Our Operating Philosophy

My philosophy and educational plan center around providing a rich, play-based environment to learn kindness, patience, the ability to be gentle or careful as required, the personal value of work, and skills to communicate and negotiate with each other and the adults at the daycare.

We will spend a lot of time outdoors, weather permitting, and I look to leverage the really lovely grounds with gardening and exploration activities.

Our child-to-staff ratio will never be more than 6 to 1. Staff will have proper training and criminal history background checks as required by state licensing. Staffing will be such that there will be people available to fill in case of illness.

Our schedule of the day will be consistent and rhythmic, including story time, circle time, art projects, and free-form play time. Children will have the ability to choose supervised quiet places or active places throughout the day.

I will provide nutritious breakfast, lunch and snacks daily. I am willing to follow special dietary guidelines if parents will help provide materials or reimburse for extra costs, and will use food where possible that works for everyone.

I will work with parents on their kids potty-training and nap goals towards the end of being consistent with their expectations outside of the daycare. Naptime will be divided into a group that rests on their nap pads with quiet activities, then is asked to put them away and try to sleep for a set amount of time before getting up, and another group in another room that is expected to sleep.

Rates for childcare will be as follows:

• $650 for fulltime care.
• $600 for 4 days a week
• $500 for three days a week

Half days and two days a week may be possible and will be negotiable dependent on staffing.

The daycare is a strictly no-weapons, no fighting, no capturing, no bad guys area. I do not permit the role-play of these kinds of behaviors when I am supervising. I acknowledge that these will be something the kids will need to process, but I feel comfortable insisting it happen in other parts of their day; at the daycare, I ask them to respect each other. This is a difficult lesson in a world that glamorizes violence. I am fine with kids at the daycare taking martial arts classes, but I ask them to cover their fists before coming into the daycare.

We're all on the same team, and your kids come first.