Quality Classroom Childcare + Preschool is a childcare centre and preschool located at 1417 North Leclaire in Chicago's Austin neighbourhood, offering care and early education for infants through school-age children.
Quality Classroom Childcare + Preschool provides early childhood care and education in a community setting on Chicago’s west side. The program serves infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children with an emphasis on hands-on learning and social–emotional development.
The centre describes a whole-child approach that combines Reggio Emilia and Montessori-inspired ideas with a site-specific "Steps to Learning" curriculum. Activities include sensory exploration, story time, songs, creative art, outdoor play, gardening and nature studies, with lesson plans tailored to individual children and weekly thematic units.
Classroom routines include group time, outdoor play, meals and naps. Educators focus on early literacy, number recognition, phonics and social skills appropriate to each age group. The centre also offers before-and-after-school care and a summer camp program.
The centre provides meals (breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack) planned using USDA guidelines and does not generally permit parent-provided food except for documented medical or religious needs. The centre states that visitors must sign in, directors use cameras to monitor building entrances, and staff work with families on potty training and developmentally appropriate discipline strategies.
An infant classroom with a daily flow tailored to individual needs, including sleeping and eating schedules, story time, sensory exploration, walks and themed learning activities.
Toddlers engage in sensory-based exploration, group time, outdoor play, meals, naps and play-based learning focused on socialization and early themes like families and animals.
A program for two-year-olds that emphasises social skills, sharing, early counting and letter recognition through songs, art and movement.
Preschool classrooms focus on social–emotional growth, name-writing, emergent reading and phonics, science projects, sensory activities and activities that prepare children for kindergarten.
Before- and after-school care for school-age children that offers enrichment and recreational activities outside school hours.
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