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    • Welcome
    • About
      • Care Philosophy
      • Curriculum Philosophy
      • Meet Our Team
      • Mission
      • Our Story
    • Admissions
      • Calendar
      • Application & Enrollment
      • Facilities
      • Fees
      • Health Policy
      • Routine and Supplies
    • Resources & Services
      • Community Resources
      • Community Trainings
      • Emergencies & Disasters
      • Financial Assistance
      • Food & Diaper
      • Program Evaluations
    • What's New
      • Awards & Recognitions
      • Blog
      • McDuff and Friends
      • Newsletter
      • Our Future
      • Wish List
    • Connect
      • Contact Us
      • Jobs @Rise and Shine
      • P.E.A.C.E.
      • Reviews
      • Your #RiseAndShineStory
Welcome to Santa Rosa Rise and Shine Child Care Center
  • Welcome
  • About
    • Care Philosophy
    • Curriculum Philosophy
    • Meet Our Team
    • Mission
    • Our Story
  • Admissions
    • Calendar
    • Application & Enrollment
    • Facilities
    • Fees
    • Health Policy
    • Routine and Supplies
  • Resources & Services
    • Community Resources
    • Community Trainings
    • Emergencies & Disasters
    • Financial Assistance
    • Food & Diaper
    • Program Evaluations
  • What's New
    • Awards & Recognitions
    • Blog
    • McDuff and Friends
    • Newsletter
    • Our Future
    • Wish List
  • Connect
    • Contact Us
    • Jobs @Rise and Shine
    • P.E.A.C.E.
    • Reviews
    • Your #RiseAndShineStory

We Believe...

  • The curriculum you choose is just as important as the program that implements it.
  • The program curriculum and its implementation will determine the quality of care your infant or toddler receives.

Our Curriculum Philosophy

Supporting Healthy Development for Infants and Toddlers

As a PITC inspired program we also utilize the PITC curriculum philosophy and approach.


Enhancing our relationship-based, responsive approach to early care promoted by the Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC), the curriculum planning tools and strategies support the efforts of our infant teachers to facilitate high-quality individualized learning and healthy development.


Unique to the PITC Curriculum is a planning process based on reflection, observation, and documentation of play and learning that respects each child's developing abilities, individual strengths and needs, family culture(s), and language(s). 


This planning process helps teachers deepen understanding, share meaning, support learning, and strengthen meaningful, caring relationships with infants and toddlers.


Our goal is to develop the crucial importance of giving tender, loving care and assisting in your infants' intellectual development through an attentive reading of cues. 


Our teachers will connect with each family to develop a responsive, relationship-based, interactive care that supports each infant and toddler's family and culture.


Our teachers study the infants in our care, reflect on and record information about their interests and skills, and search for ways to set the stage for the next learning encounters.


Our curriculum uses a carefully designed process of learning through discovery called active participatory learning. During active learning, infants and toddlers learn about the world around them by exploring and playing.


Our trained staff address skills and behaviors at each stage of development based upon six program policies that anchor our work: primary care, small groups, continuity, individualized care, cultural responsiveness and inclusion of children with special needs.  


This philosophy creates a climate for care that reinforces our responsive and relationship-based approach. It allows relationships to develop and deepen over time between care teachers and infants, as well as between care teachers and the families. 

EXCITING NEWS

OUR INFANT CURRICULUM

We're excited to introduce our Monthly Infant Curriculum, designed to support your child’s growth and development through fun songs, stories, and themes. 

June 2025

You Will Never Know Until You Try

 This month, we honor and celebrate the special role of fathers and father figures in our lives through meaningful stories, music, and hands-on activities that promote bonding, expression, and connection.


  • Storytime: Infants will enjoy this heartwarming tale, which encourages exploration, self-confidence, and trying new things, supporting early problem-solving and emotional development.
  • Music: Our featured song, You Will Never Know Until You Try, brings joy and movement into the classroom. Children are encouraged to express themselves through music, rhythm, and shared moments of fun.


  • Color of the Month: Orange – Bright, bold, and full of sunshine!
     
  • DRDP Focus Skills:
     
    • Fine Motor
       
    • Problem Solving
       
    • Interaction with Peers
       
    • Recognition of Ability
       
  • Teacher-Facilitated Routines (PITC): Mealtime – A nurturing time for connection and learning.
     
  • Language Development:
     
    • Weekly vocabulary building in English, Spanish, and Baby Sign Language.
       
    • Featured Words: Dad, Please, Yes, All Done
       
    • Teachers model language and narrate care routines to encourage communication and comprehension.
       
  • Sensory: Discovering My Five Senses – Touch Art
     
  • Language: Engaging with Books to build connections and early literacy.
     
  • Cognitive: Discovering the World Around Me – Play with scarves and drawing boards.
     
  • Creative Expression: Let’s Create Together! – Key Ring Shrinky Dinks
     
  • Motor Development: Look What My Hands and Body Can Do! – Climbing and Sidewalk Chalk
     
  • Social Development: Exploring relationships through Parallel Play.
     
  • Emotional Development: All About Me – Teachers praise and celebrate each baby’s milestones and growing independence.
     

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