Educational Childcare Center for children 2.5 to 5 years old, located in the Ballston area of Arlington County, Virginia.
Ballston Children's Center is spacious and bright, with large, colorful classrooms, a large Cafeteria/Activities Center, and an exquisite performing arts stage.
Our children spend a lot of time outdoors at the playground, which is large, shaded with trees, and has equipment with a variety of structures.
Our Educational Program develops skills and concepts that prepare children for kindergarten. We have a well-balanced curriculum of activities that introduce early math, language arts, fine and gross motor skills, and social skills. In addition, our program allows children to explore reading, writing, and comprehension skills. The children learn through playing, working on a variety of projects and activities. Our days are filled with a lot of activities, your child will participate in programs such as Spanish language class, Yoga for kids, Dance class, Gym time, Library time, pre-K virtual classes, and more. The summer program is full of fun and entertaining.
At Ballston Children’s Center, we have created a safe environment of care, love, support, and respect. Our day is filled with play and learning. Our experienced, educated, professional, dedicated, and responsible staff will take care of your child. Your child will flourish socially, emotionally, and intellectually in our Center. Our teachers promote social development by helping the children to get along with each other, teaching them mutual respect, appreciating cultural and ethnic diversity, and encouraging children to work independently.
OUR PROGRAM - CURRICULUM - ACTIVITIES
Your child will be participating in all the activities.
CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
Daily activities are designed for children to learn art, music, crafts, language arts, math, reading, writing, science, social skills, and fine and gross motor skills. We provide an environment that helps children to be creative in solving problems, redefining situations, demonstrating flexibility, and being adventurous.
FUN PROJECTS
On a regular basis, we engage children to explore and experience various kinds of educational projects using a variety of art media. They learn to be individually creative.
SPANISH LANGUAGE CLASS
Your child will learn Spanish through cultural and educational activities such as Spanish songs, music, games, stories, and projects.
YOGA FOR KIDS
Traditional techniques are recreated in a playful, simple, and relaxing way. Our yoga time is filled with poses, games, breathing, singing, and counting.
Ballston Children's Center was named Best Daycare and Preschool for 2021, 2022, and again for 2023 by Northern Virginia Magazine.
DANCE CLASS
Dancing benefits are countless, just to name a few: dance improves flexibility, coordination, rhythm, balance, posture, range of motion, stamina, muscle tone, strength, self-discipline, confidence, and love for music. Children strengthen their cognitive abilities and memory skills through learning choreography. Children love dancing on our exquisite stage.
GYM TIME
A physically active child is a healthy child. Your child will jump up and down, spin around, hop like a frog, crawl like a crab, do jumping jacks, jog in place, balance on different legs, tumble, stretch and have a workout of their lives.
LIBRARY TIME
Children love books and it is fun. Every week your child will visit our library. Books are read to the children on an everyday basis. Storytime helps children with fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, phonics, and much more. Interactive stories are performed on our stage.
PRE-K VIRTUAL CLASS ACTIVITIES
This class is designed for Pre-K children, to learn how to interact with and virtually follow the instructions in case they would not or could not be physically present in the classrooms. Virtual learning is designed to extend educational experiences. It does not try to replicate them.
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
Weather permitting, each morning and afternoon the children are at the playground. At the playground, we have our parties, picnics, nature projects, egg hunts, circle times, art classes, summer splash times, playing games, and more.
SUMMER CAMP
This is a lot of fun. The program includes amusing and witty daily themes such as kite flying, origami paper folding, circus performing, cooking, jewelry making, etc. Water play and fitness programs are part of our activities. We schedule shows performed by such entertainers as magicians, musicians, puppeteers, dancers, clowns, and singers.
MEALS
Breakfast, AM, and PM snacks are well balanced and nutritious, fruits, dairy, whole-grain products, 2% milk, 100% juice, herbal tea are a part of our daily menu and are included in the tuition. Hot lunches are catered for the center and can be purchased, or the parents are responsible to provide a nutritious lunch for their child.
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