Center Hours: 8:15AM – 3:15PM
Center Phone: 509–493–4224
About
About White Salmon Early Learning Center
White Salmon Early Learning Center provides a variety of child care and early learning services with several options for parents:
Community Preschool Program:
Parents pay tuition for their child(ren) ages 3-5 years old to attend preschool. Contact Katrina Alderman by phone at 360-952-3362 or by email at katrina.alderman@esd112.org
Tuition Assistance:
Community Preschool Families who qualify pay reduced tuition based on family income. Contact Katrina Alderman by phone at 360-952-3362 or by email at katrina.alderman@esd112.org
Early Childhood Education and Assistance (ECEAP):
A comprehensive preschool program that provides FREE services and support to eligible children ages 3-5 years old and their families. Find out more > Contact our enrollment team by phone at 360-952-3466 or by email at ece.enroll@esd112.org
Early Childhood Special Education:
Evaluation and services to children ages 3-5 years old with developmental delays. Contact Tanya Cochran by phone at 509-493-4224 or by email at tanya.cochran@esd112.org
Speech and Language:
Evaluation and services to children 3-5 years old with speech and language delays. Call 509-493-4224 or email Miranda Pace at miranda.pace@esd112.org
Early Support for Infants and Toddlers in Klickitat County:
Family Resource Coordination, screening referral and service for children ages birth to 3 years with suspected developmental concern(s). Contact Kim Puckett by phone at 509-281-1281 or by email at kim.puckett@esd112.org
Location:
White Salmon Early Learning Center
520 NW Loop Road
White Salmon, WA 98672
Preschool
About Preschool
The preschool program is designed to meet the developmental needs of the whole child and the curriculum is aligned with our state’s early learning standards – the Washington State Early Learning and Development Guidelines. Our programs provide developmental and individualized instruction for children, ages three to five-years. The preschool classrooms promote active, play-based learning for children, building on their strengths and interests, while helping them learn new skills.
Preschool Curriculum
Young children learn and gain the most information when their preschool experience is:
- Hands-on: exploratory, play-based learning involving all of their senses
- Developmental: a sequence of skills that follow a predictable order and build upon previous learning and skills
- Real: children learn about things through the interactions with real objects and experiences
- Relevant: children learn best when lessons are important and meaningful to them and their lives–while respecting cultural and family differences
We focus on six basic areas of early childhood development:
- Social/emotional development: learning to cooperate, share take turns and express emotions.
- Language development: learning to listen to others and to use language to communicate.
- Small motor development: small muscle groups of the hands involved in coloring, writing, stringing beads, cutting and turning pages.
- Conceptual development: concepts such as same and different, colors, sizes, shapes, and introduction to numbers and letters.
- Large muscle development: large groups of muscles involved in running, skipping, swinging and jumping.
- Self help skills: learning to be independent, clean up, button and zip.
Preschool Hours:
8:15 am – 11:15 am and 12:15 – 3:15 pm
Our goal is to encourage children to explore, to wonder, to imagine, to experiment with language and materials, to play and to develop a lifelong love of learning.
Rates & Enrollment
2024-2025 White Salmon Early Learning Center Rates
Rates for care at the child care centers are at or below the average for the area. State child care subsidies are accepted at all our centers. For more information on current rates, please call our enrollment team at 360-952-3466 or email them at ece.enroll@esd112.org.
Tuition
Program | Daily Rate |
---|---|
ECEAP | Free to eligible families |
Community Preschool | $385 |
Tuition Assistance | Call to find out if you’re eligible for reduced tuition |
Enrollment
For questions about availability please contact our Enrollment Team (ERSEA Team) at 360-952-3466 or ece.enroll@esd112.org.
Register online if the center of your choice has openings and you are ready to submit a registration request. Our ERSEA Team will review your submission and either request additional information or approve your request and send a contract for your signature. The contract will identify the start date and daily rate for care.
As of August 2020 Washington State does require up to date Certificate of Immunizations records or Certificates of Exception to participate in our Early Care and Education programs. Please call our ERSEA Team if you have questions about this process or need information about Immunization Clinics happening in your area.
Certificate of Immunization Exemption
Contact ECE Child Care Centers
Call: 360-952-3466
Email: ECE Child Care Centers
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