Learn | Create | Play | Connect

Programs built for active, curious children.

Our curriculum combines child-initiated activity with teacher guidance, giving children time to explore materials, build relationships, practice independence, and enjoy learning.

For children 6 weeks to 12 years

Call us at (615) 646-8900 to schedule a tour and talk through the classroom that fits your child.

Learn

Children learn best through everyday experiences with people they love and trust, especially when learning is fun.

CYEC uses a mix of child-initiated and teacher-guided activities with theme-based learning that gives children a meaningful context for discovery.

Create

Our classrooms encourage children to actively engage, explore, experiment, and develop problem-solving skills.

The whole-child approach supports language, social-emotional, cognitive, physical, literacy, math, science, technology, social studies, and arts development.

Play

Breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack are provided daily. Rest time and physical activity are part of the daily rhythm.

Weather permitting, children have time for outdoor play and movement.

Connect

We emphasize positive relationships with youth and staff, respect for the whole child and family, and opportunities for children to work together.

Our goal is a warm, nurturing, and inviting environment where children can become independent, confident, eager to learn, and ready for school and beyond.

Discovery Centers

Children learn through age-appropriate activities in classroom centers built for exploration and imagination.

  • Art, blocks, building, and manipulatives
  • Dramatic play and home living
  • Science, music, and reading areas
  • Collaborative play, observation, classification, and early problem solving
Creative Youth Enrichment Center classroom playroom
Classroom spaces support play, discovery, and hands-on learning.