Early Development Services
provides a safe and fun learning environment for children between the ages of 6 weeks and 5th grade at four different locations throughout the City of Seaside on the Monterey Peninsula. We offer high-quality child development facilities that provide excellent care to the young children under our supervision. Our nationally accredited programs are renowned countywide for preparing children for their entrance into the educational system while embracing the diversity of the families we serve. Our mission is to support the endeavors of families by providing a safe and nurturing environment that promotes the physical, social/emotional, cognitive, and language development of their children ages 6 weeks to 5th grade.

The philosophy of Early Development Services, Inc. is based on a set of strongly held beliefs:

*We believe children have the right to a nurturing, safe environment where they can feel comfortable and secure.

*We believe in developing the "whole child" - social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and creative and that the agency staff have the responsibility to provide opportunities for this development to occur.

*We believe children have to develop socially in order to be prepared academically.

*We accept each child as a unique and worthy individual with a pattern of growth, personality, learning style, and family background which is respected and valued.

*We provide developmentally appropriate activities that focus on the process of learning and help children enjoy successful experiences.

*We strive to provide each child the opportunity to appreciate sameness and difference.

*We strive to create a mutual respect between home caregivers and center caregivers.

*We support and celebrate ethnic and family diversity.