Crescent Park Child Development Center

After 21 years, Crescent Park closed it’s doors for good yesterday.

Finding the right words to convey the immense sadness of this fact seems impossible, so instead, I’ll say this--

Thank you—to the families and community members who entrusted us with your precious miracles over the last 21 years. Because of you, we were able to live out a dream. Children were able to play and bask in the magic of their childhoods in a space that was designed for their imagination to run wild.

While our doors have closed, the memories made here will transcend time and space and remain in the hearts of those who created them—forever. You can share your stories of your time at CP by visiting our website, which will remaing up and running for a bit longer.

If nothing else, please never forget that childhood is magic, and children are miracles.

Little moments like this are what keep us going. That, and your generosity. It’s been a tough year, but consider us on to ensure our doors stay open to provide magical moments to children through 2020 and beyond. Head to the or our website to give.

Child care is on the verge of collapse in the Bay Area. Can parents go back to work? A new report from UC Berkeley finds that the state’s halting efforts to reopen have only escalated a financial crisis for child care centers, leaving parents with fewer options.

Big news!! Crescent Park is going kinder! Join us for the 2020-2021 school year.
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Our TK-Kindergarten is designed to expose children to a rich Language Arts/Social-Emotional Program where math, science, art & social studies are integrated into an inquiry-based framework. Classes will be held for stable groups of 8-12 children in the beautiful Outdoor Classrooms at Crescent Park running 8:30AM-3PM during the 10 month academic school year.

Check our website or email [email protected] for more info!

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“If there was ever a time to have a conversation about the fact that we expect parents to pay for care for the first five years of life and we expect government to pay for the next 13, then this is the time.."

Should the Child Care Industry Get a Bailout? Democrats propose $50 billion for a business that is in danger of widespread failure — and that many parents need before they can return to work.

“Since we can’t go back, let’s go forward by building on the best of what we know about how young children thrive and learn, how families need stable child care to go to work, and how early childhood educators must be valued with far more than accolades and applause.”

"The pandemic has laid bare the need to finally resolve the fundamental challenges that have confronted us for decades—those which, if resolved appropriately, will support a strong American workforce and economy, propel far more children into high-quality child care, and ensure the essential status of early childhood educators is permanently reflected by increased investments in their education and compensation." https://bit.ly/3b7uBUL

To Crescent Parkers near and far—we miss you dearly. These last few weeks haven’t been easy and we know the distance is tough. We hope you’re embracing this time at home together and are holding your loved ones a little closer at night. We can’t wait to see all of you when we reopen our doors again. Until then, stay safe and stay . We’re !

Baby and adult brains ‘sync up’ during play, finds Princeton Baby Lab It's not your imagination -- you and your baby really are on the same wavelength. A team of Princeton researchers has now measured baby and adult brain activity moving in sync as they play and interact together.

Want to join a team of people who are dedicated to lifelong learning, professional development, and providing high quality experiences for young children? Come join us, we're hiring!

http://crescentparkpreschool.org/careers

Our 2019 Live & Silent Auction is THIS Saturday! Have you purchased your tickets yet? We'd like to thank the parents, community members and alumni who have donated their time, energy, goods & services to make this auction one of the best ones yet. This year, our Auction features donations from:

Exploratorium
Urban Putt
Transform Fitness Studio
Zola
Richard Branden's Studio Kicks
Cooper-Garrod Estate Vineyards
The Westin Palo Alto
DeYoung Museum
Curry Up Now
Winter Lodge Outdoor Ice Skating
SusieCakes Bakery
Lovejoy's Tea Room Redwood City
Gordon Biersch - Palo Alto
San Francisco Zoo
Buck's of Woodside
Safari Run San Mateo
California's Great America
Bay Area Discovery Museum
Steve & Kate's Camp
The Cardinal Hotel
Sigona's Farmers Market
HabbiHabbi

Thank you to our generous donors!!

Silent Auction Ticket — Crescent Park Child Development Center Grants admission for one (1) to The Crescent Park Roundup — CP’s 2019 Live & Silent Auction.

Research out of Vanderbilt University suggests that young children can’t learn from screens, even from an interactive video, because they are unable to understand that the person on the screen is real, relevant and represents an actual adult (we know this as symbolic thought/representational thinking--which is developed later in childhood). Face-to-face interaction and engagement with caring adults remains #1!

https://hechingerreport.org/why-your-toddler-cant-learn-from-a-screen/?fbclid=IwAR25pIr-AR7-7Eh11IPRmTFzDxHF2ZnDg66wOpKvhK2DPekRdQYxuselxnU
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6243085/
https://youtu.be/-NmkwTameDw

Toddler brains resist learning from screens, even video chat Little ones may be fascinated by the cartoon character or person on TV asking them questions and pausing for a response. But science shows that children unde...