Our services are built on a foundation of safety, engagement, and care. Our facilities are thoughtfully designed with children’s well-being as the top priority, offering secure environments, age-appropriate materials, and experienced staff trained in first aid and early childhood education. Each classroom is a space where safety meets creativity, inspiring curiosity while adhering to the highest standards of care.
We value the importance of strong partnerships with families, fostering open communication and collaboration to support each child’s unique developmental journey. Our programs strike a perfect balance between structure and flexibility, tailored to meet the needs of every age group and combining learning, play, and care in a meaningful way.
Choosing Creative Beginnings means giving your child a nurturing environment where they can thrive from their first steps to mastering independence. Our programs are designed to help children build essential skills and confidence, laying the foundation for a lifetime of success and happiness.
Our Services
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Child Care Resources has expanded it's scholarship services throughout western and south central Montana. Check out our new region highlighted in blue on the map.
We administer
Montana's Best Beginnings Child Care Scholarship
to help families with low income
cover the cost of Child Care.
Before you apply, check out the link: https://www.childcareresources.org/child-care-scholarship
Montana's Best Beginnings Child Care Scholarship (All ages)
Infant/Toddler Services (0 - 2 Years)
Infant Cost: $1250/month
Toddler Cost: $1034/month
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We provide individualized care for each infant and toddler in our care. We have 4 infant spots at our current facility, accepting ages 1 month up to 12 months. You can expect our staff to snuggle up with your infant while they feed them their bottles, allow them supervised tummy time, soft plush toys to explore with, and to be changed approximately every 2 hours or sooner (depending on bowel movements). When your child reaches around the age of 6 months they are introduced to puree solid foods that we provide free of charge. When your child reaches the age of one years old they get to move up into another class.
Once your child moves up to the toddler rooms, we have two of them, they still receive their special care. One classroom will provide care to those ages of one years until 1 year 11 months old. In this classroom you can expect these kiddos to practice walking; talking; recognizing favorite songs, and favorite teachers. Children in this group will be exploring the great outdoors. They will also be able to eat and drink unassisted. They will be introduced to structured routines throughout the day. During this age group we like to read lots of books, have gross motor play time, learn our colors while playing with toys, and have an introduction to art materials. We work hard on curbing the bad behaviours such as biting and hitting during this age and utilize sign language with the children in order to help communicate their needs.
In our second classroom for toddlers, this will focus on the ages of two years up to 2 years 11 months. This age will begin to have more structured routines that begin after breakfast time. Children in this age group can help clean up after themselves from meals, brush their teeth with minimal assistance, and begin a tailored curriculum for 2 year olds. They will continue to explore the great outdoors regularly, explore more art materials, learn proper handling of books (i.e. not ripping them) and will continue to work on their language skills. If your child is still non-verbal we will continue to encourage them to vocalize their needs but will still utilize sign language to meet their needs. If families are working on potty training at this stage of life, we will continue to work with you and your child in mastering the skill.
Preschool Services (3 - 5 Years)
Cost: $950/month
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This is a wonderful age of early learning for children. Each child has begun to develop their personalities and sense of self. They have most likely developed enough words by now to tell you what they are wanting and needing in their daily lives. In our 3 year old class, they will continue to build on what they learned during the previous 2 years and add in shapes, colors, letters, days of the week, months of the year, sitting down for an extended amount of time for lessons, and listening to books. In this classroom, children should be able to use the bathroom with minimal help, brush their teeth unassisted, and put on their jackets and shoes. We aim to teach each child to be self reliant in getting themselves ready for outside time with minimal adult help. You would be surprised how well children rise to the expectation when given the opportunity.
In our 4 and 5 year old class, this is where the magic happens as many like to say. Our older preschoolers are practicing writing their names, spelling their first and last names, knowing vital information for themselves. Children in this classroom should be able to use the bathroom without assistance, brush their teeth, put on a jacket and shoes without any help. Each child is given the opportunity to be a helper with tasks around the classroom. They will continue to build on their learning from the 3 year old classroom; such as letters, shapes, colors, putting words together. Some may even be ready for beginning stages of reading, which we highly encourage through our "BOB Books."
Summer Program Services ( 6 years - 12 years)
Cost: $550/month
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This service is only offered during the summer breaks, second week of June - third week of August. Kids are expected to be kind and respectful to the teaching staff. Kids at this age should be able to listen to directions and follow without difficulties. This group of kids go on nature walks around town, walk down to the city park, walk to the nearby school for meals together. These kids get to attend weekly days at the local swimming pool, along with water activities in the grass on other days. Children are expected to have appropriate clothing for each day; sometimes it's cold and gloomy while others it's hot. Children are encouraged to have a water bottle with them daily.