Ithaca Community Childcare Center - IC3

09/21/2026

🚧✨ PLAYGROUND UPDATE! ✨🚧

Our new playground is really starting to take shape, and we are SO excited to see all the pieces coming together! 🥳🏗️🛝

🌳🧗 The Jungle Dome is taking shape nicely! We can already picture all the climbing, exploring, and adventures that will happen here! 🐒🌿

🎶🥁 Music Play Panel is officially up and ready to make some music! 🎵🪇🎼

🌸🦋 Toddler Flower Swings are IN! 🌼💛 We can't wait to see our littlest adventurers enjoying them!

👶🧗‍♀️ Infant Climber is in place and ready for little ones to explore, climb, and build those early gross-motor skills! 💪✨

📚🔍 Learning Play Panel is up too, adding even more opportunities for hands-on exploration and learning! 🧩🌈

Every new piece brings us one step closer to our amazing new playground! 💚💙 We can't wait for our IC3 children to explore, play, climb, swing, learn, and make memories in this special space! 🥰🎉

Stay tuned for more playground updates! 🚜🏗️➡️🛝✨

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09/17/2026

🐟💛 The Goldfish have been BUSY having fun! 💛🐟

There’s always something exciting happening in the Goldfish classroom! ✨

🌙🏖️ Sensory Fun: The Goldfish enjoyed some hands-on sensory play with moon sand, scooping, pouring, building, and exploring! 🤲✨

🥁🎶 Instrument Parade: The classroom brought the music to the Large Gym for an instrument parade! 🎺🥁🪇 They had a blast making music, marching, and showing off their musical moves! 💃🎵

🐟👋 Welcome, New Friends! We’re excited to welcome some new members to the Goldfish classroom! 💛 We’re so happy to have you joining our Goldfish family! 🥰

🚧👀 Playground Watching: The Goldfish have also been keeping a close eye on the playground construction! They’ve had a front-row view as our new playground continues to take shape. 🦺🏗️✨

🏃‍♀️🤸 BOCES Adventures: And, of course, there have been trips to BOCES for some BIG large-motor play! Running, climbing, moving, and getting those wiggles out! 💪😄

🐟💛 From sensory exploration to music, new friendships, construction-site watching, and big-body movement, the Goldfish have been making lots of memories! ✨

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09/17/2026

📜✨ Throwback to 1989 at IC3! ✨📜

We found an old IC3 Part-Time Job ad, and while the job description feels pretty familiar… the pay definitely took us back! 😂💰

Ahhh, 1989… when $5.25 was apparently a competitive wage. 😅😂

Some things change, some things stay the same — but we sure do love these little pieces of IC3 history! ❤️🏫

#1989

09/14/2026

🚧👀 SOMETHING BIG IS TAKING SHAPE! 👀🚧

We may have noticed a few new climbing structures popping up this weekend in the New Playground build area! 🛝🧗‍♀️🌳✨

The excitement is REAL as we start to see more and more pieces of the playground come together! 🥳🙌 What was once an empty space is quickly turning into a place where our children will be able to climb, explore, imagine, and PLAY! 💚💙

We can't wait to watch this project continue to take shape and, eventually, see our classrooms enjoying this incredible new space! 🥰🎉

Stay tuned… there’s more to come! 👀🔨🛝

09/12/2026

All set up and ready for you to explore at the United Way Day of caring Community and Family Fun Carnival at the YMCA !!!
United Way of Tompkins County

09/11/2026

🚧🛝 PLAYGROUND UPDATE! 🛝🚧

Things are really starting to take shape on our playground! 🎉✨ Our crews have been busy installing sheds, putting together equipment, and making progress on our new outdoor spaces. 🔨🏡🧰

🏡 LET THERE BE SHEDS! 🏡😂

If you’ve been wondering what all those structures popping up around the playground are… LET THERE BE SHEDS! 🙌🤣

Sheds are going up, equipment is being assembled, and little by little, our playground is becoming the amazing space we’ve been working toward! 💪🌳🛝

🚧 And speaking of construction…
With the installation work taking up our usual sidewalk, our classrooms have temporarily had to cross the parking lot. Which means Admin got promoted to CROSSING GUARD! 🛑😂👮‍♀️

You may have spotted us out there helping classrooms safely make their way across. We’re taking our new crossing-guard duties VERY seriously! 😎🛑🤣

We’re so excited to watch everything come together and can’t wait for the children to enjoy all the new spaces and equipment! 💚💙

Stay tuned for more playground updates as the transformation continues! 🛝✨🌱🏗️

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09/10/2026

⚠ Elmo Teether Recall Alert ⚠ For more information follow the link below 👇👇👇👇👇👇

The Elmo teether was sold from January 2025 through March 2026 at Carter’s stores, online, and at www.skiphop.com.

09/09/2026

🐛🦋✨ THE KOALAS’ BUTTERFLY JOURNEY! ✨🦋🐛

The Koala Classroom has been on an exciting butterfly adventure! 🌿🔍💚 Our little scientists have been watching their caterpillar grow and change, and now they got to witness one of the most amazing parts of the process—forming a chrysalis! 🐛➡️🦋

The children watched with curiosity and excitement as their caterpillar carefully found its spot and began the incredible transformation into a chrysalis. 😍🌱✨

There’s nothing quite like watching science happen right before your eyes! 🔬👀💚 We can’t wait to see what comes next as we continue to watch and wait for our beautiful butterfly to emerge! 🦋🌸

Stay tuned for the next chapter of the Koala butterfly journey! 🐛💚🦋✨

09/09/2026

🤩 WOW! 🤩

And honestly… WOW is right! 👀🚧✨

There are LOTS of exciting things happening on our playground! 🛝💚🔨 Our playground transformation is really starting to take shape, and we couldn’t be more excited to watch the progress unfold! 🎉

It’s so much fun seeing the changes happen right before our eyes! 🥰 The children are definitely noticing, too… and as you can hear in the video, WOW says it all! 😂💚

We can’t wait to share more as our playground continues to transform! 🌱🛝✨

Stay tuned… there’s lots more to come! 👀💚🎉

09/08/2026

🏗️👀 A Little Sneak Peek from the "Observation Deck"! 👀🏗️

Things are REALLY starting to take shape at Ithaca Community Childcare Center (IC3)! 🎉🏠✨

Our observation deck gives us the perfect view of all the exciting construction happening right outside our doors! 🚧🔨 We can’t help but stop, look, and imagine all the amazing possibilities that are coming our way! 😍

From the sounds of construction 🚜 to watching the building transform day by day, the excitement is REAL! 🙌💙

We’re building more than just a space—we’re building new opportunities for children, families, and our community! 🌱👧🧒❤️

Stay tuned as we continue to watch this incredible project come to life! 🏗️➡️🏫✨

The future of IC3 is looking BIG, bright, and exciting! 🎉💫