children must arrive by 9am to receive breakfast supplied by the center. Breakfast will not be provided after 9am. If children arrive after 9:00am, parents may bring prepared foods and supervise the child eating in a designated area. Transition times are indicators for the children to be aware of pending changes.

For more information, please download our Parent Handbook.

For Pre-School Children (3 years - 5 years)
A planned program of daily activities is provided to encourage each child to explore, discover, create, and learn. According to the readiness of each child, we introduce the beginning skills of reading, writing and math. Our teachers observe, record, and assess your child’s developmental achievements with the utilization of the Work Sampling System.

Children are to have sand/water play daily, as well as one hour of outdoor play (30″-am and 30″-pm). This schedule is formatted to provide the children with opportunities that promote choices for the strengthening of their emerging skills. Educational portion of each day is from 8:30am-3:30pm, and the extended hours of each day is supported with learning experiences. *Breakfast time is 8:30am-9:00am: Children must arrive by 9am to receive breakfast supplied by the center. If a child arrives after 9:00 am, the parent may bring prepared foods and supervise the child eating in a designated area (resource room or staff lounge). Transition times are indicators for the children’s awareness of pending changes.

For more information, please download our Parent Handbook.

For School Children (ages 5yrs-12yrs)
Our program, for a child who attends school, offers special activities for broadening his/her learning experiences in arts and craft, physical fitness, etc. Homework supervision is offered in accordance to arrangements determined by the parent. We provide tutorial services for students when available. During the summer, we provide a special enrichment program designed to promote the visual and performing arts augmented with field trips and other engaging activities.

Breakfast time is 8:30am-9:00am: Children must arrive by 9am to receive breakfast supplied by the center otherwise the parent will need to furnish a prepared food item(s). If children arrive after 9:00am, parents may bring prepared foods and supervise the child eating in a designated area (Lounge or resource room). Children who escort themselves to the center will be required to call their parent upon arrival, for this action validates your child’s arrival time to the center. Children escorted to the center by our personnel are to meet the staff person at the designated site. Parents who provide their children w/cell phones: our rule is no cell phone on or in use during attendance at the center. You can reach your child by calling the center phone number, and your child can reach you via our phone carrier. Outdoor play is provided for at least one hour a day (usually in the am during the summer).

For more information, please download our Parent Handbook.