Oxford Street Daycare Cooperative is a private, not-for-profit early learning center on the Harvard campus in Cambridge, serving children from about three months through kindergarten entry. The center operates year-round and is organized as a parent-staff cooperative with regular parent participation.
Oxford Street Daycare Cooperative is a not-for-profit early learning center located on the Harvard campus that provides full-day, year-round early care and education for children from roughly three months through kindergarten entry. The program is run as a parent-staff cooperative that encourages family involvement in the life of the center.
The center describes an approach in which teachers act as guides and facilitators, supporting children as active learners. Instruction emphasizes relationship-based practice (the center is identified as a Touchpoints Center), a language-rich environment, sensory and hands-on exploration, and activities that support cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development.
The cooperative structure includes required parent help shifts and classroom meetings. Parents participate in classroom assistance, center chores, and committee work, and the governance model includes parent involvement in policy and program decisions.
Infants are enrolled between three and fourteen months of age. The infant program is licensed for seven children with an adult-to-child ratio of 1:3 or 2:7 and emphasizes relationship-based care, sensory stimulation, language development, and individualized routines.
Preschoolers are described as between three and five years of age. The preschool program is licensed for fifteen children with an adult-to-child ratio of 1:10 or 2:15 and provides a routine with a variety of activities drawn from art, math, science, cooking, music and movement, dramatic play, language arts, and manipulative activities.
Stompers are described as children between two and three years of age. The stomper program is licensed for nine children with an adult-to-child ratio of 1:4 or 2:9 and emphasizes autonomy, social-emotional growth, child-centered hands-on activities, conflict resolution, and gross motor development.
Toddlers are described as between fifteen and twenty-four months of age. The toddler program is licensed for nine children with an adult-to-child ratio of 1:4 or 2:9 and focuses on fostering self-help skills, sensory and creative activities, language and social development, and gross motor play.
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