Palcare is a nonprofit child care and early-education organization in Burlingame that provides developmentally based care for families with non-traditional work schedules, including an infant program and other early childhood programs for children up to five years old.
Palcare is a nonprofit child care and early-education organization that serves families with non-traditional work schedules. The center enrolls children from infancy through early childhood and maintains flexible scheduling and extended-hour care to accommodate changing work hours.
The program is developmentally based and draws on the work of Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson. Emphasis is placed on nurturing individual development, fostering a love of learning, supporting autonomy and moral growth, and maintaining a partnership with families.
Daily meals and snacks include fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, meat and baked items and are served family-style. Children participate in setting tables and family-style dining as part of lessons in nutrition, social skills, motor development, language and independence.
Daily morning and afternoon snacks and lunches include fresh fruit, vegetables, dairy, meat and bakery items; meals are served family-style and involve children in setting tables and participating to promote healthy eating and social skills.
The Infant Program emphasizes respect, nurturing and individual attention for babies and toddlers, and a warm partnership with families; it is guided by the view that the first years of life are critical for development.
A full-day or part-day pre-kindergarten curriculum focused on language, literacy, mathematics, natural science, music and art; staffing levels and group sizes are described on the site to support individual learning.
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