Isabel Patterson Child Development Center is a campus-based childcare and early education center at California State University, Long Beach serving student parents and their children from infancy through early elementary grades. The center is licensed by the California Department of Social Services and accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Isabel Patterson Child Development Center provides early care and educational services on the California State University, Long Beach campus for student parents and, as space permits, CSULB staff, faculty, alumni and members of the community. The center enrolls children from infancy through school age and serves roughly 230 children each semester. It is licensed by the California Department of Social Services and accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
The program emphasizes a child-centered, play-based philosophy that supports cognitive, physical, social and emotional development. Teachers observe and respond to children’s interests and needs, and the center maintains an organized staff-development program for student assistants and program staff.
The center occupies multiple children’s facilities on a two-acre site at the northwest corner of the campus. Campus facilities described include separate centers for different age groups, outdoor play areas with grassy hills, a children's garden, play villages and sand/water play areas, a preschool kitchen and a geodesic dome used for school-age programs.
Program for infants and toddlers with AM, PM, full-day and a Friday PM session; rates vary by parent status (student, staff/faculty, alumni/community).
Flexible-scheduling preschool program billed on an hourly basis; rates vary by parent status (student, staff/faculty, alumni/community).
After-school and school-age care with scheduled afternoon sessions and an offered kindergarten shuttle weekly flat rate.
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