Welcome to Silver Spring Child Care Center! We are a full-time, licensed child day care center serving ages two through five (through their last summer before entering first grade).  The Center was established in 1971 as a result of a proposal by a group of concerned citizens, predominantly from Christ Congregational Church in Silver Spring, to provide quality day care  for children of all social, economic and cultural backgrounds.

 

 

 

     The Center is staffed with caring teachers trained in Early Childhood Education, and aides who assist them.  The staff-child ratio is 1 to 7 or better at all times (1 to 3 for two-year-olds).  Many of our teachers have been with us for 20 to 33 years – truly a rarity in the modern child care field.  This exceptionally long-term commitment to our Center is evidence of  how important the care and education of young children is to our staff.

 

     Our maximum capacity is 47 children ages two through five.  We have five adjoining rooms of various sizes: the “Rainbow Bear” room, the “Magic Bear” room, the “Honey Bear” room, the “Sunshine Bear” room, are our pre-school classrooms. The “Pooh Bear” room houses our Two’s.  The transition that the children make from the Pooh Bear room to another as they mature is always gentle and occurs only when the child and parent feel comfortable with the progress.