ECEC is much more than a child-care facility. Each classroom is designed to be a welcoming environment where each child can explore and grow. Staff partner with families to ensure continuous communication between the ECEC and home, which is crucial to a child’s growth and well-being.
“Though the program has to make physical and procedural adaptations to meet COVID requirements, we are working hard to make the ECEC the fun, engaging, nurturing learning program it is known for,” Director Danielle Waite said. “It is wonderful to welcome familiar and new families back to the ECEC. The children seem to have settled in to enjoy themselves in the playground and their classrooms with their peers and teachers.”
For more information, please call ECEC at 209-228-5437 (CAT-KIDS) or reach out by email: ecec@ucmerced.edu.