CENTER FOR ECEC time table
Opening hours (Monday〜Saturday)
7：15〜19：15
Standard time (11 hours)
Usual opening hours
7：15〜18：15
Extended child care
18：15〜19：15
Short time childcare (8 hours)
Usual opening hours
9：00〜13：00（3-year-olds）
9：00〜15：00（4- to 5-year-olds）
Paid extended child care
8：00〜9：00（3- to 5-year-olds）
13：00〜18：15（3-year-olds）
15：00〜18：15（4- to 5-year-olds）

Daily schedule

Bunkyo-ku municipal
OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY
Center for Early Childhood Education and Care
Founded in April 2016

Address: 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610
Tel/Fax: (03) 5978-5127
https://www.fz.ocha.ac.jp/kodomo/About (Bunkyo-ku ) Ochanomizu University CENTER FOR ECEC

Relationship with families

Mission Statement

At Ochanomizu University CENTER FOR ECEC
 We provide residents of Bunkyo-ku with high-quality ECEC.
 We enhance research and development on education and care practices and release
information about study results to the public.
 We accept internship offers from university students.

Values we believe in at CENTER FOR ECEC
~ Relationship life ~ Caregivers and children feel at ease: Talking to each other, connecting our hearts, we aim to make theECEC where caregivers and children can be relaxed.

 Child-centered (Children are in center): We highly value the communication with guardians
and aim at sharing the gaze to children.
 Sharing fun activities: We set opportunities for diverse childcare participation and aim forbetter ECEC with guardians.

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time together from the age of zero to the time of entry toCommunity
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Our core value involves relationship with “people, play,
the planet earth, family, and community”; we provide
education and care programs that facilitate children's holistic development.
Relationshipwithpeople
Relationshipwithpeople:
 Living with peace of mind: We believe that children's characters must progress at a gentle pacebased on the feeling of being loved.
 The whole CENTER FOR ECEC is everyone's house: Based on the nursery room, we will
expand the cross-age interactions in play and life.
 Growing up on college campus: Meetings with university students and faculty enrich children’s
experience at CENTER FOR ECEC.

Goals for education and care

ECEC plays a significant role in laying the foundation for lifelong personality development. We
offer a nurturing and loving environment for a child to grow up in the most natural way, with avariety of experiences, opportunities for play, and interactions with various people. We provide all
children with developmentally appropriate and child-centered support. At Ochanomizu University
CENTER FOR ECEC, you will find:＊Family excursion:
Look at the same thing and share inspiration＊Exciting Day:
Ice Experiment by guardian’s planning

Relationship with the community
 Child-rearing support program: Support mothers and fathers in in community with smallchildren and set up opportunities to grow together.
 Various encounters and cooperation: We value the opportunities for encounters with local
people and collaboration.

＊Gymnetics – teaching with simulations＊Make snacks for children to enjoy: parents andchildren in the community participate(Child-rearing support project)

Relationship with the earth

Relationship with play Play as much as children want: We prepare impressionable materials and various tools andcherish creative play.
 Play concentrated: We help children explore what they are interested in and become involved
deeply.
 Express what children felt in their bodies: Children feel color, light, sound, etc. with their bodies.
We value the joy of expressing as it is.

Feel comfortable: Eat deliciously, sleep comfortably; foster a healthy child in life playing withfreedom of spirit.
Discover the wonders of nature: Children will accumulate experience of entering and feelingwithin the university campus and nearby nature.
Meet people from various countries: Take a nice relationship with people from different
countries and enjoy the happiness of meeting people.

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The Staff

Director
Facility manager
Head nursery teacher
Nursery teacher
Nutritionist
Nurse
Cook
Staff clerk
JanitorDoctorCENTER FOR ECEC・University campus＊Exchange meeting with visitors fromMidwest Africa＊"Is it possible to pour in?"
2 years old children playing with water

Under 1year olds

＊Lunchtime in the center for ECEC

＊A 5-year old child who makes a car and runs

＊Three-year old children who feel the art spacewith their bodies

 Children who attain wellbeing by developing good practices with regard to eating, sleeping,learning, and playing.
 Children who care about themselves and their friends and have a positive relationship withpeople.
 Children who are full of curiosity and interest about objects in the world in which they live.
 Children who live closely connected to nature and culture.

Class Size （Enrolment Limit）＊Picture-book reading by local volunteers＊A teacher who catches the thinking and feelingsof children.

Our aim is to promote the expansion and improvement of the quality of early childhood
education and care (ECEC) and to provide support for childrearing families, Ochanomizu
University and Bunkyo-ku in collaboration established the first municipal authorized center forearly childhood education and care (nintei kodomo-en) funded by Bunkyo-ku on the premises ofOchanomizu University. On being conferred the assignment from Bunkyo-ku, Ochanomizu
University began operating the CENTER FOR ECEC, wherein, by practice activity and research we
designed and implemented the curricula and standards of ECEC for a lifetime of development
starting from a very young age.

＊Play in the open space on campus

CENTER FOR ECEC is located toward the southern part of Ochanomizu University and utilizes thegreen areas of the campus and its open spaces as the playground. On the path from one open plaza
to another dotting the expansive site, children can observe various kinds of trees, flowers, and insects
and feel connected to nature.