CHILD Preschool

Mission

The mission of CHILD is to provide a professional, nurturing childcare program serving children and their families by creating a loving, positive, respect-filled childcare environment which promotes cognitive, social, physical, and emotional development.

Our Philosophy

To offer each child the opportunity to develop his/her unique and individual potential as a human being and to provide the opportunity for each child to explore, experience, and discover his/her world in a loving, secure, and supportive atmosphere of respect.

• To provide care that supports and enhances the physical, intellectual, social and emotional growth of your child
• To communicate with you and your child in a supportive and respectful way
• To use a variety of assessment methods that are sensitive to and informed by family culture, experiences, children's abilities/disabilities and home language. Formally, use the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) with both teacher and family participation. Informally, teachers collect and share information gathered in our classroom observations
• To be free of racial, sex-role bias and stereotyping
• To hone the natural organization of your child's personality through the development of: trust, exploration, language, intellectual development, independence, self-esteem and exposure to new experiences. Our program's educational activities will never be done at the expense of your child's self-esteem. Children do not need to be forced to learn; they are motivated by their own desire to make sense of the world
• To promote your child's development by intentionally choosing objects, multi-cultural books, materials and toys for each classroom to ensure your child has a ful variety age-appropriate learning activities.

University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview employees receive a 20% discount (reflected in the employee rate listed below).

YOUNG PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
Young Preschool age range 33 months to 3yrs. 9 months
Two young preschool groups of 8 children
Staff to child ratio 1:8
UMMC Employees Daily $52
UMMC Employees Weekly $207
Community weekly fee $258*

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM
Preschool age range 3 yrs. 7 months – 5 years old
Three Preschool groups of 10 children;
Staff to child ratio 1:10
UMMC Employees Daily $50
UMMC Employees Weekly $196
Community weekly fee $246*

*Note: Only full time care is offered to the community