Our Classrooms

Lambs & Turtles

The first years of life can have a big impact on a child’s success in coming years. In our infant rooms your child will be loved and cared for in a nurturing environment to begin building language and social-emotional skills, as well as forming connections with adults and other children. We foster and help develop fine and gross motor skills your child will need as they grow.

6 weeks — 12 months

Ducks, Bunnies, Tigers

We provide our toddlers with developmentally appropriate, meaningful, and challenging materials in a safe, clean, and nurturing environment. In our toddler rooms we will continue to build on language, fine and gross motor, and social/emotional skills. As well as introducing new sets of skills such as daily routines, self help skills, and self/ body regulation skills.

13 months — 31 months

Frogs & Zebras

Every moment in our early pre-school classrooms is a teachable moment through play-based learning. Our early pre-school teachers will introduce your child to a more structured schedule and curriculum through whole group as well as small group activities. Our early pre- school classroom is filled with child- directed learning and hands on activities as we integrate new and build on skills such as, language and literacy, math, science, music, and social/ emotional skills.

31 months — 3 years

Ark & Bears

Our preschool rooms are filled with laughter and love as your child continues to grow and explore their surroundings. As they grow and become independent learners through experiences and fostering, they will learn and develop the ability to work with others, self- regulate, follow routines, and build onto self- help skills. Our teachers do this by setting the stage to stimulate their curiosity and senses.

3 years — 4 years

Lions

In our Pre-k classrooms, we focus on whole child learning and the skills needed for kindergarten readiness. We know that each child is unique and learns at their own pace and we want to ensure each child is receiving the care and help they need to be successful and happy. We accomplish this by incorporating small groups as well as whole group learning, daily journals in math and language to further promote writing and fine motor skills while building and practicing what they know. Our Pre-K classrooms are enriched with literacy and complex toys, open ended materials with help develop problem solving skills. In our comprehensive curriculum we emphasize the particular areas as well as the continuation of skills fostered throughout our younger classrooms.

4 years — 5 years

Sounds awesome, right?
The Ridgedale Child Development Center is the right decision for you!

HOW DO I GET STARTED?

 Pricing

Tuition rates are calculated on a full-time schedule.
We accept payment via cash, check, credit card (Mastercard or Visa), and automatic electronic funds transfer for your convenience.

  • $266.00 per week

  • $232.00 per week

  • $232.00 per week

  • $232.00 per week

  • $232.00 per week

Daily Schedule

Every class has a different schedule, but we all accomplish the same general tasks. Below is a generalized schedule you can expect from most classrooms. Outdoor play and/or walking trips, rest time, toilet training, and meal time are all scheduled into your child’s regular daily schedule.

7:00am-9:30am — Center is open for drop-off

7:30am-8:00am — Breakfast is served

8:00am-11:00am — Teacher-led activities, circle time, outdoor play, free play, diapering / potty break

11:00am-12:00pm — Lunch is served

12:00pm-2:30pm — Nap / Rest and recline

2:30pm-3:00pm — Diapering / potty break

3:00pm-3:30pm — Afternoon snack

3:30pm-5:30pm — Teacher-led activities, circle time, outdoor play, free play

Afternoon pickup any time before 5:30pm

5:30pm — Center is closed to families and students

We serve three meals per day, except Thursday Lunch (due to weekly Picnic Day - Lunch Box from home)
Food prepared for the CDC will be properly planned, prepared and portioned according to the Child and Adult Care Food Program and the state requirements for food service. Weekly menus are posted for viewing by parents/caregivers.