Kristy's Development Center

Learn how our development center can help your child learn, grow and foster creativity. We strive to promote the social, emotional, intellectual, creative, and physical development of your child at Kristys Development Center. Our staff prepares the learning environment with activities that are suitable for the developmental levels of two to nine-ye... ar-old children. As the children explore materials, complete activities and interact with their peers and adults, learning takes place. We promote readiness skill development and provide appropriate information about the world around us through the presentation of various topics and themes. Each child is encouraged to select from the planned activities those activities that interest him/her. As the child works his/her way through the day, the adults monitor the selections and progress of the child. We encourage children to get along with others and learn how to respect one another. We use positive guidance in order to effectively guide behavior. We praise acceptable behavior and use positive statements in order to encourage children to follow the rules. Rules for the children are simple: Do nothing to hurt yourself or another, participate in activities and do the friendly thing. In order to promote independence, children are allowed to make as many decisions as possible. Children are encouraged to do such things as replace materials in the proper place; dispose of paper plates in proper receptacles; hang their own garments; return their paint aprons; print their own names (if they can); keep their belongings in their cubby drawer; etc.Read More