Educational excellence, unwavering dedication and outstanding child care. Those are the values that Children's Development Center stands for.

Children's Development Center is different. First and foremost, the child needs to feel secure, cared for and respected as a member of the center.  When a child is comfortable and secure within their surroundings the natural progression of learning can take place. 

Our goal is to care for your child while attending to all their individual needs.  Our developmental program is based on state standards and more importantly our own individual experiences and teaching methods. 

Children's Development Center works closely with local public Kindergartens, assuring your child will be well prepared for what lies ahead. Many of these schools have stated that children entering Kindergarten after having attended Children's Development Center are well adjusted and ready to learn. 

At Children's Development Center, we have a deep understanding of what makes children individuals. Our focus is helping them develop their potential through a healthy mix of educational and recreational activities.

It's up to all of us - including the parents - to encourage our kids to bolster their own personal development, independence and creativity. Because this cannot be done without the support of family and friends, we support the parents in educating their children in a manner that is consistent with their own values and beliefs.

Together, we can prepare your child for the wonderful life that lies ahead!

What children need is what they get at Children's Development Center:

• Early exposure to languages
• Early music education
• Exercise
• Preschool-level academic work

We have created a place for your child to learn and grow emotionally, intellectually, and creatively. We believe a child’s earliest years in a school setting should be in a warm and supportive atmosphere with stimulation and structure provided by a well thought out developmental curriculum.

One important goal is to help each child meet success each day so s/he can develop a strong sense of self-worth and a positive self-image.

We strive to have an equally balanced schedule which incorporates structure and flexibility, as well as quiet and active play activities. We foster each child’s self-expression and creativity. Each teacher’s role is to provide a varied curriculum in order to allow each child to have the freedom to move, explore, and learn. Our obligation is to make each child’s school experience happy, beneficial, and learn.

Our curriculum is based on the belief that children learn best when they can experiment with a variety of learning activities and materials. It is said that play is the young child’s work, and through play s/he does his/her best learning. Each child’ activity level and interests are our guide as we work individually or in small groups on skill building activities.

Our curriculum meets the sequential and developmental needs of our children based on the Massachusetts State Standards for Early Education and Care. Careful consideration has been given to the learning material provided within the framework of an organized, yet flexible, schedule.

Our monthly curriculum theme is set by administrative staff while the day to day activities are created by the individual classroom teachers in order to meet every child’s individual needs within the classroom. For example, one month may have the theme of Shapes and Colors; however, the Toddler classroom will be focusing on basics while the Pre-Kindergarten classroom would be doing more in-depth activities.

Children’s Development Center ensures each child is prepared to enter the Public School for Kindergarten with all the knowledge and skills needed for a successful and smooth transition. Not only do we put a huge focus on independence, self-help skills, and social/emotional development; but we also have well-rounded academic programs in our Preschool and Prekindergarten classrooms to ensure a breadth of knowledge for your little learner.

These academic programs include a focus on weekly letters, numbers, shapes and colors in each age group. As our students get older, we increase our expectations to give a well-rounded literacy base. We also use Handwriting Without Tears to give additional literacy time for our oldest age group.

We have created a hands-on Mathematics Journal that incorporates not only the standards derived from the Department of Early Education and Care but the Massachusetts Frameworks for Prekindergarten. This journal is full of fun and colorful shapes, pictures, and equations that mimic hands on materials in our classroom to ensure the students use their whole body to understand new mathematical concepts such as counting, one-to-one correspondence, addition, subtraction, patterns, and more!

Lastly, we feel imagination is one of the most important things we can foster as it enhances the best part about being a kid – playing! Each student receives an “Imagination Station” journal which is filled with short, open-ended questions. Students can spend as much time as they desire during centers to create stories based off these questions. Their stories are never ending and so much fun to look at!

All these activities are woven into our ample play time as well as gross motor time both outside on our playgrounds and in our large gym space.