Welcome to Curley's Kids Care

Introduction

Welcome! Curley’s Kids Care is a NAEYC accredited Day Care Center that provides high quality care for children ages 6 weeks to 12 years old in an infant/toddler, day care/nursery school program or before and after school program. The purpose of Curley’s Kids Care is to provide an educationally sound, safe, healthy environment for young children. Curley’s welcomes all children and does not discriminate according to race, gender, ethnic or religious background, or children with special needs or disabilities. Curley’s Kids Care is NAEYC accredited. What is NAEYC accreditation? It is a voluntary process that a center chooses to participate in to confirm that the center is a high quality childcare center. NAEYC stands for the National Association for the Education of Young Children. NAEYC’s Academy defines a high quality center as “one that meets the needs of and promotes the physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development of the children and adults (parents, staff and administrators) - who are involved in the program. Each day of a child’s life is viewed as leading toward the growth and development of a healthy, intelligent, and contributing member of society.”

Curley’s Kids Care will use mixed ages to group children (8 weeks to 36 months), (3 through 5 year old) and (6 through 12 year old) to play/learn together in self-directed/teacher directed activities. This approach provides a “family” atmosphere, for sharing, cooperating and helping one another. The staff will always be tuned in to each child’s developmental needs and progress so that each child grows and learns at their own pace. The staff at Curley’s Kids Care will coordinate and implement activities in the science, language, math and manipulatives, arts, music and large and small motor skill areas within a thematic approach. By using the thematic approach, concepts can be reinforced in each area allowing a child many opportunities for learning concepts to be held in memory, and retrieved information at a later date. The staff at Curley’s Kids Care will provide an inviting atmosphere, which will allow children to develop as positive learners. Teachers and families work together to help children participate successfully in the early childhood setting.

Educational Philosophy

Each child is a unique individual.  The center’s educational program will build on each child’s own needs, interests, talents and capabilities.  The staff also recognizes the importance of an atmosphere of emotional security in which the child can most effectively develop a positive self-image and learn to respect others and their property. In the preschool program, we use the department of education recommended curriculum, the Connecticut Framework and Assessments.

Goals of Program

• To provide a safe and healthy environment for learning and to insure the child’s first school experience is a happy and positive one.

• To provide an age appropriate curriculum for the sequential development of a child’s intellectual, social, emotional and physical growth.  

• To provide age appropriate tools and equipment for productive play.

• To help a child develop a positive self-image. 

• To provide opportunities for being with other children in a setting conducive to the development of wholesome relationships and expression of feelings toward one another.

• To provide avenues of communication between parent and staff to insure child’s development is continual and consistent.