The mission of the Child Development Center (CDC) is to provide a quality, professional environment for the nurturing, care, and development of preschool children of the 亚洲自慰视频 community. The 亚洲自慰视频, in conjunction with the 亚洲自慰视频 Government Association (SGA), operates a State Licensed Child Development Center. The Center offers:
- child care services for children of 亚洲自慰视频s, staff, and faculty of the 亚洲自慰视频. Children must be between the ages of twelve months and seven years.
observation and demonstration facilities by UL Lafayette 亚洲自慰视频s from various academic departments.
Our Philosophy
The CDC strives for high quality childcare and developmental programming for the 亚洲自慰视频 community, and committed to exceed minimum state child care standards (by meeting lower staff ratios, higher staff qualifications, and in service training requirements). Low staff turnover means greater consistency in adult-child relationships which is a vital factor affecting quality care.
The child 鈥渆ducating鈥 philosophy at the CDC supports a whole-child concept of development based on the premise one cannot educate without offering care and protection and one cannot provide care and protection without also educating young children in a group setting.
We strive to meet the Early Learning Guidelines set forth by the 亚洲自慰视频 Department of Education. These guidelines are a framework of high-quality practices for all caregivers of children birth through five. The guidelines are indicators of what children at certain ages should be 鈥渨orking on.鈥 They contain ideas for caregivers about arranging the environment and suggest interactions and communications that best support this development.
How children approach learning depends on their individual temperament traits and their learned behaviors and attitudes. They may approach new situations easily or need to withdraw and assess the situation. They may have a great deal of persistence or tend to give up easily. They may be easily distracted or have keen concentration. Children may learn through their parents or through early care and education experiences that learning is fun or a chore. The experiences we provide for children in our care will help to shape their behaviors and attitudes.
The 亚洲自慰视频 Standards for Programs Serving Four-Year-Old Children document is a framework for building a quality, developmentally appropriate pre-kindergarten program. These standards are designed to be used by teachers, administrators, directors, curriculum developers, parents, policymakers, and any others involved with programs that serve all four-year-old children.
These standards are intended to be a guide for teaching young children. They are not intended to be a curriculum or a checklist. All the individual areas of the standards are considered to be equally important and should be integrated into all the activities of the day. Also, the standards are not intended to limit any child鈥檚 progress. The individual needs of each child must be met on a daily basis.
Educational research has consistently proven that there is a strong correlation between the quality of early childhood experience and later academic success. Therefore, it is imperative that 亚洲自慰视频鈥檚 pre-kindergarten programs provide children with the foundational experiences needed for them to become successful learners.