The Gym Bin is a licensed daycare for toddlers, preschool children and school-age children.  We are open from 6:45 AM-6:00 PM  each week day.  Children may come full time or part time. A family rate is provided for families with multiple children in Gym Bin day care. We also offer drop-in care limited to availability. Please call 444-FLIP in advance.  Your child must have required paperwork on record prior to the first visit.

TODDLERS are ages 16 mo. to 3 years. The classroom generally has a new theme every week and books, songs, activities, art and sensory projects are based around that theme. We also like to play and explore outside.   For large motor times we get to play in the gymnastics areas, play with basketballs, scooters and parachutes.  Some of our favorite activities include: painting with different objects, “The Bear Hunt” song, reading books together, water play, finding bugs, and playing and walking around outside.

PRESCHOOL CHILDREN are ages 3 to 5.  During the day we work on a variety of concepts and skills to ready the children for the classroom environment.  Our program begins with the basic building blocks of education—numbers, shapes, colors, letters.  We also focus on socialization, sharing, listening, and working with others.  We do a lot of physical activities as well, keeping them active and busy all day.

SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN are any child who has attended kindergarten or older. During the summer we offer a wide variety of  activities for these children.  We do lots of physical activity, indoors and out.  We offer creative activities through crafts, drama, storywriting, block building and other creative opportunities.  We play quiet games, do cooperatives, work on fitness and have a fun structured day.

DAYCARE INFORMATION

• We pick up children at their schools for after school care.

• We have lots of indoor and outdoor play space.

• We allow you to have as flexible as schedule as is necessary for you.

• We don’t cook.  The children must bring a cold lunch and snacks for the day.

• We provide transportation to schools close to the Gym Bin in the mornings.

Payment is due at the end of each week, or in the case of drop-in care it is due at the end of the day.

In order to get registered for daycare call the Gym Bin or stop in and pick up a packet of information and paperwork.  Immunization records and emergency information are needed before a child can begin coming to daycare at the Gym Bin.