Cuesta College Children’s Centers Program
The Children’s Centers are Early Childhood Education Lab Schools and child-centered day care facilities which encourage children to choose freely from a wide range of play and learning experiences, and in doing so, help them to recognize, understand and express their own emotions as well as to sympathize with the emotions of others.
The variety of experiences include opportunities for creative self-expression through the media of dance, musical rhythms, and art; development of manipulative skills and motor coordination through carpentry, puzzles, blocks, bikes and climbing equipment; the increase of knowledge through excursions, cooking and science activities; the development of concepts through exposure to materials which stimulate basic awareness; growth of language skills through stories, songs, and dramatic play; and relaxation through water play and other quiet activities.
Parents are urged to send their children dressed in comfortable play clothes and shoes that are easily washed.