Barton Creek Child Development Center is a center-based early care and education provider for the students, parents and families of Austin. As a center, Barton Creek Child Development Center provides that strong environment of structure and stability for students to learn and the enrichment resources and opportunities to ensure that every student can find something to set their imaginations on fire. Centers like Barton Creek Child Development Center are popular choices for parents that don’t want to compromise on education but also want to enjoy the community that comes with strong peers sets and experienced staff. Barton Creek Child Development Center further has an after-school schedule that offers structured learning programs and care beyond the traditional school hours. Austin parents get the flexibility they may enjoy to wrap up responsibilities and get things done while their children benefit from Barton Creek Child Development Center’s extension of learning that can be an asset for the years to come. Students get more socialization with peers, as well, in a different community which can help build confidence, build social and behavioral skills, and provide more relationships to enjoy. Barton Creek Child Development Center teaches a play-based curriculum that values self-directed, interactive, intuitive learning by and for children. Students at play-based schools get the opportunity to participate in theme-based, hands-on activities with staff that facilitate and direct the discovery process. Through these hands-on activities, students develop social, cognitive and emotional skills built through the cooperation process with their peers. A play-based approach also can spark a love of learning that will be foundational for students throughout their early years of formal school.