Campbell, CA
Campbell CDC

Our Philosophy
We hold high the principles of building healthy communication skills and positive self concept through hands-on experiences. As children engage in multi-sensory activities, they are involved in meaningful experiences which build awareness of varied viewpoints.

We value family traditions and parent involvement in the ongoing development in young children. We believe in building a strong community through mutual respect, cooperation, and understanding.

Children are encouraged to explore, invent, and discover logical paths to create their own unique understanding of the world.

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Child and parent arrive and parent signs the child in. Together they explore what centers are already open, what activities are set up for the day, and greet staff, families and friends. Then the parent says goodbye and the child continues play at an activity (or begins play).

The child explores a few activities independently or cooperatively before the cleaning up to transition to Group Time. During Group Time the child participates in activities designed specifically for the whole group. The child feels succesful and joyful and he/she engages appropriately with this large group of peers. As Group Time ends the child chooses to continue on of the activities that was intorduced at Group Time with a close peer or two.

They complete their activity and clean up, deciding to visit nutrition to make some of their own pancakes and strawberries which are being offerened that day. After eating snack and cleaning up their spots at the table the children decide to go their separate ways to participate in each of their favorite centers independently.

The child engaged in a variety of familiar and new activities with favorite playmates and new ones of varied ages.

When the parent arrives the child greets the parent with a big hug and they gather the child's belongings together and say goodbye to teachers. The teacher may share an anecdote with the parent about one aspect of play, or an activity, or an interaction.

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