The Chinese Community Center has been caring for and educating young children ages 18-months through 5 years since November 1996 in their "Child Development Center." This program is licensed by the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services.

The Center believes that children learn through play-oriented curriculum as approved by the National Association of Young Children.  This facilitates a supportive environment for family and child. 

The Child Development Center has incorporated a new emergent curriculum, the Spark Curriculum for Early Childhood. The Spark Curriculum is a literary-based creative arts curriculum in which young children learn developmental and school readiness skills by actively attending to stories and participating in activities based on each story. Spark is a child-centered curriculum in which children learn through hands-on, open-ended activities. Developmentally appropriate stories, with activities centered on the arts, have the potential to be highly interesting to most young children.

In addition to the childcare curriculum, the Child Development Center offers monthly meetings that provide information, community resources, and activities.

 
 The Child Development Center offers age-specific classes taught by CDA certified teachers, year round. With great student to teacher ratios, space is limited in this enriching program. Tours of the program are offered to interested parents on an appointment-basis and registration is done on-site at the Chinese Community Center. For more information about this program and the certain scholarships available, please contact the Child Development Center Director at 713-271-6100 Ext. 220.

Hours: 7:00 AM - 6:30 PM, Monday through Friday

The child development programs at All Aboard Learning Center and the CCC foster healthy social skills and stimulate learning in children's individual and educational development.  Various areas are emphasized as children experience and grow.

18 months to Twos

Curriculum encourages independence and language progression and expression.  Activities also strengthen motor skills, cognitive ability, and fine arts.

Threes

Children learn new skills and concepts in interest centers.  Daily small and large group activities include literature, math, science, and gross motor skill development.

Fours/Preschool

Children explore settings that advance effective communication, problem-solving, creativity, and social skills through active and concrete learning.  Curriculum prepares children to work with others and for their transition to kindergarten.

Five Years/Early Start Program

The programs enhance student skills though an age-appropriate classroom setting.  This focuses on multiple aspects of language development.

Social/Emotional Development Objectives

Sense of Self

Shows ability to adjust to new situations

Demonstrates appropriate trust in adults

Recognizes own feelings & manages them appropriately

Stands up for rights

Responsibility for Self & Others

Demonstrates self-direction & independence

Takes responsibility for own well-being

Respects & cares for classroom environment and materials

Follows classroom routines

Follows classroom rules

Prosocial Behavior

Plays well with other children

Recognizes the feelings of others & responds appropriately

Shares & respects the rights of others

Uses thinking skills to resolve conflicts

Physical Development Objectives

Gross Motor

Demonstrates basic locomotor skills (running, jumping, hopping, galloping)

Shows balance while moving

Climbs up & down

Pedals & steers a tricycle (or other wheeled vehicle)

Demonstrates throwing, kicking & catching skills

Fine Motor

Controls small muscles in hands

Coordinates eye-hand movement

Uses tools for writing & drawing

Cognitive Development Objectives

Learning & Problem Solving

Observes objects & events with curiosity

Approaches problems flexibly

Shows persistence in approaching tasks

Explores cause & effect

Applies knowledge or experience to a new context

Logical Thinking

Classifies objects

Compares/measures

Arranges objects in a series

Recognizes patterns & can repeat them

Shows awareness of time concepts & sequence

Shows awareness of position & space

Uses one-to-one correspondence

Uses numbers & counting

Representation & Symbolic Thinking

Takes in pretend roles & situations

Makes believe with objects

Makes & interprets representations

Language Development Objectives

Listening & Speaking

Hears & discriminates the sounds of language

Expresses self using words & expanded sentences

Understands & follows oral directions

Answers questions

Asks questions

Actively participates in conversations

Reading & Writing

Enjoys & values reading

Demonstrates understanding of print concepts

Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet

Uses emerging reading skills to make meaning from print

Comprehends & interprets meaning from books & other texts

Understands the purpose of writing

Writes letters & words