SWCCC
Our program strives to provide each child with a safe, healthy, stimulating and caring early learning environment. Activities and routines are designed around children’s interests and developmental needs. A child’s growth in the areas of social, emotional, intellectual, and physical development is greatly enhanced when caregivers, parents, and schools work together to support each child’s developmental journey. Our program accommodates both private pay and state subsidy families. (DSHS Provider #489445 1-877-980-9180)
SWCCC Early Childhood Assistance Program (ECEAP)
ECEAP Centers have operated within Washington State since 1985. It is a family-focused preschool education program which prepares low-income children ages four/five to successfully enter elementary school.
Each ECEAP program is locally designed to best meet community needs. ECEAP Centers provide many free services to eligible preschool children and their families. ECEAP Centers offer an enriched early childhood education program along with comprehensive services: medical, dental, nutritional, health and mental health. Centers also plan a variety of parent involvement activities.
ECEAP is modeled after Head Start. Like Head Start, ECEAP complies with a set of performance standards which guide all aspects of the program services. ECEAP values diversity, and promotes success for both children and their families. ECEAP services are often integrated into a child care setting.
ECEAP Purpose:
ECEAP’s purpose is to prepare young children for successful school entry. A primary goal for ECEAP is to “establish a classroom environment that promotes creative thinking, self-direction and positive social development.” These skills and characteristics help children succeed in formal school settings.
ECEAP Services:
ECEAP provides a range of services to help families and prepare children for school entry, including:
- Early childhood education experiences (for children four/five)
- Nutrition services
- Health screenings and follow-ups
- Family support
- Family involvement and leadership opportunities
ECEAP Components:
The program’s curriculum is designed to promote language skills, motor skills, and social-emotional development, and age-appropriate knowledge of health, nutrition and personal safety.
There are four ECEAP components:
Education:
- Preschool experiences geared to the individual child; small classes
- Activities which build self-esteem, social skills and physical skills
- An atmosphere which celebrates diversity
Health and Nutrition:
- Nutritious family-style meals
- Medical, dental, vision and hearing screenings
- Health and nutrition education for children and families
Social Services:
- Support provided during home visits with family members
- Referrals, as needed, to community agencies
- Inclusion of children with special needs and disabilities
Family support:
- Parent groups and classes to learn more about your child’s development
- Information and referrals to community agencies
- Opportunities for personal growth, empowerment and leadership
- Job training and employment programs
Infant Care Program
Our Philosophy:
Infants need attentive caregivers that provide consistent daily routines, developmental stimulation, and above all, highly responsive one-on-one relationships throughout the day.
What You Will See:
Daily routines are designed around the individual feeding, diapering, and sleeping schedule of each infant. Caregivers include many learning opportunities within these routines by talking with each infant, playing simple one-on-one games and encouraging emerging skills throughout the day. The room is designed so that play spaces, individual cribs, the diapering area, and eating are area easily monitored by caregivers. Safety and cleanliness are top priorities. Children may spend several hours a day with us. Toys and materials are rotated often to ensure maximum interest and developmental appropriateness.
Toddler Care
Our Philosophy:
A child's development is undergoing rapid and exciting changes during the second and third year of life. Toddlers need care that provides opportunities to learn while practicing language, movement, problem solving, and socialization within safe, consistent routines and relationships.
What You Will See:
Toddlers are in constant motion! You will see them move through many play areas, changing toys and materials often. The room has specific play areas that include climbing devices, a quiet book area, low shelves with simple puzzles and manipulatives, a dramatic play area, and toddler sized tables and chairs. Caregivers spend much of their day on the toddler's eye level. They facilitate the children's play choices while encouraging emerging language and social skills.
The daily schedule is organized around routines such as diapering, toileting, dressing, eating and napping. Caregivers utilize these routines to nurture learning and as relationship-building opportunities.
Preschool Care
Our Philosophy:
The preschooler, usually referred to as a child between the ages of 3 and 5 years, continues to develop rapidly in all areas of development. Preschoolers need an environment that provides a rich variety of physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language experiences. A child’s positive and supportive relationships with adults continue to be key to healthy development.
What You Will See:
The Preschool Room is divided into activity areas such as building and blocks, dramatic play, arts and crafts, books and puzzles, and manipulatives. This division creates an opportunity for children to focus and explore the various aspects of their development and interests.
The daily routine is designed to provide varied social and developmental experiences. These routines include small group activities, snacks and meals, special projects, quiet rest time, outside play, and multiple times throughout the day for children to make play choices within the interest areas around the room.
Adults provide consistent and safe opportunities for children to learn how to be members of a group. Learning how to develop friendships, manage conflicts, share space and play materials, and cooperate within a diverse group are some of the critical elements of early social learning.
When you see a child “playing” you actually see the practice of emerging learning skills in formation. These may include constructing, classifying, measuring, designing, comparing, improvising, organizing, and communicating to name a few!
When you see children making choices of where to play in the room, they are learning early decision making and self management skills essential to later school and social success. When you see children engaged in group circle activities with books, songs and discussion, they are practicing learning, listening, communication, cooperation, and early literacy skills.
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A child’s growth in the areas of social, emotional, intellectual, and physical development is greatly enhanced when caregivers, parents, and schools work together to support each child’s developmental journey."