About Us

Toddle Towne Learning Center was founded in 1967 and is still owned and operated by the same local educators.

With the opening of additional centers in 1988 and 1992 we now care for children in Alton and East Alton, and the surrounding communities.
The Learning Center is open year-round, Monday thru Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., closing only 9 days a year on major holidays. We don’t take vacations or close for bad weather.
We are licensed for children 6 weeks – 12 years of age.
A wide selection of programs are offered to meet the varied needs of families
Full day care with enrichment activities for infants, toddlers and twos
Half day preschool only and full day care including preschool for children 3 – 4
Full or half day prekindergarten for children 4 1/2 – 5
School-age care on holidays and before and after school
Full day summer camp for children 6 – 10
Children delight in our interactive, creative, well-rounded curriculum that prepares them for kindergarten and beyond.
Each group enjoys active play and explores nature in their own enclosed playground with age-appropriate equipment.
Nutritious meals, snacks, and naps are included in full-day programs.
Research indicates that experience and education of teachers are factors associated with optimal development in children; our teachers are highly qualified and have been with us for an average of 6 years.

As adults, we become blasé about the changing seasons. Spring has followed winter for all the many years of our lives. We have no doubt that, again this year, the sun will shine, flowers will bloom, and the birds will sing. Young children still observe the change in their environment with awe, anticipation and suspense. We will encourage them this month to utilize their observations in drawing conclusions about the irreversible laws of nature. As always we will capitalize on this interest in their environment to present developmentally appropriate learning experiences. We will investigate birds with great enthusiasm. What do they eat? Where do they live? How do they affect us? How are they different from mammals?

Beginners will use pictures of birds and related objects to increase their vocabulary. Balls will provide a lot of fun and improve coordination as children practice rolling, throwing, and kicking balls. Teachers will encourage the children to develop listening skills until they can follow two or more directions. To improve their fine motor control, the children will work at putting objects into a container (great preparation for putting away toys) and working with both interlocking and non-interlocking puzzles.

Preschool children will emphasize scissor skills. Children are first taught to hold scissors correctly, then to snip, cut a straight line, a curved line, and then detail. Encouragement is given all along the way to mastery of this difficult skill. We will also stress the importance of developing independence as they learn to button, zip, and snap those new spring jackets before they go outside to work on bouncing and catching balls. In a more academic mode the children will be finding objects that are related by function, reviewing and reinforcing color skills, including recognizing color words for some of the older children. Children will also participate in activities related to the alphabet, days of the week, and seasons.