Providence Center Ost

About Providence Center Ost

Providence Center Ost is a provider of early education and care for the students and families of Philadelphia. As a center-based facility, Providence Center Ost provides the best of a school-like environment, which can help smooth the transition for students to formal school one day in the future, and the best of a community of student peers and professional staff to help inspire and support the learning journey. Centers like Providence Center Ost can benefit students with their resources, opportunities, and activities for enrichment and learning. Providence Center Ost further has an after-school schedule that offers structured learning programs and care beyond the traditional school hours. Philadelphia parents get the flexibility they may enjoy to wrap up responsibilities and get things done while their children benefit from Providence Center Ost’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. Students at Providence Center Ost will also experience an arts-based curriculum that emphasizes how engagement with visual arts, dance, music and storytelling can develop the whole child. Children at an arts-based curriculum make with their hands, learn from staff and peers and take their creations from inception to finish. Through this engagement with the arts, students will develop a unique bend of social, emotional, motor and intellectual skills that will serve them well as they transition to more academic-based environments in the future.