Learning is personal and powerful, and confidence and creativity grow with every interaction in and out of the classroom.
Children’s PLACE offers a stimulating and diverse early learning environment, allowing children the opportunity to learn from their environment while developing valuable academic and life skills. It is our goal to care for children in a safe and nurturing setting while involving them in a developmentally appropriate program that fully promotes each child’s physical, social, emotional, cognitive and adaptive skills.
Classrooms
Children’s PLACE follows, The Creative Curriculum for Preschool as well as infants and toddlers. Each classroom focuses on the child’s individual developmental levels, while enhancing their physical, social, emotional, cognitive and adaptive skills. Since children do not acquire skills at the same time or all at once, life-long learning requires playing with a purpose, through intentional teaching. We encourage children to experience the environment using their senses. The center is also licensed through the State Department of Health and Human Services, and monitored by the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Each classroom provides a “My Day” an overview of what your child has done with us for each day.
Infant/Baby (6 weeks to 12 months)
We encourage children at this age to: bonding with caregivers, develop large muscle skills, beginning feeding skills and cause an effect.
- Daily schedule depends on the child’s needs.
- Parents provide bottles, diapers, wipes, extra clothes, and lovies.
Toddlers (12 months to 24 months)
We encourage children at this age with: beginning independence, beginning social skills, fine motor skills, strength and balance, experiencing new things and early literacy and numeracy per The Creative Curriculum.
- Parents provide diapers, wipes, extra clothes and lovies.
- Child directed activities are incorporated into the daily schedule.
Pre-School (2 year olds)
We encourage children at this age with: self-help skills, cooperative social interaction with peers, fine motor skills and early literacy and numeracy skills per the Creative Curriculum. During this time, children are encouraged to continue to form their identity and become individuals.
- Parents provide diapers and wipes if necessary, extra clothes and lovies.
- Learning is facilitated by the teacher to encourage making independent choices.
Pre-School (3 year olds)
We encourage children at this age with: to strengthen their fine motor skills, early literacy, numeracy, science and social studies skills per the Creative Curriculum. This age also boosts self-help skills and cooperative social interaction with peers, and classroom adults.
- Parents provide an extra change of clothes and lovies for naptime.
- Child directed and hands on theme based learning is incorporated into the daily schedule and curriculum. At this age they are learning there are logical consequences to their actions.
Cabell County Pre-K (4 year olds)
This program follows the Cabell County Board of Education curriculum guidelines for the State of West Virginia. This program boosts the love of learning by following The Creative Curriculum, provided by the county as well as child directed units of study.
- Parents provide an extra change of clothes and lovies if their child will be participating in the after-school program.
- Teachers familiarize themselves with the child’s home environment in order to strengthen the open communication between teachers and parents, and to promote a smoother transition into the school system.
Food Program
Our chef provides healthy child friendly and nutritionally balanced meals. Breakfast, Lunch and Snack are homemade with the freshest of ingredients. Modifications are made as needed for allergies and cultural preferences.