Child Development Center
Child Development Center
Butte College Main Campus
(530) 895-2865
Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
When children are cared for at Butte College, not only do they receive the highest quality care, they immediately become part of a nurturing and creative community.
The partnership among highly skilled college instructors, certified master teachers, instructional assistants, and the parents of the young attendees, creates a rich nurturing and comprehensive learning experience.
About the Program
Mission Statement
The Butte College Child Development Center provides a high quality program that is respectful and responsive to children by developing a partnership with the child and his/her family.
Philosophy
Butte College provides a model laboratory school experience at the Child Development Center (CDC) for a variety of college students. The CDC offers an early childhood program that fosters the social, emotional, intellectual, language, creative, and physical growth of young children. We provide opportunities for children to explore, discover, and experiment with a wide variety of materials in a safe and emotionally responsive environment.
For children, our goal is to provide a play-based curriculum which is designed to teach the whole child. This curriculum allows children to learn self-help skills, practice social skills, enrich their early language and pre-reading skills, and foster creative expression in a caring and trusting environment. The teachers respect each child's unique need to develop at his/her own pace. A CDC goal is to sustain accreditation with the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Our teachers provide a supportive and enriching environment which builds close relationships with our center's families. We encourage positive parent-child interaction, parent involvement, and consistent care between school and home.
Enrollment
The Child Development Center offers programs for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, as well as before and after school care for children in kindergarten.
Pre-entry physical and all immunization in accordance to child's age.
Eligibility
The CDC operates on a nondiscriminatory basis, affording equal treatment and access to services without regard to race, color, gender, religion, national origin, or ancestry.
The CDC is open to the Butte-Glenn communities, in addition to children of Butte College students and employees.
Requirements
• Age 6 weeks through five years
• Pre-entry physical examination and T.B. test
• Parent enrollment in a .5 - 1 unit parenting class
Program
• Accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children
• State licensed
• Certified Master Teachers and Assistant Master Teachers
• College-trained staff
• Excellent child-teacher ratios
• Model laboratory child development center
• Ongoing parent - teacher - director communication
• We serve breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack that is supported by the USDA Food Program
• Tuition below the regional market rate
• Monitored security system
Curriculum
The CDC offers an array of individual and group activities every day. Through participation in self-selected activities, children have the opportunity to develop initiative, make decisions, and assume responsibility for their choices. A common theme that runs throughout the curriculum emphasizes the richness of cultural diversity issues, e.g., gender equity, ethnicity, ageism, and special needs.
A typcial day at Butte's CDC includes the following activities, among many others:
• Art
• Cooking and Food
• Dramatic Play
• Health and Safety
• Language Arts
• Math
• Music
• Science
• Large and Small Motor Skills
• Water, Sand, and Mud
• Woodworking