Thurgood Marshall Child Development Center

Specialties

We provide quality care for children ages 3 months until kindergarten.

Our center offers warm, friendly, professionally-​organized, unique child care in the heart of the nation’s capital, just steps from Union Station in Washington, D.C. We strive to create a loving community of children, parents, teachers, and friends.

Our staff include talented, highly trained, and academically credentialed teachers who nurture and facilitate integrated learning, following a child’s own rhythms. Our responsive teachers understand that children are learning all the time through active and purposeful involvement with people, materials, and ideas.

We use the Creative Curriculum, a play-​orientated, child-​initiated approach. The Creative Curriculum fosters a dynamic environment to satisfy the young child’s natural sense of wonder, sociability, eagerness to explore and problem solve, enthusiasm for quality literature, and aptitude to learn through play.

In addition to classroom experiences, children play on our large, private outdoor playground, go on neighborhood walks, and have the option to take field trips to exciting destinations. We also offer enrichment programs in Spanish, music, and gymnastics.

We see parents and teachers as partners, and value close, regular, and open communication. Our environment respects individuality and differences. We have an open door policy, and parents are welcome to visit anytime.

History

Established in 1992.

The Thurgood Marshall Child Development was established in June of 1992 to provide high-​quality child care for infants through five-year-old’s of working parents at the Administrative Offices of the Supreme Court, Federal employees and families in the community. The center is accredited by the Academy of the National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Meet the Manager

Janine F.

Manager

Ms. Fetters has worked in Early Childhood Education for the past 36 years. She has worked at the local, regional and national level educating and working on behalf of children and families. Her undergraduate degree is from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, 1978. Ms. Fetters completed her master’s degree in Leadership in Early Childhood Education in 2002 at Bank Street College in NYC.