Welcome

About the Center:

The Child Development Center at Cuyamaca College serves as a campus-based child development program providing both learning and/or observation opportunities for students enrolled in child development courses and childcare services to students, staff, and community families. Providing demonstration classrooms to the college community, our program offers a model of best practice in early childhood education while providing students on-floor interactions with young children and their families. 

The Child Development Center serves children: age 18 months (Toddlers) to five years old (Preschoolers: before entering kindergarten).

Admission is open to all families regardless to race, creed, color, or national origin. Children of students, staff and community may be enrolled in any of the programs offered which includes 1/2 day, 3/4 day and full day schedules. the Center also offers a PM enrichment program. Funded students schedules are based on the parent college enrollment schedule. As a campus-based child development program, priority for enrollment is provided to student families.

The Center is open Monday through Friday, 7:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., year round.