Show Lab on earn campus pus offers Li W c care Peri Peni Kinder Contributing Writer Balancing college classes work and home life can be a tricky challenge especially when students are rearing young children Many parents worry about finding reliable affordable child childcare care that their children can safely enjoy At the Eccles Early Development Lab School located on the Redwood Campus children ages two to five are not only looked after but are given instruction on that will help discover their poten potential al increase self-esteem self and learn the value of their worth According to Barbara Johnson manager at the lab school there are great benefits of having haying a child attend the center We offer a quality high-quality program said Johnson We assess the children and determine determine determine deter deter- mine their needs We are a learning place here be I i. i want nt the children n who are to r I r M. 1 I. I f. f t 1 I 4 t 4 I i tor a if fr Iff fee f W WV V C 1 I i I l 4 ari w fir Parents study at redwood Campus have the t to drop their kids off at the school run daycare learning Children are involved in a variety of ac activities activities vi v- v i es each day including participation in music drama stories field trips counting and number games and science and language language language lan lan- guage development There is also a low child to teacher ratio which allows more interactive interactive tive ve time with each child The lab school is run through the Family and Human Studies Department and gives students in the department an opportunity to I work with children in the area Thi Tuition on for each child is based on family income size of the family and other considerations Breakfast lunch and snacks extended s stay ay aymes times mes and other factors affect the cost of the child care as well Morning and afternoon preschool sessions are taught on a two three or five ve day plan and children are placed on a waiting list until untila unilla a vacancy occurs There is no in drop-in care are atthe atthe at atthe the facility Ryan Crotchett is a student at and his year old son Alex has att attended nd d th the lab Daycare Cont on Page 8 Daycare Cont from front school for a year Its a really good program program pro pro- gram Crotchett said My Myson son doesn't want to leave at atthe atthe atthe the end of the day Every morning hes he's excited to see his teacher Presently the Redwood Campus is the only Salt Lake Community College campus with the child care center but bul W because of interest from parents parents parents par par- in other areas and the success of the program other campuses throughout the valley could soon see the same programs offered There is a child care feasibility feasibility feasibility task force checking out the needs to see if theres there's a greater need to have centers on on other campuses Johnson said Currently there are more than 60 young students enrolled at the lab school which is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children The center is also a state- state licensed facility The Eccles Early Development Lab School is open from 6 64 45 am a.m. until 5 The w school is now open to communITy reside residents ls- ls as aswell aswell aswell well as faculty staff and students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents at Enrollment applications are available on the homepage The phone number for information information inform a- a I tion at the Eccles Early Development Lab School is |