Child and Family Center

Madison College Child and Family Centers welcome you!

We are a nonprofit child care center open to children of Madison College students and staff. The centers have been providing high quality child care to the college community since 1989. Madison College is committed to providing outstanding early care and education to its youngest learners! The centers are state licensed and have been accredited by the City of Madison since 1992. Our services are provided to children between the ages of 2 and 5, prior to entering kindergarten.

         Current Rating

You can review our provider details by going to Wisconsin's Child Care Rating Program.

Educational Philosophy

We believe children learn best by being active...through play, figuring things out on their own and from their own experiences. We encourage active learning by providing developmentally appropriate materials, which reflect the interest of the children and in building an important foundation for the future of each child.

We are using The Creative Curriculum in our classrooms. Ours is a playful classroom with focused learning. We learn about our world through playing, singing, creating, reading, acting, cooking and other discovery methods. Teachers intentionally guide children with specific goals in mind for their development and learning. Teachers know when to use a given strategy to accomodate individual children and the content they are learning. We focus on the active manipulation of "hands-on" materials for learning. Social skills, problem-solving and creativity are valued over rote learning, worksheets, or standardized end products.

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Center Locations

Truax Campus
3550 Anderson St, Room 160A
Madison, WI 53704
Phone: (608) 246-6766

Fax: (608) 246-6488
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Downtown Campus
211 North Carroll St, Room D319
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 258-2424

Fax: (608) 258-2415
Directions and Parking