Our license and our daily routines

License

Adults to children

• 1:41 adult to 4 children

  Infants, 6 weeks to 2 years

• 1:51 adult to 5 children

  Twos, 2 to 3 years

• 1:101 adult to 10 children

  Threes, 3 to 4 years

• 1:101 adult to 10 children

  Fours, 4 to 5 years

Staff checks and training

• Background checks
• CPR and first aid
• Safe sleep training
• Mandated reporter training
• Food handler training

Safety routines

• Gate and pickup

  A teacher opens the yard gate for every arrival and hands each child back at it. We release a child only to the adults on your written list, and we ask for ID from anyone we haven't met.

• Counting heads

  We count the children at every change of place: out the door, through the gate, onto the path and back in. The count is said aloud and checked by a second adult.

• Weather

  Each morning the director looks at the forecast and the air quality and sets how long each group stays out. Rain means rain gear. Ice, lightning, high wind and smoky air mean the groups stay in.

• Sleep

  Babies sleep on their backs, each in their own cot, with nothing in the cot. Older children rest on cots in the quiet room, and a child who doesn't sleep looks at a book.

• Clean hands

  Hands are washed at the outdoor sink before snack and lunch, and again on the way in from the garden.

• Allergies

  Tell us about any allergy at the tour. Once you enroll, we ask again in private and post what each room needs to know.