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Our developmental curriculum at Imagine Child care Center serves to boasts many years of experience in child care services, including classroom instruction, administrative assignments, and curriculum development. This impressive roster of educational credentials will distinguish us from other daycare centers and childcare providers, as the Education
Department oversees every aspect of developing the most effective learning program possible. For a truly tailored approach to early education, these highly qualified educators are always expanding our curriculum, which is unique and exclusive to Imagine
Child Care Center.
August 26, 2013
The parents of the children enrolled will be able to meet the staff members.
Sept. 14, 2013
Moms are invited to the center to have breakfast with their ‘babies’.
Oct. 16, 2013
Dads are welcome to join breakfast with their ‘little explorers’ at the center
2 through 5 year olds – Our goal is to help equip your pre school child for the challenges ahead. Supporting each child during this time in her life helps to instill a sense of confidence and accomplishment while basking in her daily successes.
5 through 6 year olds – Your child’s day is filled with ageappropriate activities geared to challenge the early-childhood mind while building confidence and security. Our child-directed activities allow individuals and small groups to work independently while the staff encourages and monitors their progress.

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By Stephany Moreno
Reversibility refers to the ability to recognize that numbers or objects can be changed and returned to their original conditions. For example a child understands that a favorite ball that deflates is not gone but can be filled with air again and put back into play.
Conservation is in which the child understands that changing the form of a substance or an object does not change its amount, overall volume or mass.
Egocentrism refers to the child's inability to see a situation from another person's point of view.
According to Piaget, the egocentric child assumes that other people see, hear and feel exactly the
The little ‘imaginers’ will learn conservation and the lack of reversibility egocentrism
and
. Our puzzles come in a whole range of themes and topics such as alphabet letters, shapes, vegetables, numbers, pets, transport and colors. It increases their visual special same as the child does.
“Kindness Poster” in which consists a list of the awareness and develops a deeper understanding of these children’s names and on the side of each name, there is a blank space for stickers to be placed. The stickers are placed as rewards for a child’s kindness. This poster will allow the children to
‘see’ how kind he/she is based on how decorated each of their rows are. themes and topics. We understand that all children learn differently and believe that puzzles may be their medium for grasping and understanding of certain themes such as alphabet letters.
We challenge and teach the children the concept of conservation at our Weekly Water Station. The challenge is for the children to use different sized cups and measure the water it holds comparing it to different shaped cup holding the same amount of water.
Our way of encouraging lack of egocentrism is by instituting the “last will be first and first to be last” principle randomly during activities. We also have a
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The best way to address social development on the children enrolled in this school is that we focus a lot on activities that require the kids to work in pairs. Pairing up children helps them to have back and forth interactions with one another using language in a communicative way. Chomsky could agree with this because communicative behavior requires mental processes that have a great influence on the psychology of these children. Organizing activities for them to explore their environment such as finding certain items indoors or outdoors, allows them to build confidence and move around. We learn what the students are interested in and assign projects for them to present to the their peers, allowing the other children to be open to others ideas and interests. We teach them with a give-and-take strategy. Our teachers have a great appreciation for the children, and with that environment given, they will learn to appreciate their peers, care givers, and themselves. During the ages of 2-6 yrs. children start to trust and mistrust and it is our job to guide your child into the right direction.
Bullying is not accepted here at the Imagine Child
Care Center. We teach the children that each and every one of them is different in their own unique way and that should not be repressed. Our staff highly encourages children to make good choices, and with that, we reward them, but when a child makes a bad decision, we believe that communication is key to helping a child understand reasons for their wrong doings.
Cut a 1-inch sliver off the bottom of a 9-inch polystyrene poms for pupils) for eyes, yellow triangles for the
Ask each child to ball. Wrap sphere neatly in thick beak, and long red felt write what she's dark-brown yarn, covering teardrops as the wattle. Cut feather shapes from thankful for on a surface completely; knot on colored craft paper and paper feather, then bottom. Make a 4-inch ball from bend in half lengthwise to stick it into this cute light-brown yarn and attach to body with a wooden craft stick. create seam. Glue wooden turkey centerpiece.
Create simple facial features craft stick to the bottom third of the feather and using felt: white circles insert in a fan shape on (approximately the size of a turkey body.
quarter, with 1/8-inch pom-
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Language acquisition is very important for children between the ages of 2- 6. Language acquisition is acquired naturally but there are many things you can do that will enhance your child’s language ability. We will practice these things in our school program. Children’s language skills grow by actually having direct experience. In this program we will allow the children to interact with each other and we will respond to their questions so the child can learn that communication is a good way to meet their needs.
