Charles Towne Child Development Center

More fun from last week!

Hanukkah week was tons of fun! The children had a sensory table, a visitor read to them and bring them jelly doughnuts, had a storywalk, had Mitzvah Moose join in on the classroom activities, made edible dreidels and the preschoolers went on a fun, festive field trip!

Scarecrow Week was a rainy week but we still had a great time! We brought the outside in, learned about fall, scarecrows and even had a special visitor for Veteran's Day!

We learned all about germs last week. They pretended to be doctors and nurses, enjoyed a soapy sensory table,made soap and learned about the importance of washing hands! Let's stay healthy y'all!!

With respect, honor and gratitude- thank you veterans! Here are our very own airman, sailors and their families. Thank you for your service!! 🇺🇸

Happy Halloween from CTCDC! We had an awesome week learning about not so spooky monsters and had a blast for our Halloween parade and party!

We had an awesome week learning about pumpkins! We did science experiments, played in messy sensory tables, made pumpkin slime, carved pumpkins, made pumpkin treats and the preschoolers went on a field trip to Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch!!

A visit from the St. Andrew's Fire Department, learning all about fire safety, and an awesome dramatic play where our children pretended to be firefighters!!

Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to CTCDC farm week! We had a lot of fun sensory activities, milked a cow, washed animals, picked vegetables for our lunch (farm to table), made butter, and enjoyed some STEM farm activities!!

The children LOVED the apple orchard dramatic play!! They picked apples, paid for them at the farm stand and made apple pies!

You are the apple of my eye 😍

Our children learned all about nursery rhymes this week! We retold nursery rhymes with story spoons, pretended to be sheep, jumped over the candlestick, and went on a storywalk!!

We had so much fun learning about Pete the Cat, Shapes and Colors! Our Fun Friday was STEM- we explored with colors and got MESSY!! We also had our first week of soccer with Coach Joey from Soccer Shots!

Our last official week of summer was celebrated with our carnival! Face painting, games, cotton candy- what a treat!!!

Love where you live! We had so much fun learning about Charleston including a book reading from local author, Jewel Sweeney and a scavenger hunt at Hampton Park!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!!

Our little athletes had a great time during sports week!!

We had an awesome week going yonder to the best field trip on this side of the Mississippi, spun our partners and did a do-si-do at the hoedown, wrangled some cattle and went on a storywalk. Thanks for a great rodeo week y'all!

If you like watermelon and blueberries, getting caught in the rain
If you're into the Bookmobile, if you have a library card
If you like making pie at 9am, in the preschool room
We're the school that you've looked for, write to me and apply

We had a blast for the 4th of July!! Water play, lots of cool, messy sensory activities, and blueberry picking!

Art week included lots of fun on our new art easels, still life paintings, super hero painting, building a noodle doodle bot, and lots more! We also enjoyed seeing a puppet show on the pre-k field trip!

Our camping week was so fun! We "roasted marshmallows," slept in a tent, painted with leaves, ate smores and had a fun sensory table! We also went to the movies and had an AWESOME RAD- Do Like a Duck

We're making a splash into summer! Water days, field trips and popsicles!

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2019!! Thank you to Ms. Tatum for putting together such a great ceremony and for preparing these children so well for Kindergarten!

Yo ho, yo ho! A pirate's life for me!

We have the most AMAZING teachers! They give so much of themselves every day! We appreciate our teachers and our awesome parents for spoiling us last week!! Thank you for all of the love!

Butterfly release, gardening, and a strawberry Storywalk!

What a fun week we had!! Learning about insects, an egg hunt, an egg drop and we were chosen as runner up for the BEST daycare in Charleston!! Thank you for your support!!

https://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/best-daycare/BestOf?oid=28096309

We have had a fun few weeks! During spring break we harvested vegetables from our garden and made all kinds of delicious treats to share with the students and teachers. This past week we went to see The Three Little Pigs and splashed in the rain!

We had a fantastic week learning about fairy tales complete with retelling baskets, sensory tables, dressing up and dancing at the ball, and our new favorite storywalk: Falling for Rapunzel

Our wee lads and lassies enjoyed learning about St. Patrick's Day this week!

We had a "Roar-Some" week learning about dinosaurs!!

"You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book." Dr. Seuss

Best of Charleston 2019 Voting

It's not too late to vote for our little school! https://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/BestofCharleston2019Voting/Page#/gallery?group=307940

It's under attractions and city living and we're in the running for best daycare and best preschool- we'd love for you to vote for BOTH categories!! Voting ends 3/5

charlestoncitypaper.com Best of Charleston 2019 voting is open until Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2019!

100th day celebration, a storywalk and taking care of bears... oh my!

Love is in the air 😍

We had so much fun learning about dental health! Ms. Suzanne from Palmetto Kids in Summerville was awesome for presenting to the big kids! We enjoyed lots of tooth books, flossing legos, making toothpaste slime (Pinterest FAIL!), pretending to be a dentist, tooth games, and science experiments!

Best of Charleston 2019 Voting

Thank you for nominating us TWO years in a row!! We are so grateful for the love and support! Please vote for us for Best Daycare AND Best Preschool!

https://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/BestofCharleston2019Voting/Page#/gallery/?group=307940

charlestoncitypaper.com Best of Charleston 2019 voting is open until Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2019!

Our children learned about nocturnal animals and sweet dreams complete with a pajama day and an owl pellet dissection!

Winter was in the air and our classrooms!

We had a great week learning about our senses! The taste test was so fun and (mostly) yummy!

Best of Charleston 2019 Nominations

https://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/BestofCharleston2019Nominations/Page#//

We would be honored to be nominated again! Please consider voting for us for best preschool! We're under Attractions and City Living. Thank you!

charlestoncitypaper.com Best of Charleston 2019 nominations are open until Jan. 8 2019!

We had an awesome week leading up to Christmas! The Polar Express, Grinch games, a visit from Santa- what fun! Hope you and your family had an awesome Christmas!

Another fun week at CTCDC!! We learned all about Hanukkah, had a fun storywalk, made gingerbread houses, went on a gingerbread hunt, and gave presents to our favorite readers!

This week was out of this world!! We created moon paintings, ate astronaut food, made rockets, and also went on an awesome field trip!