Easter Seals Disability Services

Child Enrichment Center

The Easter Seals Child Enrichment Center is available to all pre-school children in our community.  We accept children from birth to school age.  Although Easter Seals has traditionally been known as a site for persons with disabilities, The Child Enrichment Center has an inclusive program for typical learners as well as for children with special needs.

Registration for the Child Enrichment Center is OPEN.

Click here to download a flyer to tour our facility and find out more about our program 

The Child Enrichment Center offers:

• HighScope, a nationally renowned curriculum
• Individualized programming
• Small student to teacher ratios
• Degreed and certified staff
• Pool
• Large, well-equipped outdoor play area
• Large, well-equipped indoor play area for rainy days

Children learn through direct, hands-on experiences with people, objects, events, and ideas. Trained adults who understand child development and how to scaffold the important areas of learning in the preschool years offer guidance and support.  In the HighScope approach, teachers and children are active partners in the learning process.  This balanced approach to adult-child interaction — also called "intentional teaching" — is critical to the effectiveness of the program. It includes techniques for encouraging learning in specific content areas as well as strategies for helping children resolve conflict.

The space and materials in a HighScope setting are carefully arranged to promote active learning. The center is divided into interest areas organized around specific kinds of play; for example, block area, house area, small toy area, book area, sand-and-water area, and art area.  HighScope teachers give preschoolers a sense of control over the events of the day by planning a consistent daily routine that enables the children to anticipate what happens next. Central elements of the preschool daily routine include the plan-do-review sequence, small- and large-group times, greeting time, and outside time.  The curriculum is built around teacher- and  child-initiated learning activities in five main curriculum content areas: approaches to learning; language, literacy, & communication; social and emotional development; physical development, health, and well-being; and arts and sciences. Within these areas are 58 key developmental indicators  — observable early childhood milestones that guide teachers as they plan learning experiences and interact with children. 

The core educational hours are 8:30 2:30, however, extended care is available.  Transportation is available where there is a demonstrated need.  Breakfast, lunch and snacks are provided.  The Child Enrichment Center provides speech, language, physical, occupational and behavior management therapies per assessed needs.

Funding sources available:

* Contracts with Miami-Dade County Public Schools
* Early Steps
* Subsidized day care through Miami Dade County Child Development Services
* Florida Child Scholarships
* Universal Voluntary Pre-K (VPK)
* Private Tuition
* Scholarship Funds

 For more information or to enroll, contact us.