Our Approach

Philosophy

Meaningful relationships play a critical role in a child’s development including the development of a positive self-concept. At Southwest Child Care Early Learning Centers, our highly trained staff strives to develop positive relationships with each child and his or her family.

We…

• Provide a warm, nurturing, and responsive environment so that all children will feel free to explore and discover at their own pace.

• Provide classrooms and curriculum that promote imagination, creativity, and exploration.

• Encourage children to learn and develop through play and other hands-on experiences.

• Place an emphasis on the process of an activity rather than the product.

• Encourage children to be as independent as possible.

All of these components work together to foster intellectual, social, physical, emotional, and language development. We put tremendous effort into making Southwest Child Care Early Learning Centers a place where every child is welcomed, wanted, and worthwhile. Building positive, trusting relationships with our families is an important part of this effort.

We also welcome any ideas you may have to make Southwest Child Care Early Learning Centers the best program in New Mexico. We value your feedback as a key component of our continuous quality improvement.

Program Fundamentals 

Early Childhood Development

Our goal is to create an environment of imagination and creativity and allow children to learn by doing, i.e. to actively experience as many things around them as possible. We place an emphasis on the process of an activity rather than the finished product, and we encourage the children to be as independent as possible.

Reliable, quality care and education is our highest priority.

Southwest Child Care Early Learning Centers provide quality child care and education. We offer quality infant/toddler care, preschool, FREE NM state Pre-Kindergarten programs as well as before and after school care. Each teacher provides child-oriented programs with a wide variety of daily activities directed by 30 + hours of continuing education a year. Our staff are life-long learners. This provides a role model for the children they teach and the families they serve.