2015-16 Winter Program Guide

315-445-2360 | www.jccsyr.org
Jerome and Phyllis
Charney
Early Childhood Development Program
We are committed to developing the social, emotional, physical
and intellectual well being of each child, allowing them to grow and
flourish as productive members of the community. Our
Hours
Monday–Friday
7 am – 6 pm
emphasis is on helping children become independent,
self-confident, inquisitive and enthusiastic learners.
Jo David
Director
Christine Flynn
Morning
Receptionist
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Pam Ranieri
Assistant Director
Jennifer Paine
Evening
Receptionist
How to Register
The 2015–2016 school year runs from
September 2015 through June 2016. Early
registration for the 2016–2017 school
year will open to current ECDP families
and JCC members on February 1, 2016.
Current ECDP Families will receive only the
registration form via “kid mail.” To ensure
your child’s placement in the classroom,
please return the registration form along
with the $25 registration fee by March
11, 2016. Families will receive additional
paperwork in May and we ask that you
return it no later than June 11, 2016. For
current JCC members, please contact the
ECDP office to be placed on our mailing
list so that you can take advantage of early
registration. Open enrollment to the public
begins March 14, 2016.
For more information about our program,
and to schedule a tour, call us at 315-445-
2040, ext. 122.
Early bird
registration starts
February 1, 2016
Open to current JCC members.
Infant Level
• Must be six-weeks old by September 6, 2016
We offer the highest quality of care to our
youngest members in the Syracuse area. To
maintain a developmentally appropriate
environment for our infants, they are
separated into two age groups: Infant I
and Infant II. Infants who are 6 weeks to
12 months old at time of enrollment are
placed in the Infant I classroom. Infants
who are 12 months to 24 months at the
time of enrollment are placed in the
Infant II classroom.
The ECDP provides a responsive
environment that supports and encourages
exploration through a variety of classroom
routines and experiences. Infant caregivers
focus on daily routines such as hellos and
goodbyes, diapering and toileting, feeding,
dressing and soothing to sleep as part of
the curriculum. These one-on-one routines
help to build positive relationships between
infant and caregiver, promoting trust and
allowing infants to feel secure in their
environment.
Once infants have developed a
trusting relationship with their caregivers
they will start to gain new skills and
participate more actively in daily routines.
The teachers are then able to provide
intentional indoor and outdoor experiences
that allow children to learn while imitating
and pretending, connecting with music
and movement, exploring with sand and
water and creating with art.
Toddler Level
• Must be 18-months old by September 6, 2016
Toddler children are at an age when they
establish secure attachments with their
caregivers more quickly and are now eager
to experience their world. They react to
what they experience through their senses
and physical activity. ECDP teachers
provide intentional experiences for
toddlers through a variety of indoor and
outdoor experiences.
Learning materials that match the
children’s growing abilities and interests
are provided and the children start to
explore objects and begin to use them
purposefully. While playing with toys,
imitating and pretending, exploring
sand and water, creating with art and
going outdoors, the toddlers learn to
communicate and socialize with peers and
adults, to think mathematically and to
discover like scientists.
Toddlers start to enjoy special
programming outside of the classroom
setting, such as Toddler Tango and gym
class. Toddlers are placed into classrooms
according to their chronological age.
Children do not need to be toilet trained,
and when appropriate, toilet training will
be incorporated into one of the goals for
your child.
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