We will also talk to the children in a caring way; this will build up the child’s confidence to have trust in us. In effect, this will make the child feel comfortable when communicating for their needs and ideas.
According to research, an adult’s way of speaking affects the way the child learns how to talk. With that being said we will talk to the children in a rich vocabulary this will most likely have a positive effect on them in the future.
We will encourage their parents to talk to them and read to them, this helps them learn and acquire language at home. Language acquisition is a product of repetitiveness and complexity. We will strongly practice these two factors in our school that will help our students learn language in the best possible way.
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In our society people begin to treat boys and girls different at the beginning of their birth. Gender development is an important development for preschool children. Most preschool children can tell the differences between boys and girls but the understanding that the gender stays the same no matter what they wear or what games they play appears at the age six. Society’s influence has the greatest impact in gender development because children observe adults and their roles at home, and get rewarded or punished based on their actions. Parents are the major primary influencers in gender development because they interact differently with their children depending on the gender of the child. Fathers interact more with sons than daughters and mothers tend to be caregivers and nurturing to their children not based on gender. American parents continue to encourage traditional gender role stereotypes and the media also plays a role. Males are shown to be strong, brave and powerful and as for females, they are presented as emotional and very detailed.
To help children develop healthier gender identities and avoid gender bias; classrooms will have materials that are not focused on gender roles. We have a wide variety of books that will be shared during story time; these books include major characters applying different tasks that aren’t suited for just a male or female. Toys will not be limited to the children based on their sex.
The playground will let children interact with each other and not separate girls from boys. We highly encourage boys and girls to interact with one another.
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“Safety is a key aspect of providing a good environment for children in a child care center”. www.childcarelink.gov safety is a top priority. Each driver selected
Parents can leave their children with no fears or has been carefully anxiety knowing that their child is in a good quality screened and has child care center and safe environment. Here at our center criminal background checks are conducted a clean driving record. Along on all staff members. All of our staff members are with driving the trained and certified in first aid and CPR. We clean our center regularly including all equipment to prevent the spread of infection. Our center also vehicle the driver is responsible for routine checks including checking tires, checking provides monthly health screenings for children’s visual and dental care to ensure health. A sick bay the vehicle for articles left, and regularly cleaning.
All of our vehicles have been inspected by a is available for the sick child to rest and isolate them from other children until a parent arrives to certified mechanic and are in excellent conditions.
They are in good repair and free from any take them home. All areas of the center are checked daily and are free of hazards at all times. When it comes to the playground and play areas our center hazardous conditions. Our vehicles are insured for liability as required by state laws. Each vehicle is equipped with child seats and working seat belts is arranged so that every child will be within visual range of a supervising adult. Our climbing equipment is placed on a cushioned surface to for every child. To ensure safety we have selected to have two additional staff members in each vehicle to assist the driver with the children. Here prevent injury. All of the cabinets in the center are we strive to put the safety of each child first. equipped with child safety locks any cleaning chemicals will be stored. In the kitchen all of the stoves and ovens have safety guards. Throughout
Sources: kidsafensw.org the center fire extinguishers and smoke alarms are installed. For the safety of the children upon entering or departing the child care center parents will be asked to show identification along with the child’s identification number issued by a staff
Kid safe child accident prevention foundation of
Australia ncchildcare.nc.gov childcarelink.gov member. When it comes to transportation, vehicle
10 Fun and interesting facts that you probably
Fact 1: 
 The average age children begin didn’t know about children children of wealthy families were dipped to use a microwave is seven.
in olive oil at birth to keep them hairless
Fact 2: 
 A 3-year old Boy's voice is throughout their lives.
louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.
Fact 3: 
 Fathers tend to determine
Fact 7: 
 The great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.
Fact 8: 
 Childrens kneecaps only start to the height of their child, mothers their weight.
Fact 4: 
 On average, a 4-year-old child asks 437 questions a day.
Fact 5: 
 Watching television can turn bony at 3 years of age, until that they are made of cartilage.
Fact 9: 
 Both boys and girls in 1600s
England and New England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
Fact 10: 
 Children under the age of six are act as a natural painkiller for children.
Fact 6: 
 In ancient Greece, at the greatest risk for crushing or burning injuries of the hand.
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We at Imagine Child Care Center serve the best, so that your
child can succeed with high enthusiasm to learn more! We are excited and looking forward to meeting new ‘imaginers’ of this semester! Enroll now!
Researchers: Desiree Jarmolaski & Cristina Reyes
Cognitive Psychologist: Stephany Moreno
Social Psychologist: Melissa Santillan
Language Specialist: Jose Reyes
Psychosocial Psychologist Nallely Perez
Safety Director: Rodona Sheree