St. Charles Children's Learning Center, La Plata

The St. Charles Children's Learning Center at the College of Southern Maryland (CLC-CSM) prides itself in striving to provide high-quality care in a safe and nurturing environment. We value each child as an individual with their own interests, abilities, primary language, and cultural background. Our program promotes the positive growth and development of the whole child through a child-centered, age and developmentally appropriate curriculum which focuses on a balance of child-initiated and teacher-directed activities. Our teachers operate in partnership with families for the well-being of your child by creating open communication and cooperation between home and school. The CLC was established to provide College of Southern Maryland students, faculty and staff, as well as, community members with quality, child-centered care. The CLC offers care for more than a hundred children ages 8 weeks to 12 years old.