Kurious Kids Learning Center is located on New York Street in Whitehall, PA. This center is an Early Childcare Center that can accommodate children from 6 weeks old to Pre-kindergarten.

This location is a STAR 3 center.  Please see www.pakeys.org for more information on the Keystone Stars program.

Atmosphere

We provide a relaxed atmosphere where our main focus is the well-being of the children we care for. Our focus is on providing a quality childcare facility where the parents can bring their children to and leave with peace of mind.

Flexibility

We offer full-time and part-time care. Availability may vary from location to location. Please check with each individual location for openings.

 

 

Learning Rooms

Goals for the Bumble Bee Room

• Hold bottle on own
• Sit up on own
• Transfer toy from hand to another
• Feed self (example: puffs, Cheerios Etc.)
• Begin crawling/cruising
• Begin making sounds (Ma-ma, Da-da, Ba-ba)
• Look at person who says name
• Pick self up to standing
• Roll over

 

Goals for the Lady Bug Room

• Walking independently
• Transition from bottle to sippy cup
• Begin using sign language
• Begin using spoon to feed self
• Repeats words when prompted

 

 

Goals for the Butterfly Room

• Sitting for circle time
• Singing along to songs and finger plays
• Begin sitting at table for all meals and art projects
• Using different forms of art materials
• Begin to use words to express one’s emotions and feelings
• Able to hold book correctly and turn pages
• Begin to recognize colors, shapes, letters, numbers
• Begin to potty train

 

Goals for the Dragonfly Room

• Potty train
• Recognize all colors, shapes, letters, numbers
• Begin recognize/trace letters in name
• Using full sentences to express self
• Sharing/cooperating with peers
• Manners
• Self Help Skills (Putting on jacket, putting on shoes, zipping jackets)

 

 

Connection to PA Learning Standards: 15.2.3, 15.3.1,9.3.2, 2.1.1,10.1, 10.4.1, 10.5.1,1.1.2

 

 

What we believe

• We believe that our centers offer a quality early childcare program.
• We believe in providing an environment that fosters social, emotional, physical, and cognitive growth in your child.
• We believe in snuggles and hugs and words that help and heal.
• We believe that to be effective teachers, we should keep up on our training sessions in classroom techniques and remain consistent in our approach to problem solving.
• We believe in helping children to become problem solvers as well.
• We believe in the unconditional love and acceptance of each child’s unique qualities and level of development, which lead to increased self-esteem and security.
• Our school is a place where we welcome constructive ideas from parents and children in order to better our program.
• We’d like to take this time to thank parents for their support of all our staff. Your kind words of recognition and reassurance of your belief in us helps us through our day.
• We believe that working with your child, and working with young children in general, is the most important job there is.
• We will continue to strive for excellence, with your help, and measure our successes in your child’s smile.