Infant Care: 6 Weeks to 1 Year

Our infant program provides a warm, nurturing environment where babies feel safe, supported, and encouraged as they grow through important first experiences. Our teachers use responsive care and thoughtful teaching strategies to help infants explore, learn, and build trusting relationships.

What We Focus On

Building strong bonds between teachers and babies through consistent, caring interactions.
Narrating daily experiences to support early language development and connection.
Encouraging curiosity, problem-solving, and confidence through age-appropriate exploration.
Supporting each infant’s individual growth, routines, and developmental milestones.

Toddlers

Toddlers 2-3yrs

Curiosity Without Limits

In our Toddler classroom, children receive guidance, encouragement, and tools they need to grow with confidence.

Learning Through Hands-On Exploration

Our proprietary Wonder of Learning® program helps teachers build on each child’s natural curiosity. Through play, hands-on activities, and thoughtful questions, toddlers discover more about the world around them.

Areas of Growth

Social-emotional development through caring guidance and positive interactions.
Physical growth through movement, play, and age-appropriate activities.
Social awareness through meaningful connections with teachers and peers.
Key life skills, including persistence, independence, and confidence.

Preschool

Imagining, Exploring, and Discovering

Each classroom is guided by the interests, needs, and abilities of the children in it. Teacher’s design engaging, play-based lessons that invite children to explore, ask questions, and participate actively in their learning.

The Teaching Strategies curriculum nurtures children’s curiosity and helps them build confidence. As they learn to ask thoughtful questions, search for answers, and advocate for themselves, they develop understanding that can support lifelong learning.

Preschool Milestones

In Preschool, children develop academic, creative, social-emotional, and problem-solving skills, such as the ability to:

Count sequentially from 1 to 30.
Identify names and letters, both in and out of order.
Create through music, visual arts, and dramatic play.
Take part in simple science explorations.
Recognize that choices lead to consequences.
Name emotions and practice appropriate ways to express them.

Pre-K

Prepared for Kindergarten and Beyond

Our Pre-Kindergarten program helps children understand themselves, connect with others, and explore the world around them. Through purposeful play, teachers support social development, communication skills, and growing independence.

Child-Led, Teacher-Guided Learning

Teaching Strategies curriculum creates interactive experiences that build early math and literacy skills while preparing children for Kindergarten and beyond.

Classroom Experiences

Children take part in teacher-guided handwriting practice and other hands-on activities that support confidence, coordination, and readiness for the next stage of learning.

Pre-K Classroom Milestones

In the Pre-K classroom, children strengthen important academic, social, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to:

Build deeper friendships and positive peer relationships.
Recognize uppercase and lowercase letters.
Begin counting by 10s.
Connect stories to personal experiences, ask questions, and predict what may happen next.
Recognize and create more complex patterns.
Sort and describe objects by size, shape, color, and texture.
Continue developing many additional Kindergarten-readiness skills.

Our Approach

TMCC Enrichment Center is committed to providing a safe, nurturing, and enriching daycare environment where children can grow socially, emotionally, physically, and intellectually. Our approach is centered on the belief that every child is unique, capable, and deserving of responsive care, meaningful learning experiences, and strong relationships with trusted adults.

Our Philosophy

We believe children learn best through play, exploration, routine, and positive relationships. Our program supports developmentally appropriate learning by creating experiences that match each child’s age, interests, culture, abilities, and individual needs. Through hands-on activities, guided discovery, and caring interactions, children build confidence, independence, curiosity, and a lifelong love of learning.

Child-Centered Learning

Our classrooms are designed to encourage children to ask questions, make choices, solve problems, and express themselves creatively. Teachers plan activities that support growth across key developmental areas, including language and literacy, early math, science, social studies, art, music, movement, self-help skills, and social-emotional development.

Daily Enrichment Experiences

Interactive story time, vocabulary building, and early literacy activities
Music, movement, dance, and creative expression
Hands-on science, sensory play, and discovery activities
Early math through counting, sorting, patterns, shapes, and problem-solving
Art projects that encourage creativity, fine motor skills, and self-expression
Outdoor play and physical movement to support healthy development
Social-emotional learning that teaches kindness, cooperation, patience, and self-regulation

Safe, Supportive, and Inclusive Environment

Safety and belonging are at the heart of our program. TMCC Enrichment Center strives to create a welcoming environment where children feel valued and respected. Our staff use positive guidance, consistent routines, and calm redirection to help children understand expectations and develop healthy behavior skills. We honor each child’s background and work to ensure that classroom materials, activities, and communication reflect the families and communities we serve.

Family Partnership

Families are a child’s first and most important teachers. Our approach includes ongoing, two-way communication with parents and caregivers so that we can work together to support each child’s growth. We encourage families to share their goals, culture, routines, concerns, and celebrations. Through daily updates, family conferences, newsletters, classroom events, and open communication, we build strong partnerships that help children thrive at home and at school.

Teacher Role and Professional Practice

Teachers at TMCC Enrichment Center serve as nurturers, observers, guides, and partners in learning. Staff members observe children’s interests and developmental progress, plan meaningful activities, model respectful communication, and create opportunities for children to practice new skills. Our team is committed to maintaining professionalism, patience, consistency, and compassion in every interaction.

Observation and Individual Growth

We recognize that children develop at different rates and in different ways. Our staff observe children during play, group activities, routines, and interactions to better understand their strengths, needs, and interests. These observations guide lesson planning, individualized support, and communication with families. When concerns arise, we partner with families respectfully and connect them with appropriate resources when needed.

Program Goals

Provide a safe, clean, caring, and consistent environment for every child
Support whole-child development through play-based and hands-on learning
Build children’s confidence, independence, communication, and problem-solving skills
Promote kindness, respect, cooperation, and positive social relationships
Partner with families through open communication and shared goals
Prepare children for future learning by strengthening early academic, social, and emotional foundations