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Learni] ? ITOr lur U3i By FATTY SHAUGNESSY Gamecock Staff Writer USC's Creative Learning Center, a "drop-in kindergarten," was begun recently for children of Carolina students, faculty and staff. LOCATED ON THE first floor of the Cliff House, the Creative Learning Center is designed to teach and care for kindergarten and pre-school children of the students, faculty and staff odf Carolina. Up to 60 children between the acfes of 3 and fi ran accepted. Run by the Graduate Student Association and the Office of Student Affairs, the Creative Learning Center is open Monday Friday 7:30 am to 5 pm. FEES VARY depending upon the number of days per week a child is left, and status of the parents. Full-time students are accorded the least expensive rates "because it is their money, allotted through the Student Allocations Commission, which helps fund the program." The Creative Learning Center "teaches a child what he will need to know in kindergarten and first grade, or builds on what he already knows. We teach classes a college student might take, but it's on a . level for a child," said Miller, who ? - - ? on too^u II1C Ugl (till Wilis ct learning center not a babysitting service. Numerous learning centers comprise the program, including reading readiness, math and writing skills. The Center is run on a structured day with the directors planning what a child will do each day. "IF WE HAVE a child who can count, but can't recognize num bers, we put him in the math center," said Miller when explaining it is decided what a child will do each day. Although the children have structured aclad o VCgctti r . J Servma In Jl)/ cQnne CT / ZD Ml x k sm -1 r/ s 1\ .?wc- fc<yu -> j v 1 (je)\ ?r{Q ^rthci ) ^^ jygrnnrnq \(3){ZZl ytc, natural f: j ) I hooKs Cinr ' j \ Tu&S ' .OAI TA oi'AA.V foe < mi PjOW Z2?V??OI 3(pCAK *-> MP Louai Ma beam at Center, children staff. Llg UCIiil ^ chilcLn tivities, they are also given free time to spend as they wish. Outside activities are also provided for the children. New equipment totalling $1500 is being added to the Cliff House site. The equipment is also for the use of the children who live in the Cliff House, but are not in the reative L earning uenier. THE WALLS of the room will have the alphabet printed in primary colors at a child's eye level, " said Miller, adding that "the room is going to be bright and cheery." The Creative Learning Center was begun by a group of graduate students who felt there was a need for a new type of pre-school. "There has always been a room in the Cliff House for a kindergarten, but it has never been used for one," said Miller who received the full-time directors job by applying for the position. MILLER GOT her bachelors degree in early childhood from East Texas Tech, and is now a part-time graduate student at USC working on her masters in the same field. Before moving to Columbia, she taught kindergarten and grade school in Texas and Orangeburg. When asked about some of the problems she has encountered, 1 I \j ' % I I Creating a NearYou S With the Look of Tomorrow i t In Trafalgar Square i 1436 Main Street j I Columbia, S.C. S 799-2488 J i ; Hair Creations ! I' j I ti t a/ '( 'Sului. m L J JK m-h.lZ.-Z. No f fc -?> \ V../AA/ ? iOMi f:OOVj I ,UlCCjti.V\ ? CO/c{ crinKs , f "\ i n I II Mu&SL. V;a' Zj i TU 9^ 6 11^ C 'A L.W^> Tr, 1 flo/iV/O \t ~f<tc T <"l thamada, 3, walks the balance the USC Creative Learning The center is available for of USC students, faculty and jr open en Miller said the Center "is having a hard time reaching students who live off campus, we are trying to get to students who need the facility." The Creative Learning Center is about equal, in fees to most other nurseries, but is more convenient, she said, adding "they're getting a quality education and the children are happy, and that means a lot to the parents." MILLER HOPES the program will work well, saying if it does she would like to expand to accomodate more children in the future. "The thing that makes it so different is that we have the dropin concept. Parents don't have to leave their children all day or every day, we're just here when they need us," she said. ? 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