Seattle Child Care Centers

Whole Child Learning Center is a Montessori Preschool, established in 2000. The program is open to 2 1/2 to 5-year-old children. We are open eleven months of the year, Sept-July and we ask all families to make a one year commitment to the community of families and teachers. Most families are with us for three years. Everyone involved in your child's education, including the WCLC community of Families, understands the importance of a commitment to their child's education.

AGES: The children's ages range from 2.5 to 5 years of age to encourage healthy development of empathy, social & emotional interaction and academic mastery of preschool skills. We have anywhere from 15-24 students and five highly skilled teachers each day.

RATIOS: The teacher to student ratios is 1: 5. We have twenty-four students with five BA + educated Teachers.

HOURS: According to your child s age, the children s four-hour session would be:
SUNROOM GROUP (2.5 - 3 yrs.) -8:30 to 12:30 ..includes breakfast, snack, (lunch that you provide) & and toilet learning
MIDDLE GROUP (3.5- 4 yrs.) -9:00 to 1:00 .includes breakfast, snack & (lunch that you provide)
PRE-K GROUP (4 - 5 yrs.) -9:30 to 1:30 .includes snack & (lunch that you provide for your child)

We are Bilingual Preschool in the Montlake Area. Our Pre-k Program Curriculum is designed to expand our students' minds by integrating language immersion into fun and engaging age-specific activities in a safe and nurturing environment where we celebrate Cultural Diversity. I am a certified teacher with 7 years of experience working for Seattle Public Schools at Immersion Schools. You can count with my personal and professional references upon request. For more information about our Program, check our Website: lacolmenitapreschool.com

The Jos Mart Child Development Center is a program of El Centro de la Raza, an organization with 44 years of experience in Child Development. The new International District location serves children ages 15 months to 5 years old and offers Mandarin/English and Spanish/English bilingual programming.

WOODLAND HALL PRESCHOOL AND CHILDCARE CENTER is a nonprofit organization and is dedicated to the growth of young children. Our goal is to surround children with a safe, sharing, caring, learning and growing environment. This nurturing atmosphere enhances and stimulates the development of a child's body, mind, and spirit. Our methods are centered on that goal and our knowledge that children learn through active manipulation of the environment and through concrete experiences. The developmentally appropriate activities and materials used in our program provide opportunity for the child s grown and participation in decision making, development of self-esteem and the establishment of values*. We place an emphasis on spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional development. Out of this emphasis grows a supportive bond among people in the center. We accept our fellow human beings as expressed in actions of helpfulness, respect, and cooperation, showing that we value the dignity and worth of every individual. From this, all other things are possible. Green Lake Preschool has been in existence since 1988. Woodland Hall Preschool is a DBA of the Green Lake campus.
[*Portions of our philosophy and mission statement have been adopted from the National Association for the Education of Young Children position statement.]

We approach teaching with a child-centered philosophy. We believe that every aspect of a child's personality, be it cognitive, social, emotional, physical, or spiritual, should be touched or challenged in some way during his or her journey with us. Each of these areas is interrelated, and in a relaxed and rich learning environment, these aspects can naturally integrate to create maximal and effective learning.

We believe that each child is unique and we do our best to nurture the intrinsic gifts that each one brings and shares with us. We also believe that what truly makes a difference in a child's life, beneath all the methods, materials, and the curriculum, is a teacher who cares about each child and who teaches from the heart.

Leaders in early childhood learning and development state that the earliest years of life are the most important. Half of an individual's intelligence is developed by the age of four and in these same years children are most susceptible to environmental influences! Teachers have a very influential role in being the first link in a long chain of instruction. For success in a child's progress through school, our teachers have a responsibility to provide for your child an environment that will stimulate and enrich him or her and help lay a foundation for future academics.

At our preschool, it is important that we know your child's level of cognitive development and have age appropriate activities. Preschool children love to learn by doing. They are active learners who gain knowledge by acting directly on and with concrete objects. Through these actions they can draw conclusions about their world. Within our daily classroom routine, we have many hands on activities and projects designed to be stimulating and fun for your child. It is exciting that preschoolers are such tireless experimenters and investigators!

At Creative Minds, we believe that learning should be primarily child-directed and play-based. Children learn by having hands-on experiences, and play is their work. Our role as educators is to support each unique child improve their socialization and problem solving skills, expand their imagination, and guide them to explore and gain confidence in a safe and nurturing environment.

Our curriculum introduces children to a child-centered curriculum that exposes them to languages, science, math, drama, music, arts, cultures and outdoor play. We offer a language immersion program in both Mandarin Chinese and English; the program works toward conversational fluency in the foreign language. Each month, we explore new cultures and traditions as part of preparing our children to be confident world citizens.

Creative Minds offers multi-aged mix classroom, which encourages children to learn from each other and take on new roles and responsibilities within their group. Program activities you might see at my site include daily circle time, free choice, language classes, practical life skills, imaginative play and outdoor play.

We offer children nutritious organic/non GMO meals and snacks daily to support their physical growth, along with plentiful of exercises.

Located at West Woodland Elementary School, Kids Inc. is a nationally accredited child care center offering full and part-time preschool programs, a pre-kindergarten program, before and after school programming, and a summer camp. Their relationship with the school allows access to the school playground, gym, cafeteria, tech lab, and library.

55th Street School offers Preschool and Prekindergarten classes for children ages 2 years - 5 years. Preschool runs 9:00 - 3:00 with before school care offered from 7:30- 9:00. Families can choose to come 2, 3, 4, or 5 days per week. We have been in business in the Bryant/Ravenna area of Seattle since 1985, in a very child friendly house. We have a preschool class for 2 & 3 year olds and a prekindergarten class for 4 & 5 year olds. Our school year runs from September - June. We are play based and offer a good balance of free choice play, teacher directed story and circle time and outdoor play. Rain or shine we are always playing learning and having fun!