JCC Parenting & Infant Toddler Center
The JCC Infant/Toddler Center offers a full day program in a safe, clean and homelike environment for your baby’s first experience away from home. Our infants explore stimulating surroundings designed to nurture their social, intellectual and emotional development. The ITC is filled with playful interaction, smiles, cuddling and hugs.
For infants six weeks to toddlers up to 24 months, the Infant/Toddler Center (ITC) encourages emotional, social, and intellectual growth and development. Your child will smile, play and learn while interacting with loving, responsive, and professional caregivers who provide lots of personal attention and direction.
Our Values
Our values serve as a foundation for our community. The ECLC aims to provide a diverse Jewish setting that constructs possibilities for the emergence of each child through a collaborative learning process. Children are encouraged to test their theories of the world so as to develop a love of learning, a strong sense of self-reliance and a strong foundation for critical thinking. We are guided by the richness of Jewish tradition and values as well as developmentally appropriate educational approaches. Our core values are outlined below, the complete statements can be found in the entryway to the school and the parent handbook. The value statements are accompanied by quotes from various Jewish texts that reflect the intent of the statement.
- Community: kehillah
- Respect: kavod
- Peace: shalom
- Love: ahavah
- Inquiry: d’rash
- Responsibility: tikkun olam
Fostering an Inclusive Community
All families are welcome, regardless of race, creed, color, physical ability, or national origin. Our school reflects our world and tries to be an example of the core values we share. We believe in the value of diversity within our school community and look to foster understanding and differences of opinion through open dialogue and collaboration.
For more information please contact Peter Blair, Merage JCC Early Childhood Education Director, at peterb@jccoc.org 949-435-3400 x 221
