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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.  

 

Other program highlights include:

We are open Monday through Friday from 5:30am to 6:30pm  

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 Curriculum

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

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: Michelle.Beegle@myrcoc.org

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.


Butterfly Room: Birth - 2 years

Firefly Room: Birth-2 years 

Ladybug Room: 18 months - 3 years

Caterpillar Room: 18 months- 3 years

Honeybee Room: 2.5- 4 years

Grasshopper Room: 3-5 years

Dragonfly Room: 5-6 years

Additional Rooms for 6 years and plus

School age before/after school programming and summer programming


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 262-554-6515 to schedule your tour today!

Service Prices

 

We offer a flexible schedule based on the child's attendance.  Please call the director at 262-554-6515 for further information.  Prices updated January 2025

Infants Under 2 years

 

$89

per week

Under 10 hours per week

Infants Under 2 years

 

$130

per week

10-17 hours per week

Infants Under 2 years

 

$235

per week

17-32 hours per week

Infants Under 2 years

 

$305

per week

32 plus hours per week

2 years

 

$77

per week

Under 10 hours per week

 2 years

 

$115

per week

10-17 hours per week

2 years

 

$215

per week

17-32 hours per week

 2 years

 

$260

per week

32 plus hours per week

3-4 years

 

$68

per week

Under 10 hours per week

 3-4 years

 

$105

per week

10-17 hours per week

3-4 years

 

$190

per week

17-32 hours per week

 3-4 years

 

$240

per week

32 plus hours per week

5 plus years

 

$66

per week

Under 10 hours per week

 5 plus years

 

$100

per week

10-17 hours per week

5 plus years

 

$185

per week

17-32 hours per week

 5 plus years

 

$215

per week

32 plus hours per week

​Hands of Opportunity (Racine County Opportunity Center)

Racine Office- 4214 Sheridan Road Racine, WI 53403  (262) 554-5006 Fax: (262) 554-6892

Burlington Office - 132 W Chestnut St, Burlington, WI 53105  (262)763-8012

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