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Short description
Charlie Brown Community Day Care Center is the original child care center in this community. The goal and purpose of quality child care with reasonable prices remains consistent. Charlie Brown is a child nurturing center that promotes physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth for children. A play-based curriculum is used for the preschool program. Services include care for mildly ill children, care for special needs children, infant and toddler care and various classes.
Information
Hours:
West Town Monday - Friday 5:30am to 7:00pm Saturday 6:30am to 6:30pm East Town
Monday - Friday 5:30am-6:30pm Lake Town Monday - Friday 5:30am-6:30pm
Phone:
West Town (641) 424-0065 East Town (641) 423-6029 Lake Town (641) 357-7277
INFANT PROGRAM
 A quality program for infants is a warm, nurturing, interesting, reliable, and stimulating environment, while at the same time providing secure and dependable setting and routines. Our goal is to support the growing autonomy and increasing skills and competencies of infants as they develop. Infants receive care from Caregivers who understand and enjoy their physical, emotional, cognitive and social explorations and experimentation. To meet the needs of each growing child, communication between caregivers and parents is of primary importance. We believe that continuity between home and center provides a child with the sense of security and enhances his or her development. It is our goal to meet the needs of the whole child. For the child's physical development we provide nutritious meals and snacks. We offer safe equipment for both large and small motor development. We also provide many opportunities for cognitive development by offering a variety of teacher initiated activities. PRESCHOOL CLASSES
 Charlie Brown is offering tuition-based Preschool classes for 2011-2012.Classes begin August 30, 2011. To be eligible for Preschool, your child must be:
Preschool information:
 Three Locations
Financial Assistance Available with qualifying income.
Dear Families,
We would like to welcome you to our Preschool Program. Our Program is from 8:30-12:30, Monday through Friday, with no additional costs for those enrolled during our child care hours. We have Preschool rooms: ages 2-3 years, 3-4 years, & 4-5 years. The child’s room placement is determined by the child’ birth date of September 15th. Each room has a college degreed staff with at least 15 hours of child care training. Each staff is certified in First Aid, Infant, Child, & Adult CPF, and Universal Precautions. Our Preschool curriculum is a play based and creative curriculum of learning. Play helps a child learn about her/himself and what she/he can do; learn about others; and learn about her/his environment. Play helps to establish friendships and helps to express feelings. We incorporate Creative Curriculum from Quality Preschools Standards Training combined with “All About Preschoolers,” and environment based curriculum developed for the Iowa Quality Rating Scale, for our curriculum. Each week we center around one main theme with activities that teach the seven domains of learning: language & literacy, mathematical thinking, scientific thinking, social skills, the arts, and small & large motor skills. Each month we send home a brief newsletter and calendar describing what your child will be learning and any additional information you will need to know for that month. Three times during the year we will be sending home a checklist on your child’s development: fall, winter, & spring. We offer conferences at these times as well. We will also be collecting projects throughout the year for a portfolio to show your child’s growth. In order to enhance each individual child’s development, a variety of experiences are planned. We have several special events throughout the year such as holiday parties, seasonal musical performances, Grandparent’s day, spring play, science fair, and graduation. Field trips are planned through-out the year as well as community member presentations. Our Preschool program has an open door policy and we encourage you to visit as much as you wish. We believe that the key to developing a program for young children is frequent communication between parents and center to benefit us all. We believe that a quality program for young children should promote and maintain growth in self-worth of each child. It is our goal to help the children in our care to become caring human beings. SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
 With busing to all public schoolsA quality program for school-age children should be a comfortable, relaxed, environment and provide experiences to complement each child's home and school life. It is our primary goal to provide a warm and caring environment for the children, with a variety of educational and recreational opportunities.
Communication between home and center is an important factor in developing a quality program and should coordinate home, school, and center routines as it develops a close relationship between center staff, children, and families. A daily schedule is established so that children and parents know what to expect from the program. This schedule can be flexible enough to allow for spontaneity and changes in the program for field trips, music, group sports, and games. Quiet periods and space and time to "do nothing" are important. Children usually choose from activities in an open classroom setting. Indoor and outdoor activities provide a balanced program. A safe and healthy environment is a primary concern of the staff. When purchasing materials and equipment, safety as well as usefulness and durability, are taken into consideration every time. School-age children are encouraged to think about the responsibility involved with using certain materials.  Our summer school-age program offers a variety of recreational activities along with stimulation to learn about new ideas. Opportunities are created to allow the children "hands on" experiences outside the center. Community resources and programs are utilized to their maximum. The program is designed to provide children with:
Get Well Center
Charlie Brown Child Care offers a Get Well Center that is open to the public. Children 6 weeks to 12 years old who are mildly ill are cared for in a State Licensed environment with the supervison of a Registered Nurse.
Parents who call to enroll their child must provide information of the illness symptoms. The registered Nurse will assess the child's condition and determine the care of Get Well. One hour notice is required. Your child will receive individualized care from a Registered Nurse in a cozy space where your child will be comfortable. Activities are available if the child's condition allows such as quiet games and movies. Admissions Procedures
Website: http://www.charliebrownchildcare.com
Address
Address 1: 600 1st Street NW #108 Mason City, Cerro Gordo, IA, USA 50401
Address 2: 700 N. Washington Mason City, Cerro Gordo, IA, USA 50401
Address 3: 7B South 8th St. Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo, IA, USA 50428
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