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Picket Fence Day Care & Learning Center (Elmwood Park) is a licensed childcare and learning center serving children from six weeks through 12 years, offering weekday full‑day care and before/after‑school programming.
Picket Fence Day Care & Learning Center in Elmwood Park is a licensed early care and education program that enrolls children from infancy through school age. The center operates on a weekday full‑day schedule and also offers before and after school extended care and summer camp options.
The program uses the Creative Curriculum for preschool and integrates the Illinois Early Learning Standards. Daily activities cover literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, technology, creative expression, health and safety, and the arts, with emphasis on hands‑on and open‑ended learning. Classrooms provide areas for music, science exploration, large‑motor skills, dramatic play, blocks, manipulatives, sensory play, art, and a library; field trips are also part of the program.
Programs include toddler, preschool, prekindergarten and school‑age classrooms. Toddler, preschool and prekindergarten programs maintain portfolios for each child, conduct screenings during the first 60 days of enrollment, perform regular assessments and issue progress reports three times per year. Before and after school care (BASEC) provides supervised activities, homework time, snacks, arts and crafts, and computer/game time.
Staff meet state child care requirements, complete background checks and health screenings, and participate in annual training hours. The center follows a peanut/tree‑nut free policy and serves a hot breakfast, hot lunch and two snacks each day, and accommodates special dietary needs.
Classroom program for toddlers focusing on age‑appropriate play and developmental activities within the center's curriculum framework.
Preschool classrooms use the Creative Curriculum and offer hands‑on learning across literacy, math, science, art and social skills, with child portfolios and periodic assessments.
Prekindergarten program that continues preschool learning goals with regular assessments, portfolios and progress reports to track development.
Programs for school‑age children that include before and after school care, enrichment activities and summer camp options.
BASEC provides supervised activities, homework time, nutritious snacks, arts and crafts, and computer/game time for District 401 students and summer camp attendees.
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