Sanford Health

Out of School Time (OST)

Today, many parents need to find someone to care for their school-age children for an hour or two before school starts, or anywhere from two to four hours after the school day ends. Not to mention finding care on holidays, early dismissals and during summer vacation. When you add it up, that’s a lot of time out of a school-age child’s life – time that can be spent in activities which help him or her develop physical, mental, social, and emotional skills.

School-age children do not need someone just to watch them; they require skilled caregivers that provide supervision and a safe place to be while their parents work. These caregivers need to assist children in finding their interests and talents and encourage them to practice and apply new concepts they may have learned at school.

 

Trainings:

  • Training opportunities for licensed or registered childcare providers.
     
  • Class instructors strive to help caregivers obtain information and confidence in one's ability to provide quality care for children.

Technical Assistance:

  • CHILD Staff are available to do an on site observation.  This observation provides the means to develop an action plan to assist child care programs with program improvement efforts.

 

Articles:

To access services contact us at (605) 333-0698 email us at childsrv@sanfordhealth.org

 

 

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Out-of-School Time Lending Library

Looking for a variety of specific Out-of-School Time learning activities that can be incorporated into your daily programming needs? Here’s your chance to choose from a variety of book selections, videos and 15 different theme units where lesson plans are already developed for you!

Theme units available for check out include:

Anatomy  Art Factions
 Geography  Insects   Indoor/Outdoor Activities
 Literacy  Math  Measurement
 Money  Music  Multicultural
 Science  Solar System  Weather

How does one become a member of the OST Lending Library?

  • Program Director needs to contact OST Specialist for a Member ID Number, along with two staff names that would be responsible for checking items out. 
  • Complete an annual Lending Library Membership Application. 
  • Stop by Sanford Children’s CHILD Services to select and check out a maximum of two theme kits (per center) for up to four weeks. 
  • Clean lending materials prior to returning to the Lending Library.

To request more information on the Out-of-School Time Lending Library,
call (605) 333-0698 or email childsrv@sanfordhealth.org

7/31/2008

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