We welcome you to the St. Cloud State University (SCSU) Lindgren Child Care Center, and to the partnership we will share during these early school years.
The need for quality child care is great, and the SCSU Lindgren Child Care Center was established to meet this need by providing quality, convenient and nurturing care to the children of SCSU students, staff and faculty.
Early childhood programs accredited by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs have voluntarily undergone a comprehensive process of internal self-study, invited external professional review to verify compliance with the Academy's Criteria for High Quality, and been found to be in substantial compliance. The SCSU Lindgren Child Care Center has been an accredited center since June, 1991.
Goals for Children
Our overall goal is to provide children with loving care in a safe environment with an educational experience. Specifically, our goals are to give the children the opportunity to:
- Develop a healthy self-concept;
- Develop both socially and emotionally;
- Develop enjoyment of the creative experience;
- Develop trust in adults and peers;
- Develop independence and responsibility for self;
- Develop security and a feeling of success;
- Develop skills in the physical, cognitive and language areas.
Infants
(2 months to 15 months)
Children in the infant area follow individualized schedules which
are planned cooperatively by the parents and lead teacher. Each schedule
is modified as the child's development and parents' desires dictate.
The staff's primary goal is to help infants develop a sense of trust
and pleasure in relationships with their care givers, and in their new
environment.
Toddlers
(16 months to 32 months)
A structured day is planned indoors and outdoors for these toddler
children, dependent on their particular schedules. Appropriate activities
foster the growth of each toddler's self-help skills, language development,
social awareness, and positive, non-aggressive problem solving. Nap time
is scheduled in the afternoon.
Preschoolers
(33 months to 5 years)
Activities of social, motor, language, cognitive, and sensory experiences
are planned for the preschool children. They include large and small
group activities for the day, music experiences with songs or dance,
story telling and role playing, creative movement activities, finger
plays, arts and crafts, woodworking, outdoor play and special field trips.
Curriculum
