Getting InChild Development Center
Oceanside, Building 8000: 760.795.6656
MiraCosta College's Child Development Center serves as a campus-based educational program, providing both academic instruction to college students enrolled in early childhood education courses and child care to student, staff, and community families. The center provides developmentally appropriate, play-based, and inclusive early care and education for children between the ages of 18 months and 5 1/2 years.
Located on the Oceanside Campus, the Child Development Center is open weekdays from 7:15 a.m.–5 p.m. throughout the academic year (with reduced hours in the summer). Morning classrooms are offered from 9 a.m. until noon; the afternoon classroom is from 1 until 4 p.m. Extended day options are available with early care between 7:15 and 8:45 a.m., lunch from 12:00 to 12:45 p.m., and late care between 4 and 4:45 p.m. MiraCosta's student families receive priority enrollment as well as reduced tuition.
Applications for enrollment are available online each semester at the center's website. For additional information and program requirements, interested families should visit the Child Development Center website or call 760.795.6656.
