Great After School Center

About Great After School Center

Great After School Center is a center-based child care option for the parents and families of Philadelphia. Students at Great After School Center will benefit from the stable, school-like learning environment that replicates the best of what students will experience in the years ahead without asking too much of the little ones too quickly. At a center like Great After School Center, students will benefit as well from the manifold socialization opportunities that come with having so many peers of similar ages and an enriching, stimulating curriculum. After-school care at Great After School Center can additionally give Philadelphia parents the flexibility they need to finish off their responsibilities while getting their children the extra learning time that can make a big difference for the years ahead. After-school care means more structured learning, more supervised programs and more learning for children with another peer set and more engagement with the world around them. Great After School Center provides this in an environment supportive and conducive to learning. Great After School Center also offers an outdoors, nature-focused curriculum that emphasizes student connection with the natural world. Nature-focused curriculums seek to stimulate the imagination, wonder and delight that comes with being outdoors and playing in a multi-sensory environment. Playing outside is one of the great joys of childhood, and schools like Great After School Center believe that nurturing that joy in a safe, supervised space promotes freedom of expression, independence and appropriate risk-taking that builds student confidence and well-being.