Child Care Center
Providing quality care for
children
ranging from 6 weeks - 5 years of age
The Indiana State University Child Care Center is located in the Maehling Terrace, University Apartments at 200 Farrington Street - Unit 2. The Center is licensed by the Department of Family and Children Services of the State of Indiana and is ACCREDITED by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. The program is affiliated with the ISU College of Education and the department Elementary, Early and Special Education.
PURPOSE:
ISU's Child Care Center is designed as a comprehensive child care/child development center to serve the children, 6 weeks to 5 years, of ISU students, faculty, staff members, and community families. An additional feature of its design is to provide an exemplary child care program for academic research and training. This program is designed for children whose parents/guardians have work or school obligations.
CURRICULUM:
The Child Care Center offers an experienced-based curriculum, emphasizing a developmental approach to learning, with the child as an active participant. The content areas stressed are: language development, music, movement, dramatic play, science, mathematics, and art.
PROGRAMS:
Two programs, infant/toddler and two to five year old, are designed to meet the needs and learning abilities of each age group and of individual children.
Gail Gottschling, Director
Terre Haute, Indiana 47807 (812) 237-2547
ISU Child Care Center
200 Farrington Street
This facility is operated in accordance with U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, age, handicap, religion, or national origin.