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Mission Statement: The mission of the Hampton University Child Development Center is to provide a high-quality learning experience for all children, their families, pre-service teachers, and the Hampton University community.

Program Goals:

• Foster a developmentally appropriate, success oriented, and child-centered educational program for young children and their families
• Provide pre-service teachers, graduate researchers, and other pre-professional students the opportunity to become knowledgeable and acquire skills in working with young children in a model environment and research site
• Serve as a catalyst for change in the concept of parental involvement by providing support and encouragement to the families as they involve themselves in the educational process
• Provide high quality care and education in a safe, appropriate, and diverse learning environment where families are an integral part of a holistic curriculum that fosters academic success

Curriculum Development and Implementation:

The Hampton University Child Development Center uses High Scope, a research-based, child-centered curriculum, that meets the individual needs of children.  The curriculum is process-oriented and focuses on children learning skills and behaviors that help them to be successful, life-long learners.  The curriculum is developmentally advantageous for a variety of children's ages and stages of growth and development. Additionally, the curriculum focuses on active learning with children, teachers, teacher assistants, and classroom volunteers engaged in many activities.

The curriculum has a full set of experiences in the areas of reading and writing, mathematics, science, art and music, physical education and social sciences.  Each classroom is environmentally rich in hands-on activities.

Benefits Overview:

• A spacious laboratory setting serving children 2 1/2 years old through 5
• Fully equipped kitchen including laundry equipment
• Classroom furniture and bathrooms scaled to size for young children
• An isolation room with a bed for children with emergency illnesses
• A cot for each child and locker to keep personal belongings
• Puzzles, books, tricycles, blocks, easels, crayons, animals, dolls, puppet stage, technology
• Computers in each classroom
• Observation booths with one-way mirrors
• Hot lunch and two snacks daily
• Field trips
• Interactions with University students and faculty
• Access to University faciliites such as museum and library
• Research-based curriculum that focuses on reading and math literacy that correlate with the Virginia Foundation Block for Early Learning and SOL's

Hampton University Child Development Center

Janice Cawthorn, Director

Eva C. Mitchell Hall

Hampton, Virginia 23668

Phone: (757) 727-5698