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WELCOME

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Welcome to Grace Child Care where we build a love for learning in the children we care for. Our operating hours are Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. We offer three, four, and five-day full-day enrollment options for both our two-year-old and mixed-age classrooms. Located in northern Stratford, just up the road from beautiful Booth Park and near Chapel Street and Flood Middle schools, Grace Childcare Center has been a trusted part of the Stratford community for over 55 years. We offer families a small, warm, and loving environment for children ages two through five. Our curriculum incorporates exploration, play, and developmentally appropriate kindergarten readiness.Our spring-through-fall gardening curriculum has become one of the primary outdoor learning experiences at our center. Children help plant vegetables, pumpkins, and flowers and observe them as they grow from tiny seedlings into thriving plants. We believe outdoor experiences are essential to a healthy and vibrant childhood, and the children go outside to play, learn, and explore as often as possible. Our indoor mat room provides gross motor experiences for inclement weather days.Come see our program in action by scheduling a tour at 203-381-0188. We hope to see you soon!​

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Our Programs

Twos 

 Our Twos Program is open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with three, four, and five day enrollment options. Each day offers a comfortable balance of stories, creative art, dramatic play and block play, outdoor exploration and opportunities to play and learn with friends. Our primary goals are to help children develop language , communicate their needs, gain independence with toileting and personal care as well as  build fine motor and gross motor skills. 

Teachers model appropriate words and gestures as children begin navigating friendships and group life. In this way we help them learn to be kind and friendly with their classmates. 

Experiences with books, words, counting and sorting are woven naturally into the day, along with plenty of outdoor time to explore the world through their rapidly developing senses. 

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Mixed - Age

Our Mixed-Age Program welcomes children ages three ,four and five from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.,with four and five day enrollment options. Teachers plan each weekly theme at several developmental levels, allowing children to explore the same ideas  through experiences suited to their individual growth and understanding. Older children can deepen their knowledge while serving as helpers and mentors to younger classmates, and younger children benefit from learning alongside more experienced peers. 
Developmentally appropriate kindergarten readiness skills in literacy, mathematics, science, and social studies are woven throughout the curriculum. Outdoor learning is also central to the program, with children helping to plant, maintain,and harvest our vegetable and flower gardens while discovering the life cycles of the plants they help  grow. 

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