Texas A & M Childrens Center
Preschool in College Station, TX 77840
The mission of the Children’s Center is to promote access to higher education through affordable accessible quality developmental child care for university parents. We assist parents to achieve their educational and career goals; strengthen the recruitment retention and graduation of students particularly non-traditional underrepresented and at-risk students; and support the university’s research teaching and community service goals.
- We provide services and programs to attract serve and retain a diverse population of students by serving those of low-income and others for whom lack of child care is a barrier to education.
- We provide high quality child care which is affordable and accessible.
- We provide an educational program that is culturally and developmentally appropriate for the children served and which facilitates children’s physical cognitive social and emotional growth.
- We provide parent education and parent involvement opportunities.
- We provide meaningful employment and training opportunities for students who support themselves while achieving their education.
- We provide field research and observation opportunities for students to accommodate the instructional research service interests of academic divisions.
- We serve as a model in the community for quality child care by maintaining standards for accreditation by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
- We believe that the university as an institute of higher education is expected to provide an early childhood program of high quality to serve as a model throughout the community and state.
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- Texas Department of Family and Protective Services - TDPRS Accredited
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Hours of Operation:
- 06:00 AM-06:00 PM - Monday - Friday
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The Texas A&M Children’s Center is dedicated to providing the highest quality developmental care for each child in a stimulating secure and caring learning environment. The staff establishes positive personal interaction nurturing each child’s growth and education. We plan for all areas of a child’s development and education: cognitive emotional social creative and physical. Individuality is acknowledged and respected as each child explores a child-centered environment at her or his own pace. A strong sense of identity and competence are developed as children are helped to feel good about themselves their abilities and uniqueness. The Center recognizes the need for working closely with families to achieve these goals.
We believe that young children learn best through play and exploration of a variety of materials and environments. This is facilitated by the teacher who structures the classroom environment and schedule of activities to provide many and varied interesting options in which children can participate individually in small groups and as a class. Each classroom is organized with centers for creative art literature science dramatic play cognitive small and large motor development.
We believe that for preschoolers reading and writing readiness are achieved through experiencing books stories and language in a variety of meaningful ways (including whole language and phonics) and by using writing as a tool of self-expression individually and in groups.
Children develop and learn in the context of their families and community. We create a stimulating accepting and nurturing environment by establishing collaborative relationships with families. These emphasize mutual respect cooperation frequent two-way communication and shared decision-making roles in the program.
