Odessa College Childrens Center
Preschool in Odessa, TX 79764
The Odessa College Children’s Center provides daytime care for some 50 to 60 children. The facility is open to children of students OC faculty and staff and children from the community. The Children’s Center accepts children from six weeks to pre-kindergarten. It is open year-round from 7:30 AM until 5:30 PM Monday through Friday except during regular college holidays. While providing a child care service to the community the Children’s Center also serves as a learning laboratory for students in the Odessa College Child Development program and in Child Psychology classes.
- Child Ages:
- 6 weeks - 5 years
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Hours of Operation:
- 07:30 AM-05:30 PM Monday - Friday
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The Children’s Program…
…is planned to meet the needs of individual children six weeks to pre-kindergarten of age in all areas of development: social emotional intellectual physical and aesthetic. Activities are planned that will enable the child to gain a positive self-concept and sense of independence. The day is planned with interesting activities that will stimulate the children to question explore and learn. The activities are non-competitive with an emphasis on developing skills in interpersonal relationships. Specific curriculum areas include development of large and small muscles; creative art experiences; language arts experiences including vocabulary building listening and speaking activities; social and dramatic play; music and movement exercises; cooking and other science/math related experiences and social awareness.