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About Learning Care Group, Inc. Headquartered in Novi, Mich., Learning Care Group, Inc. provides early education and care services to children between the ages of six weeks and 12 years under its umbrella of brands: The Children's Courtyard, Childtime Learning Centers, La Petite Academy, Montessori Unlimited and Tutor Time Child Care / Learning Centers. Today, the company is the fastest-growing, second largest for-profit child care provider in North America. Between these five brands, Learning Care Group has approximately 1,100 schools (corporate and franchise) with a system-wide capacity to serve close to 166,000 children in the U.S. and internationally. The children are cared for and educated by close to 22,000 dedicated Directors, Academy Directors and Teachers. A team of employees who are located in our corporate offices provide support within a culture of service excellence. On January 10th, 2006, Learning Care Group, Inc. was acquired by A.B.C. Learning Centres Limited (ASX: ABS) – the largest child care service provider in Australia. Most recently, the company was taken private with Morgan Stanley Private Equity purchasing a 60 percent stake on June 25, 2008. This joint venture allows us to continue our strategic growth plan and remain focused on providing the highest quality care across all of our brands. About our Brands
Founded in 1967 as a division of Gerber Products Corp., Childtime has grown to a network of nearly 250 centers. Our home-like setting, caring teachers and safe comfortable environment make Childtime the perfect place for children to play, laugh and discover. We design our programs to develop the whole child, encouraging children's progress at their own pace in five critical developmental areas: physical, social, emotional, cognitive and language. Because experts agree that children learn best when they can make choices, challenge themselves and have fun, our programs nurture children's curiosity to explore and learn through play. Childtime's new research-driven proprietary curriculum, The Empowered Child TM, was inspired by the Reggio Emila approach - the fastest growing method to early learning - and focuses on three components of a quality early childhood education experience: developmentally appropriate practices, a home-like learning environment and quality teacher-child interactions. This approach has been embraced by various well-known early childhood education organizations, including the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Childtime offers a variety of flexible programs from six week to 12 years old.
Established in 1988, the Tutor Time Child Care / Learning Centers network is comprised of more than 90 corporate and over 100 franchise centers throughout the Unites States, with international locations in Portugal, Hong Kong, Indonesia and the Philippines. Tutor Time is one of the largest franchisors of child care services in the United States. Preparing children for success is the inspiration for everything we do at Tutor Time. We provide a unique blend of care and education in our state-of-the-art facilities to guide children's first steps toward a lifelong love for learning. Tutor Time's curriculum is the cornerstone of our care and we are committed to growing the whole child: cognitively, physically, socially and emotionally. Our new proprietary curriculum, Tutor Time Life Smart TM, was created by early education specialists and national experts, and incorporates activities that encourage exploration, investigation and discovery. Life Smart TM incorporates a variety of the latest research-driven learning techniques, including the developmental theory of "multiple intelligences." At Tutor Time, we call these our "Eight Smarts". We nurture your child's uniqueness, while supporting the development of problem-solving and critical thinking skills vital to success later in life. Tutor Time's curriculum prepares children for success in elementary school and sets them apart on a path of life-long learning.
The Children's Courtyard was founded in Arlington, Texas in 1986 and acquired by Learning Care Group, Inc. in September 2006. Today, The Children's Courtyard operates more than 45 centers in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin and Houston areas, serving children from six weeks to 13 years old. The Children's Courtyard offers high-quality early childhood education and care in beautiful home-like settings that are furnished with state-of-the-art, age-appropriate equipment to meet children's developmental needs. We understand that all children have different learning styles and cultures, so our teaching approach takes into account each child's individuality. Our teaching materials include systems for assessment of educational skills so teachers can build concrete, purposeful, and learning activities for each child. In addition, 83 percent of The Children's Courtyard schools are accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the industry's leading authority on early childhood education. Their remaining schools are currently involved in the accreditation process. Only four percent of early childhood programs nationally have achieved this endorsement.
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