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A Child Care Center dedicated to meeting the emotional, mental & physical developmental needs of the children we serve and children everywhere. |
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The Classrooms:
Resources for Parents
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Welcome to For Kid’s Sake Child Care and Learning Center Web Site!We are glad you have stopped by to visit. At this web site you will find an extensive amount of information about our King of Prussia, PA care center, which was co-founded by the King of Prussia Chamber of Commerce at Valley Forge. On this site you will also find information to help parents understand the rules governing child care, information on locating, evaluating and solving problems with child care. Good Luck in your search for quality child care!!! Summary of the FOR KIDS' SAKE DIFFERENCEFor Kid's Sake Child Care is 'different' in many ways from other child care centers. Explore the differences! For Kids' Sake Child Care & Learning Center is here for out families and our care providers. Our approach to providing excellent care for children is different. It starts with the beginning: this center was founded because the owner (a parent) could not find quality care for her son. Insane! Especially in King of Prussia - which is not an 'economically' challenged township. The owner did not come from the child care industry, so instead the answer 'that is how care works' we said 'how should child care work?'. The foundation is based upon 'this is how child care should be' with some good business sense on how to ensure rates are as reasonable as possible and quality is as high as possible. Now this has led to some interesting developments over the years. 1. When we first started most centers would not give you price information over the phone. We not only give them over the phone we publish them on our website. More and more centers have followed this practice. 2. PA Governor Rendell has added a number of programs that has enabled and encouraged the quality of child to care to improve. Learn about Keystone Stars! This center is in the star program. 3. PA Governor Thomas Ridge helped ensure this center stayed in existence with the Child Care Challenge Grant Program, using mostly federal dollars. 4. Survey's of people who inquired but never visited the center indicate they opted to visit and enroll in other centers because our costs was 'too low for King of Prussia'. They fear our lower costs indicate a lower quality. We believe (and our parents will confirm) we just manage to provide higher quality care at a lower cost. Summary of our PhilosophyIn the following pages, you will be able to read a lot about us and our center, but the only way to really know what kind of care we provide is come visit and spend some time with us. Every day at For Kid's Sake we strive to create a warm, caring environment for everyone–-the children, their parents and our staff. You are welcome to spend a few minutes, hours or days getting to know us. We encourage all parents to bring their children in for familiarization visits, to join our Parent Advocacy Committee, to be a guest story reader or to just spend a few extra minutes at drop off or pickup time. If you have any questions please ask Sandi, our director or any of our staff members. If you have any suggestions on how we can improve this web site, our center or other services we can offer please let us know. We truly want your input. You can email our Director, Sandi at Sandi@forkidssakecc.com or our Owner/President, Pat@forkidssakecc.com. We love to hear what we are doing well and suggestions on ways to improve or new programs to add. We see childcare as a team effort and everyone's input is important to our success. Though teamwork we all continue our journey in life - teaching and learning, every step of the way.
Our MissionOur mission is to provide the best quality child care. We are dedicated to providing children with a place they can learn and grow. We aim to provide children with a warm, caring, safe environment that allows them to reach their full potential. We seek to help the children in our care through a play and learn environment that supports their physical, emotional, social and cognitive developmental needs.
Company ProfileThis center was established in 1992 as a YMCA child care center. In March of 2000 the YMCA announced they were closing the center. A parent at the center stepped forward and purchased the center. On May 1, 2000 the center was renamed For Kid's Sake Child Care & Learning Center. Most of the staff stayed through the transition and have stated they are extremely happy with the new center management. The staff has grown, as the center has been growing ever since the change over. We are staffed by wonderful, caring & dedicated team members. Four staff members have degrees in early childhood education, one has her CDA and two others are currently enrolled in early childhood education degree programs. Biographies of all teachers are posted.
Our CurriculumWe offer a program that provides a safe and nurturing environment. We work to promote the physical, social, emotional and cognitive development of the young children in our care. Our curriculum is theme based. Teachers come up with the themes and use them to find activities that meet their objectives. With themes and supporting help from center management, the teacher prepares age-appropriate lessons. Weekly Lesson Plans are posted in each classroom. Our
curriculum identifies goals in all areas of development: The activities we plan for children, the way we organize the environment, select toys and materials, plan the daily schedule, interact and talk with children, are all designed to help give your child a successful start in life.
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Contact InformationYou are welcome to call and schedule a visit, or just drop by and see the center. If you drop by plan a few extra minutes in case our director is unable to immediately provide a tour. Sandi, the director, is usually in from 9:00am until 5:00pm. Come see the difference!!!
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