Welcome to the RTH Children's Center!  Our staff is nurturing, kind and capable and is certified by Early Education and Care.  We have a certified kitchen staff that provides nourishing and delicious meals and snacks for the children and we provide an educational curriculum to enhance children's strengths, interests and overall development.

If you are interested in joining our circle of families, please call Marta Franklin, Director for an appointment at 617-232-9222.

We advise that your child be present during this initial visit to our facility. It will give you a good idea if this is a match for you and your child.

Classrooms

Infant and toddler program

Carefully designed to provide a nurturing and learning environment, the Infant group enjoys music, singing and conversation with their teachers. The toddler classroom is supplied with appropriate toys and materials that stimulate the child’s development.

The preschool and pre-k classrooms  

Designed to encourage independence and a positive self image, the curriculum introduces basic educational concepts such as letters and sound recognition, the beginning of language and arts, introduction to math concepts, computer literacy, literacy program and visual arts.

Programs

Meals and snacks

We provide nutritious and well balance meals which include breakfast, lunch and snacks. The menu is posted weekly for parents to review and coordinate their child’s nutritional intake with their meals at home.

Swimming

During the summer months the preschool classrooms participate in swimming lessons and water play at the RTH Community swimming pool. The lifeguards are certified water safety instructors and our swimming pool is operated by trained professionals.

Movement and Exercise

The focus of this program is spatial awareness and gross motor control. The children participate in weekly exercise and dance classes in the Center’s gym room.

Plant Life

Children learn to grow plants from seed. The children plant vegetable gardens, flowers, mint, echinacea, rosemary etc. The focus of this program is to develop a caring and nurturing attitude toward self, each other and the environment.

Literacy program

Together with Read Boston, we bring the family and school together. We provide reading materials to our children to assist with a special moment of Reading Time with the Family. The program’s focus is to develop a habit of reading together, and learning to enjoy and respect books.

Zoo School

This is an interactive weekly program with Franklin Park Zoo. The preschool children have an hour of learning about different species, habitat, what animals eat, their babies and much more. Science made fun with different animal species, brought right to the classroom.    

Read Boston Reading Trail

RTH Children's Center is participating in the Read Boston Reading Trail Program. This city wide literacy program initiative was started by Mayor Menino in 1995. With a free book program available for children from infancy through elementary school, the goal of the Read Boston program is to have all Boston school children reading at grade level by the end of the third grade.

Read Boston will assist our Center with nine books per child. Our Center will received custody of these books in three installments. First installment of books was received on October 2007, the second installment will be received on March 2008 and the last installment will be received on June 2008. Thereafter Read Boston will continue to provide technical assistance and guidance in maintaining our library.

The Read Boston seeks to sustain the following benchmarks:

• To increase the amount of time that children spend reading at home with their families
• To raise awareness around the importance of early childhood literacy at home and at school
• To promote interactive reading ideas which supports children’s language development
• To create a permanent lending library at RTH Children’s Center

For more information about the RTH Children's Center call Marta Franklin, Children's Center Director  at 617-232-9222.