John R. Oishei Child Development Center

Creative Curriculum

We believe that children learn best when they are actively involved with materials and with others, therefore we place much emphasis on setting up the proper learning environment and building positive, meaningful relationships with children and their families.
The Infant Curriculum helps to develop early fine and gross motor skills based on the children’s ages.
The Toddler Curriculum helps us to build relationships with children by creating meaningful daily routines and experiences that respond to individual children’s strengths and interests. These early, positive interactions with caring adults can give young children the confidence they need to explore their surroundings and take delight in their day-to-day discoveries through all developmental areas: Social-emotional, physical, cognitive, and language.
The Preschool Curriculum forms the basis of a fully integrated program for 3- to 5-year-old children to successfully plan and implement a content-rich, developmentally appropriate program that supports active learning and promotes children’s progress in all developmental areas: Social-emotional, physical, cognitive, and language.

Parent Engagement

There are a variety of ways the Center promotes ongoing communication:

• The Parent Handbook
• The Parent Info Board in the lobby
• Daily written and verbal communication given by the classroom – Tadpole Reports
• Phone calls
• “Parent-teacher” Conferences (once per semester)
• Notices and memos in the children’s mailboxes and cubbies
• Center Events

Parents are welcome to participate in the classroom events.
Our center has an “open door policy” which means once you are enrolled, you can bring your child in to meet the teacher.

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Child Development Center is a nationally accredited site!

Are you choosing a child care program for your son or daughter? Are you frightened or sad about the thought of someone else taking care of your child? Many families struggle with the decision to enroll their children into child care, and once the decision is made, choosing the right program is just as hard.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

NAEYC can help parents feel good about the child care, preschool, and kindergarten programs they choose. NAEYC created an accreditation system to improve the quality of education and care provided in programs for young children. NAEYC Accreditation has become the mark of quality, helping parents find the best possible early childhood experience.