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First Step is a non-profit child care center in Belvidere, Illinois, offering care for children from infancy through school age with programs from infant/toddler through before-and-after school care.
First Step operates as a non-profit day care center serving infants, preschoolers and school-age children. Funding sources listed for the center include tuition (private and subsidized), state and federal program reimbursement, grant support and fundraising.
The program uses the Frog Street Press curriculum alongside Illinois early learning guidelines. Lesson plans are described as individualized and developmentally scaffolded, with attention to social, emotional, cognitive and motor development and an emphasis on play-based, hands-on learning.
Teaching staff are described as trained early childhood professionals with at least a Level 1 ECE credential and a range of degrees in early childhood, child development or elementary education; staff complete a minimum of 20 hours of annual training including CPR/First Aid and food handler training. Health measures described include daily self-certified health checks for people entering the building, routine sanitizing of toys and high-contact areas and use of a Zono sanitizing machine; mask use is encouraged for anyone over age 2 who prefers them.
Provides developmentally appropriate care for infants and toddlers using Frog Street Press and Illinois Early Learning Guidelines, with individualized lesson plans and support for primary caregiving and individual schedules.
Play-based preschool that scaffolds learning according to child development levels, using Frog Street Press and Illinois preschool standards; includes family-style meals, daily lessons and field trips.
Before- and after-school care with transportation to many area schools, a flexible non-school day schedule and an all-day summer program; programming is center-developed and inspired by Frog Street Press, with homework support and field trips.
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