It is our belief at Teddy Bear Day Care that all children are unique individuals.
We understand that each child has their own strengths and weaknesses
as well as their own rate of development.
We believe that children
learn by seeing, imitating and experiencing a variety of activities.
Teddy Bear Day Care
Teddy Bear Day Care offers a large range of classes and programs for you and your child. Students can begin learning and developing at TBDC in the Infant Program. Once our students begin walking, they transition into our Wobbler Class, where they work on language and literacy development, social skills, and get exposure to mathematical and scientific experiences.
As students begin to display independence within the daily routines, they move into the Pre-Toddler Class, and then onto our Toddler Class, where each of the above skills are developed. Students continue on to our Preschool and Pre-K Programs, where these, and a whole new set of learning activities awaits them. We also offer Before and After School Program for our students who attend the Lincoln Consolidated Schools.
Services
TBDC is open Monday through Friday, 6:15 AM until 6:15 PM. We will be closed on major holidays. Our tuition rates are prorated so that the weekly tuition is the same whether or not a holiday falls on a week day or a weekend.
We provide a morning and afternoon, snack with juice or milk. A monthly snack menu is posted on the bulletin board. We provide children with milk or juice at lunch time. Furthermore, we request that children bring a nutritional lunch from home. If a student arrives before 8:00 AM they may also bring their breakfast to day care, we will provide milk for cereal.
A rest period is provided for all children up to five years old. TBDC will provide each student with a cot for their nap period.
Each student enrolled will earn vacation time at the rate of one week per four months of enrollment. Therefore a student enrolled year round will receive three weeks of vacation; a student enrolled for the school year will receive two weeks’ vacation. Vacation time must be earned prior to using it and the days must be arranged, in writing, two weeks in advance. Tuition is due for all other absences. This policy is important so that we may continue the quality of day care that all our families have come to expect.
We offer formal parent conferences twice a year, but conferences are available upon request at any time of the year. Upon a family's request, the TBDC Teaching Team asks that they notify the teacher or administration to set up a special conference immediately. Parents are given the opportunity to evaluate our program on an ongoing basis--comments and suggestions are always welcome throughout the year!
