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early childhood & education

service overview

nurturing environments, learning experiences, and resources for the critical early education years

Development Center
Curriculum
Tours
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93%

of children made developmental gains

More children are expelled from Early Childhood centers than High Schools

For every 1 dollar invested in early childhood, you get 7 dollars in return

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program benefits

Thompson Child Development
Center - Charlotte Mecklenburg County, NC

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Supporting the critical early educational years of children. Your child will receive the highest quality of care and education using the Creative Curriculum® – a research-proven program.

TCDC prides itself on providing and maintaining the highest quality of care and education of young children. As a student at Thompson Child Development Center, your child will receive an early childhood education that includes all program benefits.

NC Five Star Rating

Affordable, competitive tuition rates, vouchers welcome

Nutritious breakfast, lunch, and snack served daily

Requirements for staff:child ratios

Creative curriculum

This institution is an equal opportunity provider

On-site therapeutic services

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curriculum

The Creative Curriculum for Infant, Toddlers & Twos, and Preschool is a research-proven program that fosters these skills: social-emotional, physical, language, cognitive, literacy, mathematics, science and technology, social studies, the arts.

Along with Creative Curriculum, teachers assess the development of children using the online assessment tool, Teaching Strategies GOLD®.

Developmental Checkpoint assessments are conducted four times a year. Parent/Teacher Conferences are held two times per year in conjunction with the fall/spring checkpoint assessments, to share the developmental progress of your child with you.

tcdc tours

Parents who wish to enroll their child are asked to set up an appointment to:

  • Tour the center
  • Meet the staff
  • Review center operations and policies
  • Secure placement on a waiting list with payment of a non-refundable fee

Contact our center at 704.817.1600 to schedule a tour or for more information.

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