Spokane Child Development Center | Spokane's premier daycare and childcare center

Welcome to Spokane Child Development Center,LLC. Spokane Child Development Center,LLC is a Washington State licensed childcare center open to the public. It is a Washington State Limited Liability Company. We accept both private and state paid children of families who need our services between the ages of one month and twelve years of age. Our Center's services are made available to all persons otherwise eligible without regard to race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, or age.

Parents are welcomed visitors in the Center at all times and are free to eat lunch with their child, observe, or volunteer to help in the classroom.

PHILOSOPHY and MISSION STATEMENT

We believe that the home environment is the primary source of growth, formation, and education of its members. The Center is an extension of, as well as a resource for this primary unit, the family.

It is the mission of Spokane Child Development Center, LLC to provide an environment geared to nurture and develop the growth and learning initiated in the family experience. The center's philosophy, the environment and the developmental program are built around the following goals for children in our care:

• Develop a sense of self worth through understanding him/herself, and trusting in his/her abilities to make choices and decisions.
• Become capable of new and creative ideas through critical thinking that can verify and validate information for him/herself.
• Develop a sense of happiness about growing and learning through a fun and exciting, nonstressful educational experience.
• Become aware of a variety of his/her gifts and abilities through building confidence in his/her physical, perceptual, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and social strengths and skills.
• To grow in ones' ability to be sensitive and supportive of each other, and able to communicate feelings through interacting with both children and adults.

CURRICULUM

The curriculum encourages children to be actively involved in the learning process to experience a variety of developmentally appropriate activities and materials, and to pursue their own interests. Staff plan realistic curriculum goals and objectives for children based on individual assessments of development, needs and interests of each child. Staff review program and classroom curriculum annually.

The daily schedule is planned to provide a balance of activities in the following dimensions:

1. indoor/outdoor
2. quiet/active
3. individual/small group/large group
4. large muscle/small muscle
5. child initiated/staff initiated

Routine tasks are incorporated into the program as a means of furthering children's learning self-help, and social skill. Routines such as diapering, toileting, eating, dressing, and sleeping are handled in a relaxed, reassuring and individualized manner based on developmental needs. Staff plan with parents to make toileting, feeding and development of their independent skills a positive experience for children.