Early Childhood Learning Center

Scheduling, Pricing, and FAQs for Prospective Families

We strive for clarity and fairness when it comes to our pricing structures and policies. It is our intention to serve the Central Washington University students, faculty, staff, and alumni affordably and accessibly.

Table of Contents

On this page you'll find:

• Schedule Information
  • Purple Room - Infants 1-12 months
  • Green Room - Toddlers 12-28 months
  • Red Room - 2-3 years
  • Yellow Room - 3-4 years
  • Blue Room - 4-5 years
  • Afterschool - 5-12 years
• Pricing Information
• Frequently Asked Questions

Purple Room - Infants 1-12 months

This is the schedule for the Rainbow Center's Purple Room, for infants 1-12 months. Activities include touching and interacting with books and textures. Physical interactions such as talking, cuddling, and rocking. We play with rhythms and music, listening and dancing and singing. We work on ambulation by rolling, climbing, and crawling.

Variable schedule: All children are fed bottles or cereal as needed according to parents schedules. Diapers are changed every hour or as needed. Bottles, cereal, and introduction to solid food will occur in accordance with parents guidelines.

Late charge of $1.00 per minute that a parent is late past 5:15 pm. $2.00 charge for each missing Signature or time entry on daily sign-in Sheets.

Green Room - 12-28 months

This is the schedule for the Rainbow Center's Green Room, for toddlers 12-28 months. Activities include music, art, manipulatives, story time, and games. Variable schedule: Diapers are changed every 2 hours or as needed.

Late charge of $1.00 per minute that a parent is late past 5:15 pm. $2.00 charge for each missing Signature or time entry on daily sign-in Sheets.

Red Room - 2-3 years

This is the schedule for the Red Room, for ages 2-3. Favorite activities include playdough and sticking things on contact paper. Music, singing, dancing, and story time are also included.

Late charge of $1.00 per minute that a parent is late past 5:30 pm. $2.00 charge for each missing Signature or time entry on daily sign-in Sheets.

Please have your child here by 9:00a for breakfast, or wait until 9:30 for drop off.

Yellow Room - 3-4 years

This is the schedule for the Yellow Room, for ages 3-4. The goals of the Yellow Room are to foster creative thinking, self expression, and to encourage communication between home and school. We have designed our activities to support this.

Late charge of $1.00 per minute that a parent is late past 5:30 pm. $2.00 charge for each missing Signature or time entry on daily sign-in Sheets.

Please have your child here by 9:00a for breakfast, or wait until 9:30 for drop off.

Blue Room - Ages 4-5

This is the schedule for the Blue Room, for ages 4-5. The goals of the Blue Room are to foster fine and gross motor skills, creative thinking, self expression, and to encourage communication between home and school. We have designed our activities to support this.

Late charge of $1.00 per minute that a parent is late past 5:30 pm. $2.00 charge for each missing Signature or time entry on daily sign-in Sheets.

Please have your child here by 9:00a for breakfast, or wait until 9:30 for drop off.

After School - Ages 5-12

• Reading : The ECLC provides a full library of reading books for children of all reading levels
• Social skills : Naming behaviors, refusal skills, and conflict resolution skills
• Physical skills : Climbing, skipping, dancing, pedaling, steering, throwing, catching, sports, and gymnastics
• Musical skills : Learning songs, keeping time, rhythm, instruments, and conducting
• Communication skills : Using “I” messages
• Fine motor skills : Using crayons, markers, and drawing shapes
• Writing skills : Letter identification, identifying skills, vocabulary, dramatic play, and office show time
• Art projects : Painting, drawing, creating, and chalks

Pricing Information

Fees are based on the length of each quarter; starting the first day that the ECLC is open for operations to the last day of finals week. A child must attend at least two days per week, and the days are charged for regardless of whether the child attended or not. There are no exceptions or reimbursements for illness or vacations during the contracted period. The fees are able to be charged to your Financial Aid package and are billed to your CWU ID#. All contracts must be paid in full prior to registering for the next quarter.

The ECLC does not take outside resources for payments such as DSHS, People for People, etc.

There is no family discount for those with more than one child.

Summer Policy

Contact the ECLC Director Michelle Hill - michelle.hill@cwu.edu - for more information.

Faculty/Staff/Alumni Parents

Credit Card payments may be paid each quarter 10 days prior to the quarter starting or, in the case of faculty and staff, by setting up a payroll deduction format over the course of the year. (# of deductions is based on amount of contract and # of payroll periods for individual employees)

Those faculty/staff/alumni parents not interested in a yearly contract are able to take fewer days on a quarter by quarter basis after students needs have been met first. This option will become available upon the first day of add/drop classes each quarter.

Late Payment Fee

All payments must be current prior to the start of a new quarter starting. If not current, the child is removed from the enrollment and the spot will be filled from the waitlist. Payment accommodations can be made for payment with the director as warranted.

Additional Fees

There is a charge of $1.00 per minute/per family after posted closing time at each center.

If using time beyond your scheduled block of five hours, the charge is $1.00 per minute with a cap of $10.00 per day, per child.

All charges mentioned above will be charged to your CWU ID # on a monthly basis, and due by the end of the quarter.

Additional Days

Contracted parents will be charged for “additional days” outside of the contracted days when they are available and the normal cost of the time period used will be applied. Advance approval must be secured for additional days.

Frequently Asked Questions