Care centers coddle kids
By DEBBIE HOWLETT
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Student parents Kip and
Susy Rice face a situation this
fall similar to that of other
student parents Kip is going
to Alaska to find work he
couldn't find at home in Myrtle
Creek, and Susy is enrolling at
the University
The problem is what to do
with their two daughters —
ages 2 and 4
The Rices are considering
the Child Care and Develop
ment Center — one of two
University childcare centers
located on or within walking
distance from campus
The Rices' story typifies the
situation most student parents
face How can parents contin
ue their education and raise a
family at the same time?
Mary-Curtis Gramley. coor
dinator of both CCDC and the
EMU Child Care Center, says
she feels the centers —
especially CCDC — are inter
ested not only in serving the
children, but also in involving
the entire family
She says she encourages
parents to visit tor lunch or in
between the parent's classes
"Our primary objective is to
provide the highest quality
childcare we can "
Gramley, who took charge
of the two centers last year,
says that a typical day at CCDC
consists of many "free-play"
activities that induce children
to learn and interact socially
The program also recog
nizes the need to educate
children, not in a typical
academic environment, but
rather at the pace the child
sets for himself, she says, ad
ding that the structure of
CCDC is used to further the
child's "total self ”
The University campus is a
valuable learning tool for the
CCDC, Gramley says
Emerald photo
<4 preschooler enjoys the outside play area of the EMU Child
Care Center.
"We have an excellent op
portunity here for valuable in
teraction,” she says, explain
ing that students from many
campus departments find
CCDC invaluable as a tool for
study and CCDC finds the
students invaluable for their
interaction with the children
Gramley says she believes
this system is effective and
that she also finds the campus
a great way to interest the
children in many different
areas
The childcare system is set
up to serve the varied needs of
student parents, Gramley
says
At CCDC, located at 1511
Moss St , the Brown House
cares tor the three-month to
16-month age range with en
rollment on a half or full-day
basis at a cost of $1 60 an
hour.
The Green House and the
Villard House accommodate
toddlers at $1 50 an hour with
enrollment hours 7:30 a m to
5:30 p.m Both houses are set
up on an hourly or half day/full
day basis
The Moss House is an hourly
center at $1 10 an hour There
also is an after-school pro
gram for children up to 12, and
although registration began
Sept 15, Gramley says she
"doesn't want to discourage
parents, because there still
may be openings ”
The ASUO provides some
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