Playmates Child Care and Development Center is a privately-owned facility which opened May 26, 1998. New ownership took place June 20, 2011. New facility opened June 11, 2018. We believe that early childhood should be a time of fun, exploring, discovering and security! Young children are creative and receptive; our qualified staff strives to encourage these qualities in all the children who attend. Our center’s purpose is to provide a safe atmosphere that stimulates social, emotional, physical and intellectual growth and development of the child as a whole. Our curriculum consists of hands on play, including art, blocks, science and nature, sand and water, dramatic play, food preparation, music and rhythm, books and story time. Games, field trips, teacher interaction and celebration of birthdays and holidays are also included in our curriculum. 

Standards: Playmates Child Care and Development Center is licensed by the North Carolina Department of Human Resources, Division of Child Development. Our center complies with all the standards put forth by this department. We also participate in the Subsidized Child Care Program through the Department of Social Services. We accept children regardless of race, sex or religion. 

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Mission Statement: At Playmates Child Care and Development Center, our mission is to provide quality child care that meets the need of each individual child and family. We pride our center’s focus on providing a developmentally appropriate atmosphere which promotes each child’s social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and spiritual growth. We aim to support the early learning years of each child in a safe, nurturing and academically rich environment. 

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Philosophy Statement and Values: Each child brings to Playmates Child Care and Development Center their own life experience. Partnerships between families and the Center are essential to the proper growth and development of each individual child. We endeavor to construct and promote these strong partnerships with families and create a feeling of community. 

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Playmates Child Care and Development Center recognizes the significance of play in the learning process for young children. Play is the foundation for learning in our programs. We aspire to provide a completely motivating, developmentally appropriate environment which encompasses the various learning styles of children. The environment allows for children to grow and master skills at their own speed. 

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Playmates Child Care and Development Center strives to empower young children, promote individuality, and develop strong partnerships with families while creating an environment that helps young children attain physical, cognitive, social, and emotional competence in order to prepare each individual for the next step in life. 

Playmates Child Care and Development Center promotes Christian values and embraces a loving, caring and compassionate spirit at all times. We do second chances. We say, “I’m sorry.” We respect each other. We give hugs. We pray hard. We love one another. We are family. 

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At Playmates Child Care and Development Center, we actively promote inclusive practice in order to best meet the needs of the children, families and staff of our center. We do not exclude children with disabilities from our programs unless their presence would pose a direct threat to the health or safety of others, require a fundamental alteration to our program, or if we feel that we are not or no longer equipped to meet the child's needs. All children are welcome to attend Playmates Child Care and Development Center regardless of ability, need, background, culture, religion, gender or economic circumstances. Through inclusive practice, we aim to reflect our wider community and promote positive attitudes to both the similarities and differences in each other. In order to achieve this, we actively engage with children, parents, and the community.