A Step Ahead Day Care is a Philadelphia childcare center serving toddlers, preschoolers, Pre-K Counts participants and school-age children. The center describes a play-based, developmentally appropriate program and publishes detailed health, cleaning and screening procedures for families.







A Step Ahead Day Care is a childcare centre in Philadelphia that offers care for toddlers, preschool-age children, participants in a Pre-K Counts program and school-age children. Programming is presented as developmentally appropriate and emphasizes learning through play and hands-on activities to support intellectual, social, emotional and physical development.
Published procedures include daily health checks and temperature screening at drop-off, separated classroom cohorts, limits on large-group activities, reduced sharing of materials, frequent handwashing, twice-daily disinfection of high-touch surfaces and increased nightly cleaning. Staff wear face coverings, have received training on infection control, and PPE is available when needed. Family access to classrooms is restricted and personal items from home are limited.
Meals and snacks are plated and served by staff rather than family-style, and eating utensils are not shared. School-age children are asked to bring single-serve lunches in a zip-lock bag. The centre uses Class Dojo to communicate with families and to share messages, updates and photos.
Pre-K Counts is offered as a program that adheres to the School District of Philadelphia schedule.
School-age participants are included in the program; school-age children are asked to bring single-serve lunches in a zip-lock bag.
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