Child Development Center

The St. Joseph Child Development Center provides childcare and preschool services to children ages 6 weeks old through the pre-Kindergarten year. The program is open year-round with hours that meet the needs of working families. 

CDC teachers provide children with a warm, secure environment, filled with love, high quality physical care, and an atmosphere of learning. We are proud to offer smaller class sizes and lower teacher-to-child ratios. Children who attend our center have the benefit of more one-on-one time with their teacher, resulting in a better learning experience. The center exceeds Kentucky’s state ratios recommended by the NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children), the association that sets the standards for high quality classroom teacher to child ratios.

The CDC uses an emergent style curriculum based on the interests of the children.

While children are exposed to academic concepts, the focus of the program is early childhood development, especially social and emotional skills which are essential in preparing children for the intense academic demands of kindergarten.

Childcare and Preschool for children 6 weeks through Pre-Kindergarten.

Our Philosophy: The Child Development Center program at St. Joseph Children’s Home is built on the following beliefs and best practices in early childhood education:

• Children are competent, capable, and full of wonder.
• Children deserve a safe, supportive environment that encourages them to use their natural sense of wonder to explore, ask questions, and construct and expand their knowledge of the world around them.
• Children need experiences that are appropriate for their particular developmental level that allow them to practice their current skills and abilities while being gently challenged to further develop.
• PLAY is the most powerful method in which children learn and gain meaning from their environment.,
• Children develop into strong, independent, self-confident, caring individuals when given opportunities to stimulate their growth (socially, emotionally, physically and intellectually) within the context of respectful, loving relationships with adult caregivers.
• Children deserve to be treated with respect.
• Discipline should be positive and based in love and instruction, not fear or punishment.
• Children and families deserve an environment that is open, welcoming and committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion.

Accreditations

The center is licensed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services. At least once annually, the center is inspected by the Division of Regulated Childcare’s Office of Inspector General. A written report of inspection, including any plan of correction, is available for families to review. The center is also accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA) and rated by the KY ALLSTARS quality improvement program. We are proud to be a 3-star center!