Gulf Meadows Child Development Center

About Gulf Meadows Child Development Center

Gulf Meadows Child Development Center is a center-based child care and early education facility serving the students and families of Houston! As a center, Gulf Meadows Child Development Center provides a school-like learning and enrichment environment that gives students a taste of what they’ll experience at more formal school in the years to come. Students at Gulf Meadows Child Development Center are provided the socialization opportunities that come with peers of similar ages, the enrichment opportunities that come with a center’s resources and structure, and the community that comes with experienced staff. A part-time schedule at Gulf Meadows Child Development Center moreover gives parents in Houston the freedom and flexibility to be with their child for part of the day yet also get their child professional educational development for the rest. Students with part-time schedules at Gulf Meadows Child Development Center have the benefits of socializing, bonding, playing and interacting with each other and also getting to know staff. This will help students make the transition to a full-time day whenever that comes for them! Gulf Meadows Child Development Center additionally takes a play-based approach to children's development and learning, facilitating education through interactive, hands-on activities that get children moving. Play-based environments structure their spaces to encourage students to move with independence, passion and explore at their own direction. Staff in these environments encourage and galvanize students to lean into their interests and build their own worlds in cooperation with their peers, and students gain cooperative, social and emotional skills as a result of these communal activities.