“Studies have shown, and we have heard it from many of our
employees, there is a shortage of licensed, quality child care facilities in
the Branson area,” says Simon Wajnblom, vice president of performance
management at Cox Medical Center Branson. “We recognize that if our employees
do not have a place they can feel good about leaving their children, they can’t
provide the exceptional health care our patients deserve. When parents cannot
find quality care for their child, families suffer, businesses suffer and the
community suffers. Therefore, we will not limit the center to children of
CoxHealth employees, but will extend this service to the community.”
The learning center will accept children six weeks old up to
12 years of age.
At the center, care givers will use Creative Curriculum by
Teaching Strategies, a nationally approved curriculum for early childhood
education.
“It is a developmentally and age appropriate curriculum that
promotes child initiated learning,” explains Karrie Ridder, CoxHealth learning
centers director. “As each child grows and develops, we make every effort to
promote self-esteem and independence in the child and to help in the emotional,
physical, intellectual and social aspects of their personality. We want to make
learning as fun and creative as possible and to do so, we will organize each
classroom into learning centers, giving children a variety of activities to
choose from each day.”
The center, located at 1192 Bird Road in Branson, will be
open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Friday. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and afternoon
snacks will be served daily. Formula, diapers and wipes will also be included
at no additional cost.
To learn more or to place your child on the waiting list,
call 417-269-6775.
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