Child Care Center

Welcome to the Children's Center at Red Rocks Community College, a model training center and observation site for Early Childhood Education students. Our center, conveniently located at the east entrance of the Lakewood campus, provides full-day quality care for children 18 months to kindergarten entry. Our clients are Red Rocks staff, students and members of the community.

There are five primary areas of high quality care and education that we, in conjunction with the Early Childhood Education Department, model and implement:

• Positive social and emotional interactions between adults and children and children with each other;
• Primary care giving and continuity of care;
• Establishing and maintaining caring relationships between staff and families;
• An eclectic curriculum approach that is based in the Reggio Emilia Approach, High Scopes and other child-centered, emergent philosophies.
• A focus on literacy, emerging math and integrated science.

Our hours are Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

We are closed on established college holidays, as well as the week in August prior to start of RRCC fall semester. We will not be open between Christmas and New Year's Day, when college is closed for winter holiday.