Play-Based Learning


Jitterbug Childcare is a master-planned childcare and learning facility committed to children ages 2 years to kindergarten graduation. We provide a safe, caring, and stimulating environment for all children enrolled, as well as a preschool curriculum. We believe that a child’s innate curiosity is the natural doorway to intellectual development. Jitterbug curriculum enhances that with experiences designed to encourage social, creative, physical, and cognitive growth. Our focus is to encourage growth through daily inspiring activities for all of Jitterbug’s children, but with a special focus on a dedicated preschool program.


Jitterbug focuses on 7 major elements of development:

  1. Social Emotional Development: self-concept, self-direction, social relationships, and independence
  2. Physical Development: gross motor skills, fine motor skills, health and safety
  3. Language and Literacy Development: listening and verbal communication, vocabulary and writing, letter recognition, and basic reading comprehension
  4. Development in the Arts: music, dance and movement, visual arts, drama
  5. Mathematics Development:  number concepts, shapes, spatial awareness, patterns and sorting, measurements, logic
  6. Scientific Development: reasoning, life science, physical science, technology, STEM, the scientific method
  7. Good Citizenship: community and family awareness, geography, history

The video shown below give insight as to how Play-Based Learning enhances early learning.

Play-Based Learning