A. Monday thru Friday 5AM to 6PM

A. Our mission is to provide a caring, warm, and safe environment for children to enjoy a developmentally appropriate play experience. We aim to nurture children’s God-given talents by providing nurturing care to the children and their families. We strive to help the children learn, create strong foundations in values, morals, and personal health care through proper nutrition and hygiene, and develop socially, physically, emotionally, and cognitively under the supervision and guidance of our highly trained team in a child-friendly environment

A. All meals and PM snacks are prepared in our state licensed stainless commercial
kitchen on a 5 week revolving schedule

• Breakfast is between 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.
• M. Snack is between 10:00 am – 10:30 am
• Lunch is between 11:30 pm – 12:00 pm
• M. Snack is between 3:30 pm – 4:15 pm
• Dinner is between 4:45 pm – 5:15 pm

We participate in a federally funded Food Program (CACFP). This allows us to provide federally guided, nutritious meals to each child daily. We will be giving your child a well-balanced, healthy diet, and we request that you send no extra snacks.  We have seasonal menus that allow us to have the freshest produce available. Fresh seasonal produce has more nutritional value.  The purpose of a nutrition plan is to help families and team members understand how to meet the nutritional needs of children. It’s important for children, families, and team members to understand how nutrition helps children meet their optimal growth. By providing proper food, correct serving sizes, and providing information to families and our team members, we can meet the needs of your children in our care.  Our kitchen coordinator is trained with information given by Mid Michigan Food Program.  Family information is provided on our information board and team members are given fun new ideas on how to prepare food, help the children serve themselves, and encourage them to try new types of food.   

A. No.ne

A.  We practice Conscious Dicsipline.  Conscious Disciple is a  social-emotional learning program that integrates discipline with a conscious approach to developing relationships and creating a safe, caring, and respectful learning community. It is based on the principles of brain science, empathy, and connection and aims to help individuals (especially children) develop social and emotional skills and build resilience. Conscious Discipline focuses on teaching individuals how to regulate their own behavior, make responsible decisions, and resolve conflicts peacefully.

A. To help with communication between Caterpillar Clubhouse and the parents/guardians, Caterpillar Clubhouse uses software called Procare. It allows communication between teachers and parents/guardians. We issue a quarterly newsletter to keep parents/guardians involved in Center activities and news.  Your child’s teacher will be sending a monthly newsletter home along with reminders.  Please take the time to familiarize yourself with the monthly newsletter, which has important dates inside.  Three times a year, we will hold a family council meeting to discuss any needs or concerns the family has with the facility or the program..

A. Yes. All staff members are well qualified and well trained to state requirements.

A.  Please See Parents Manual

A. Yes. Creative curriculum through teaching strategies.

A.  Please See Parents Manual.

A. Yes.