Big Pine Daycare
OVCDC's Inyo County Child Care Services offers a foundational service for the communities in the Eastern Sierra, providing an educational environment for children to be welcomed into while their parents are at work.
The purpose of OVCDC Childcare Center is to provide an enriching atmosphere that allows children to grow and learn in a safe, healthy, loving and culturally rich environment.
The OVCDC Child Care Center is located on the Big Pine Reservation at 1050 So. Richards Street. Adjacent to the Alan Spoonhunter Memorial Gymnasium.
Our Center offers child care Monday through Friday,
7:30 AM-5:30 PM for 23 children.
Rates
| Full Time (+4 hours) | Part Time (4 hours or less) | |
| 0-2 Years | $34.19 | $17.00 |
| 3-5 Years | $25.56 | $12.78 |
| 6 + Years | $26.15 | $13.00 |
Daily Schedule
- 7:30 AM Center Opens Greet Parents & Children
- 8-9:00 Breakfast
- 9-9:30 Open Center/Free Play
- 9:30-10:00 Circle Time
- 10-10:30 Arts & Crafts
- 10:30-11:00 Outside Play
- 11:00 Lunch
- 11:30-12:30 Outside Play
- 12:30 Nap Time
- 3:00 Snack Time
- 3-3:30 After-school Students Homework time
- 3:30-5:30 Free Choice Time/Departures
- 5:30 Center Closes
The Food Program
The Center takes part in the Child Care Food Program administered by the State Department of Education. All children enrolled are provided with breakfast, lunch and a snack free of cost. Quality, nutritious, healthful food is prepared on site. Each family is required to fill out the child care food program application at the time of enrollment and once a year there after.
Field Trips
We like to think of our field trips as exposure to the world around them. We go hiking on the local trails, nature walks in the neighborhood, visit farms, museums, explore ponds & streams, swimming, parks and the library.
Curriculum
For our Pre-school class we use a curriculum for Pre-K called Butterflies from HighReachLearning. Some of the Themes throughout the year are:
- All about Me;
- All about the Forest;
- All about things that Go;
- All about the Arts;
- All about Amazing Animals;
- All about Nature;
- All about the Sand & Sea etc..
Paiute Language
In addition to all the different topics in the curriculum,
our program has Jamie Meredith. Jamie Meredith is our Paiute language instructor. She comes to the program Mon –Thurs.
Jamie inserts the Paiute language into our lessons (Blue/Puhibonogiti). As well as teach a more intense total physical response lesson to the children and staff.