330-707-4911
Hopes & Dreams Childcare and Learning Center
4490 Norquest Blvd.
Austintown, Ohio 44515
Monday - Friday 6:00am - 5:30pm
A child's imagination begins with Hopes & Dreams
Welcome to
Hopes & Dreams
Childcare and Learning Center
About Us
Think. Reason. Question. Experiment. These are just a few of the skills and qualities that children will develop at Hopes & Dreams Childcare and Learning Center. Since our founding, we’ve focused on supporting kids during all transitions throughout childhood.
All activities are designed to adequately nurture the emotional and intellectual growth of our kids while in preschool and daycare. Through stimulating situations and hands-on learning opportunities, young children are free to develop into bright young minds.
We are proud to announce that our center is GOLD rated through Step Up to Quality! We are an established childcare and learning center in Austintown, Ohio. We opened in 2004 with a vision and passion to educate, love, and take the best care of children while they are away from home, and these still hold true today.
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Please feel free to browse our website, or give us a call, to see the great things we have to offer you and your child!
Our Center
Hopes & Dreams provides an educational play based environment for children ages 6 weeks through 12 years old. Our teachers plan developmentally appropriate activities based on the interests and needs of the children. All activities are also based on the Ohio Early Learning Content Standards to ensure that your children are meeting all of the important skills needed for development. We strive to help children learn and grow in a way that is fun to give the children a love for education, while learning very important lessons at the same time.
Research has shown that “By taking a closer look at children’s play, we see that it does more than stimulate physical, social-emotional, and creative development. Play is also the primary means by which children explore the world, investigate its properties, and build an understanding about how the world works. Through this play, children actively pose problems, explore solutions, and develop understandings of real world concepts of form and function. By comparing and contrasting information gained from each new experience to what they already know, they are actively constructing their knowledge of the way the world works.”
Curriculum
The teachers at Hopes & Dreams use the High Scope Curriculum to write weekly lesson plans for each classroom. High Scope is a research based curriculum that aligns with the Ohio Early Learning Content Standards.
“The HighScope Preschool Curriculum is based on the principles of active learning and support of a child's positive interactions with adults and peers. Longitudinal studies show that the HighScope Preschool Curriculum promotes children’s development and provides lasting benefits into adulthood.
Our Preschool Curriculum is a comprehensive model that addresses all areas of development through eight content areas and 58 key developmental indicators (KDIs) — the skills and behaviors at each stage of development that pave the way for school and adult success. Each KDI is connected to and reinforced by scaffolding strategies to support and gently extend children’s learning.
Preschool Content Areas
Approaches to Learning
Social and Emotional Development
Physical Development and Health
Language, Literacy and Communication
Mathematics
Creative Arts
Science and Technology
Social Studies
While learning in these content areas prepares children for later schooling, HighScope takes the learning process beyond traditional academic subjects by applying methods that promote independence, curiosity, decision making, cooperation, persistence, creativity, and problem solving in young children.” (https://highscope.org/preschool)
Assessment
The assessment we use at Hopes & Dreams is the Cor Advantage, which goes along with our curriculum.
“COR Advantage is both a valid and reliable child assessment that measures the developmental trajectories of all children, from birth through kindergarten, regardless of their backgrounds or abilities. Based on extensive research in the field of early childhood education, COR Advantage puts into practice the most up-to-date knowledge about brain development and behavior. It also recognizes the working conditions of early childhood practitioners, with careful consideration given to the length of the assessment, ease of use, and its efficiency in validly and reliably measuring student outcomes.” ( http://coradvantage.org/overview/)
Hopes & Dreams
Childcare and Learning Center
Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide your child with the love, education, and life skills that they will carry with them always. We want you and your child to feel comfortable, have an open line of communication, and a mutual respect and understanding to work together with the best interest of your child in mind.