Children's Center at Cal-tech
Center in Pasadena, CA 91106
Welcome to the Children’s Center at Caltech! We are a non-profit organization providing quality early education and care for infants toddlers and preschool age children for the Caltech and Pasadena communities. Caring nurturing educators staff this outstanding program. The Center has resources to support child staff and parenting development. The Center also provides leadership in the early childhood field for other colleges and universities.
- Child Ages:
- 6 months - 5 years
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- California Department of Social Services: Community Care Licensing Division
- Children per Teacher:
- Infant: 5/1, Toddler: 5/1, Pre k: 8/1, Afterschool: -/-
- Hours of Operation:
- 7:30AM-5:30PM
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We wish to offer the best possible experience for your family. The philosophy of the Children’s Center at Caltech has its basis in a humanistic view of the child as an independent and individual learner. The aim of the program is to respond to the needs of each child as s/he develops awareness of the world and readiness for learning. Each group provides developmentally appropriate materials and activities for children in the areas of social/emotional intellectual and aesthetic growth and psychomotor development while fostering a positive self-concept.
Through planned activities children are challenged to explore ideas solve problems and develop and expand skills language and concepts. Their sense of competence and self-worth is encouraged. The emphasis is on active hands-on learning with pre-math activities such as shape identification shape and quantity of numbers and pre-reading activities such as alphabet bingo dictation and storytelling. Computer activities are offered in the older groups.
Our approach is consistent with research based on longitudinal observation of young children which indicates that they learn best through their senses needing many opportunities to initiate learning on their own and needing periods of choice that alternate with periods of guidance. By means of these “age-appropriate academics” a strong foundation is built for the kindergarten experience which will follow the years at the Center
