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Seeing Your Children as Little Works of Art

Preschoolers and school agers


WMU Children's Place Learning Center provides care for
pre-school through school-aged children.

Daily schedule


7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Welcome, Breakfast
7:00 a.m. – 11 a.m. Learning Centers
9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Snack
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Outside play
11:30 a.m. – Noon Lunch
Noon – 1:00 p.m. Group time, Learning Centers
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Rest time
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Quiet Learning Centers (for children who don't rest)
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Snack
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Outside play, Learning Centers
5:30 p.m. Center closes

Curriculum

Our curriculum is based on the nationally recognized Creative Curriculum®. Learning Centers available to children daily include:

  • Art
  • Language/library
  • Science
  • Manipulatives (fine motor)
  • Blocks
  • Dramatic play
  • Large motor
  • Writing
  • Sensory
View The Creative Curriculum® goals and objectives at a glance.

 

WMU Children's Place Learning Center
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5228 USA
(269) 387-2277 | (269) 387-2391 Fax
childrens-place@wmich.edu