Hollister Child Development Center, LLC is a childcare centre in Hollister, California serving children from three months through 12 years, operating Monday through Friday.
Hollister Child Development Center provides care and early education for children from three months to 12 years of age. The program operates weekdays and serves a range of early childhood and school-age needs.
The centre uses a play-based, emergent curriculum and references established early-childhood frameworks, including PITC (Programs for Infant/Toddler Caregiving), Magda Gerber's RIE philosophy, and the Creative Curriculum. Classroom activities emphasize hands-on learning, social interaction, and developmentally appropriate materials.
The centre participates in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and provides meals to enrolled children at no separate charge.
Programming includes academic support and enrichment activities such as homework assistance, arts and crafts, music and movement, clubs (including culinary and drama), gardening and cooking, and daily outdoor play when weather permits. Playgrounds and outdoor spaces are used to support gross-motor development and cooperative play.
After-school offerings include daily homework assistance, academic support, enrichment activities, clubs (music, dance, drama, culinary), outdoor activities, gardening and cooking projects, and periodic performances or showcases.
Schedules are flexible to reflect individual needs; infants receive individual attention and safe, open spaces are provided for mobile infants. A toddler-option classroom is offered for children approximately 18 to 30 months, with stated staff-to-child ratios of 1:6 in the toddler option and 1:4 in infant care, and a maximum of 24 toddlers with up to 4 staff in that classroom. The toddler-option classroom is described as using RIE and the Creative Curriculum.
A developmentally appropriate learning environment blending child-initiated and teacher-directed activities, with emphasis on free play, circle time, activity centers, outdoor play, music, and teacher-guided skill development; worksheets are not used as a primary learning tool.
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