HANDS OF OPPORTUNITY (RCOC)
Creating Opportunity for Life's Potential through Learning and Living
The Child Development Center
The Child Development Center, formally known as Nestling Place, is a state licensed group center that is open to the public but specializes with children with special needs. ENROLLMENT IS NOW OPEN FOR DAY CARE AND BEFORE/AFTER SCHOOL CARE!
Other program highlights include:
- We are open Monday through Friday from 5:30am to 6:30pm
- HOLIDAY CLOSURES 2022/2023: Closing EARLY Thursday December 15th at 5:00pm, CLOSED December 23rd, 26th, 30th & January 2, 2023
- Flexible scheduling and Tuition Fees based on attendance
- An indoor playground and fenced outdoor playground
- Nutritious breakfast, lunch and snacks included in tuition and following USDA guidelines
- Inclusive classrooms for all children of all needs
- 4 Star Youngstar rating by the State of Wisconsin
- Certified and experienced staff
- Learning through Play philosophy
Looking for a way to giveback to our program? Below is our wish list for the Community Guidance Program! If you are able to provide any items please reach out to the contact listed.
Our Philosophy
The Child Development Center strives to meet every child at their developmental levels through play while meeting the families needs by connecting them to community resources.
Based on research provided by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), play is an essential part to the child's learning process. By embedding learning directly into the child's play, we can observe and monitor the child's growth in all areas of development including social-emotional , cognitive (or how a child learns), gross and fine motor (how the child moves), and communication.
This is, in part, why play is such an important component in our lesson planning and room environments.
Comforters
Baby Blankets
Gently Used Towels
Batteries AA or AAA
Board books
Shaving cream
Clean Sand
Hot Wheels
Gently Worn Clothes
Contact: Michelle Beegle
Phone: (262) 822-5843
Email: [email protected]
Our Curriculum
We use the Creative Curriculum to enhance our environment and day to day activities for all children to learn through play. Creative Curriculum is a research based curriculum that provides our teachers with todays' best practices to enhance all children's individual outcomes through effective teaching.
Programming
We overlap ages in our rooms to meet the needs of each individual child.
Firefly Room: Birth-2 years
Caterpillar Room: 18 months- 3 years
Honeybee Room: 2.5- 4 years
Grasshopper Room: 3-5 years
Ladybug Room: 5-8 years
Dragonfly Room: Over 8
School age before/after school programming and summer programming
Developmental Assessments
Ages and Stages
The Ages & Stages assessments are used as an early intervention to identify infants and young children who may have developmental delays or disorders. We also use Six Simple Ways to Assess as another tool to assess and to track the development of the children in our care.
The areas that are assessed include:
- Communication
- Gross Motor
- Fine Motor
- Problem Solving
- Personal-Social
Portfolios
For each individual child, the teachers take the above assessments to further meet children at their individual levels of development needs.
Parent Conferences
Twice a year, we encourage parents to meet individually with their child's teacher to discuss the child's development, accomplishments, and concerns. The teachers and parents together decide on goals for the child and strategies that can be implemented both in the classroom and at home to help the child succeed.
Tour, Tuition and Enrollment Information
Our tuition rates were developed with working parents as well as students in mind. We offer flexible scheduling with drop in and weekly flat rates available. Contact us for more information on how our fees work.
We encourage all parents to take a tour of our facility to see the grounds and meet the staff. At the tour we will be happy to provide you a packet with enrollment paperwork that we will go over together. After filling out the paperwork required, parents meet with the director for a 15 minute meeting to go over contract and any accommodations that we need to provide.
Please call 262-554-6738 to schedule your tour today!