I believe in the inherent worth, wisdom, and greatness of all children. I strive to be a nurturing, kind, and consistent presence and influence in your child’s life. The relationships that children have with the adults in their lives are of the utmost importance to their healthy development, and the care that I provide is guided by this understanding.
My care giving philosophy is relationally focused and rooted in the belief that the foundation of healthy social-emotional development is critical to a child’s well-being and will impact one’s cognitive and social learning for the rest of their lives. To ensure and encourage healthy social-emotional development and learning, children need relationships with adults that are intentional, respectful, sensitive, responsive, and empathetic. They also need adults that will help them feel safe by implementing and teaching natural limits, consequences, and boundaries with consistency, love, and kindness.Children thrive when their caregivers engage them with clear communication and provide an environment that is consistent in both love and expectations. I treat children with kindness and respect and believe in modeling for children the attitudes and behaviors that I hope to instill and in turn expect from them.
I implement a varied, age-appropriate curriculum focused on cultivating curiosity, discovery, creativity, language and motor skill development, and social-emotional learning. A family childcare setting with a small cohort and mixed ages provides an optimal environment for children to grow, learn, and thrive. Older children learn to nurture, lead, and empathize as they help younger children, and younger children also develop new skills as they mimic and learn from the older children. In the intimate, warm and nurturing atmosphere of my in-home childcare setting, I am able to support, nourish, give focused attention, and safely care for and attend to all of the children in my care.