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Lena Willis, Director
Lena graduated from the University of Asford in 2016 with a Master Degree in Education and Lena also has a Bachelors Degree fro University of Asford in Early Childhood Administration. Lena has been employeed with Head Start for over twenty (20) years. Lena worked in a family owned Day Care with her Mother for many years as well. She has dreamed of having her own childcare center for serveral years. Lena loves working with children and their families and developing relationships and watching children develop.
Philosophy
Tender Care Learning Center is a developmental program where the children learn through play to promote positive self-esteem as a priority. We also promote creativity, language development, self-discipline, good health habits, and other readiness skills necessary for effective social interaction. We stress the process of learning and discovery. We encourage children to feel good about themselves as a consequence of their own achievements.
Our goal is to support children in their active exploration of life and to help them become self-confident, independent and inquisitive learners. When children investigate or observe their environment, when they ask questions, when they experiment and talk about their findings, when they record their thought drawings, recreate them with blocks or interpret them through dramatic play, they are learning to understand their world.
Daily activities are designed to encourage children to act upon their environment. We provide an environment rich in materials to explore, manipulate and talk about, while using the High Scope Curriculum.
Location
We are located at 3606 Hendricks St. just minutes for Downtown Detroit
About our program
Tender Learning Care Center enhances inclusive educational services for children 0-5 of all abilities and cultures in the domains of approaches to learning, social emotional development, language and literacy, cognition, perceptual motor, and physical development to ensure their optimal development and readiness for success.
Admissions
To Join Tender Care Learning Center community in three easy steps:
- Explore our website We’ve provided information about our philosophies and offerings to help you decide if our program may be right for your family.
- Tour our program Come see what makes Tender Care Learning Center unique. “Request Info” button at the top of this page; if you submit your information using this button, we will notify you when we start hosting tours
- Submit an Enrollment Application If you’re interested in enrolling, submit an application by selecting Apply to enroll. If this option if not available, you can message the program director. Please do not apply to enroll until you have set up a tour and visited the program.
Tuition Information
The first weeks tuition is payable in full upon enrollment Tuition is due and payable on Monday of each week, regardless of absences due to illness, vacation, holidays, etc.
A non-refundable fee is charged per each child enrolled annually and is payable at the time of enrollment or anytime a child is dropped from the program.
DHS and other supplements payments are accepted.
All parents receiving assistance from DHS will be responsible for any remaining payments not covered by DHS including all absence.
Upon request, total payments from January 1st-December 31st will be recorded on a special form for tax purposes. We will also provide the Employee Identification Number.
Tuition and Fees
Registration Fee: (Non-Refundable) $35.00 Payable before or upon enrollment
Infant (6 Weeks - 12 Months) Weekly: $185.00 Weekly Half Day (4 hours or less): $95.00 Daily: $40.00
Toddler (13 Months - 30 Months) Weekly $165.00 Weekly Half Day (4 hours or less): $85.00 Daily: $36.00
Preschool ( 2.5 - 5 Years) Weekly $145.00 Weekly Half Day (4 hours or less): $75.00 Daily: $34.00
Before and after school care up to 12 years old: (Not broken down for 15 mins or 30 mins intervals) Hourly $3.80 Full time tuition rate is for maximum of 10 hours daily 10% family discount for full time enrollment. Both children must be toilet trained. Tuition is due and payable in advance on Monday of each week. Payments may be made weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly in advance. Payments can be made by check, money order or credit card. Make checks and money orders payable to Tender Care Learning Center.
Special or Late Charges
There is a $40.00 charge for all returned checks, which must be paid within three school days. If two insufficient checks are returned future payment must be in cash, money orders, or credit card.
A late fee of $30.00 will be added to tuition paid after Wednesday of the current week due. There is an extra charge of $10.00 for every 30 minutes (or fraction thereof) that a child is picked up later than the maximum allotted time (10 hours).
There is an extra charge of $10.00 for every 15 minutes (or fraction thereof) that a child is picked up after the center closes (5:30 PM), and is due and payable on pickup of the child. There is no grace period allowed. If you are later than 5:30 PM for or more times, the fee will be $10.00 for the first 10 minutes and $2.50 per minute thereafter.
If an account becomes delinquent by one week or seven (7) days, the child will be subject to dismissal from our program. If the child is dismissed from the program the registration fee must be paid again to remittance in the program.
The tuition and fees paid go into the operation costs of the cent utilities, supplies, staff salaries etc. When You enroll your child, you are reserving time and space, and thus, staffing and provisions are made for the child whether or not they are present. We operate within a set budget based on the needs of the family, we do not credit any money for days missed. The only exceptions are: Christmas vacation (as designated by the Center) The last week of July for staff vacation After a child has been enrolled for a full school year, they are entitled to a two week vacation any time after the third week of June and before September