New: Our October Newsletter, Calendar and Menu are available online! We love keeping you up to date! * Now Enrolling for the 2017-2018 School Year! * The Fall Semester will begin September 5, and enrollment is open! Please visit our Registration and Calendar pages for details. We look forward to a new year of exploration, growth and fun! Did You Know? In addition to the 40% Child Care Grant Subsidy, with additional subsidy available for a limited number of families that meet certain income requirements. Please contact Center Director, Flora Gee, for more details. (301) 345-8830 Income eligible families get a 40% child care subsidy for the Prince George’s County Public School Pre-Kindergarten Program at GCC? *Note* Additional funding for the PGCPS Pre-k program is made possible by the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services under the authority of Sections 14005 and 14006 of the ARRA and the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2014 Working Hard for You Our Center has been awarded the highest score possible from Maryland Excels: 5 check marks! Congratulations to our outstanding faculty for providing such excellent care and striving to continuously improve the quality of our program! We love our children and our parents, and will proudly continue to make the GCC the highest quality program possible. Of Interest: The Md State Dept of Education's Division of Early Childhood Development (DECD) publishes a variety of print and online reports concerning early care, education and school readiness. Available for download are: • Maryland's Pilot Preschool Programs • Maryland’s Preschool for All Business Plan (December 2009)

We prouldy invite you to view our NAEYC Reaccreditation report. Learn more about what it means to be NAEYC Accredited: NAEYC’s Guide for Families

Greenbelt Childrens Center is licensed by the MSDE Office of Child Care License #32977

We warmly welcome you and your child to Greenbelt Children's Center!

At the Greenbelt Children's Center, we encourage parent participation. We believe it is important for parents and teachers to work together, as this benefits the child. We have an open door policy and parents may visit any time.

You are your child’s first teacher! There are many ways you can help your child be ready for school. One way is to help your child with language & literacy. Learning to express needs & wants by talking, understanding others through listening and knowing about reading and writing are examples of language & literacy skills.

Learning these skills begins at birth. Here are five important areas: building language skills, learning about books and print, developing comprehension (understanding), learning about letters and learning about sounds in words.

When you support your child in these areas, he/she will be more likely to do well when starting school. Children who easily learn to read and write have had many experiences with books and language before school begins. As a parent, you can help build your child’s language and literacy skills and abilities. We are happy to be your partner in this and will offer parent learning opportunities so that you will become more skilled at being your child’s first teacher.

Greenbelt Children's Center has earned the following
four Maryland Excels Achievement Badges!
1. Quality Business Practices
2. Asthma Friendly Child Care
3. Health and Wellness
4. Accredited Center