Check out our State of the art playground and facilities!
With age appropriate equipment ranging from the youngest of our children to School-age. There is a large figure 8 bike path which outskirts the entire playground with bikes and scooters galore! An enormous set of swings, a sand box with running water, which is themed based on a shipwreck. Large turfed areas to run around and incorporate games while using their imaginations. Children can also enjoying the basketball court far left of the building. We also have incorporated two large areas where the children can also have their classroom time outside. These areas offer shade and have access to water. We have installed two large wash areas which encompass 8 sinks for hand washing outside. There are multiple water fountains in the playground for drinking purposes.
Clean, friendly, and bright classrooms!
With true dedication and the overwhelming support from a team of caring, professional staff and caregivers makes Creative Child, Inc. the special childcare and Pre-School & School-Age center it is today! We opened our doors for business in September of 2006. Our infants, toddlers, Pre-school, and school-age children thrive in program enriched curriculum(s), classroom space(s), and spacious, sprawling outdoor landscapes. Creative Child, Inc. has been assessed and rated using both the ITERS (Infant/toddler environment rating schedule) and ECERS (Early childhood education rating schedule) tools. Creative Child, Inc. received a rating for being a 4-star child care center in March of 2019. Creative Child, Inc. has been one of the first participating center based programs in Bright Stars, since 2009. The age groups at Creative Child, Inc. range from 6 weeks to 4 years of age. Club Creative, our sister center, serves Pre-K programming and school age programs for ages 5-10 years.
infants & yearlings
The infant room ranges from ages 6 weeks to about 9 months. The yearling room ranges from 10 months to 18 months. With lots of nurturing, patience, and partnership within the day-to-day care and continuous family communication, we nurture each infant with individuality. The infant and yearling caregivers strive to meet these needs daily by building a positive and trusting relationship with parents and guardians as well as the infant themselves. In offering individualized care, staff follow varied feeding schedules, introducing novel foods, crawling and walking guidance, sleep schedules, and emergent peer socialization. The infants and yearlings go outdoors daily * weather permitting* in our spacious baby buggies. The program also offers a range of emergent curriculum activities and experiences such as songs, reading, creative arts, and sensory experiences.
Young & older
toddlers
Similar to our infant/yearling program, our toddler programs are divided into two classrooms. The younger toddler room accommodates children from 18 months to 24 months. The older toddler room ranges from ages 24 months to 36 months. We help to guide and develop the child's social, listening, recognition, and gross motor skills through a diversified, creative classroom full of played based interest areas, including creative arts, kitchen area, block area, and fine motor manipulatives. The children spend a vast amount of time outdoors in our spacious playground and baby buggies. Once your child is coming upon 36 months old, they will make the transition from toddlers to preschool. The toddler staff will communicate when these transitions will take place, well in advance so that both the family and child are prepared for the transition to
pre-school.
Pre-school
Pre-school is also split into two separate age groups, preschool 3 and 4. In the Pre-school setting, self-help skills are still being fostered and maintained such as knowing how to use the restroom, putting on one's jacket, changing one's own clothing, opening containers, etc. Our Pre-school program prepares children for their journey into Kindergarten! The reinforcement of letter and number recognition is taught using various learning approaches through our curriculum and is practiced daily inside of the classroom. Self-esteem, social skills, good hygiene, friendship, and much more are taught to these fast learners with lots of positive reinforcement and praise! Seasonal field trips are also planned throughout the year for this age group. At the end of the school year, we have a festive graduation for the children moving onto kindergarten!
