About

EduCare is a local, family owned and nationally recognized child care and learning facility which prides itself on providing children and families with the highest quality of care in a safe and secure environment. This is achieved by employing a highly trained professional staff and applying state of the art computer and video technology.

EduCare has two Southwest Florida locations to serve you, EduCare Learning Center in Port Charlotte.

In order to meet the needs of working families, EduCare is committed to providing extended hours of operation, meals are included. EduCare is open from 6:30 a.m. Monday through Friday and several holidays throughout the year.

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Our Mission

To provide high quality child care and early childhood education to the children and parents enrolled at our facility

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Our Goals

EduCare’s individual development program and group setting will lead children to acquire:

Self-Esteem: individual identity, self-respect and confidence
Competence: in body and mind; a sense of mastery
Problem-Solving & Conflict Resolution: the ability to communicate with and be sensitive to others; to get along with their peers.
Appreciation for Diversity: a sense of confidence and growth along with a desire to learn
Openness: inner-strength, self-control and coping skills
Recognition of Emotions: the ability to enjoy and have fun

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Our Philosophy

EduCare’s program integrates high quality child care services and early childhood education supporting a “whole child” concept of development based on the belief that one cannot educate without offering care and protection and one cannot provide care and protection without also educating young children in a group setting. EduCare is committed to implementing developmentally appropriate practices and to promoting the healthy growth of the whole child by meeting their individual emotional, social, intellectual, physical, and emerging cultural needs.

EduCare’s child development program is built on the research-based theory that a child’s growth is a sequential process and that children pass through predictable stages of development in all areas and within age ranges. A team teaching approach is practiced in each age group. Together the professional staff plans program goals, objectives, and curriculum intended to meet the children’s individual development needs.

The path to a healthy, happy and successful child begins with nutrition. EduCare Learning Center is proud to offer a food program that exceeds the strict USDA Food Program guidelines. Children are fed a well-balanced and delicious breakfast, lunch and snack each day. Our food service staff serves a variety of fruits, vegetables, meats, and dairy products. We are also careful to follow any special dietary or food allergy instructions to meet the needs of individual children. At EduCare Learning Center, ALL MEALS ARE INCLUDED at no additional charge!

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Caring, Gold Seal Accredited Child Care in Port Charlotte, FL

Choosing child care is about trust. At Educare Learning Center, we provide a safe, nurturing place where children feel secure, supported, and excited to learn — and where parents feel confident every day.

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