About Me
I want to welcome your family into my home. What I offer to your family is much more than just a baby-sitting service. I offer an extended family support system that nurtures all of us. A unique family childcare setting that caters to the emotional and developmental needs of all children. I provide nurturing, loving care in a professional manner.
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I opened my family childcare business in August of 2005 for a family friend who could not find care for her 2 youngest children. At that time, I was a stay-at-home-momma and I'd just sent my youngest son to preschool. Over the next few months, word traveled quickly around our small town and people started inquiring about my childcare services. The rest, as they say, is history.
I won't bore you with all the details in-between, but I'll tell you the important stuff. I am a Bible-believing Christian who places God first in my life, my business and our home. I am married to a wonderful man, named Anthony, who all the children affectionately call Pawpaw. We both love the daycare kiddos as if they were our own and they become like family. I truly believe their favorite part of the day is when he comes home from work.
We have 2 sons. One which is married and has a son, Theodore, who attends my daycare. The other is still in college at MU and lives at home. We have a 3yr old Boston Terrier, named Fenway, who is super lovable and loves to play with the kids everyday.
I am a Tier II Family Childcare Home, which means that I meet extra standards set by the state and provide top quality care. Everyone over the age of 18 living in my home is fingerprinted and background checked every 5yrs. I attend 40+ hours of continuing education each year and I participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program, which ensures I serve nutritious meals and snacks to my daycare children. I also partner with WV Birth-to-Three and Wayne Co. BOE therapists to provide critical early intervention to those children who may need help.
That's me, in a nutshell. If you have any other questions, please ask!!
I use a guided discovery approach to learning during the free-play portions of the day. This means toys and activities are made available for the children to select according to individual interests and abilities. All children learn at their own rate, but peer interaction is encouraged. Time is set aside each day to do things together as a group, such as reading stories, doing crafts, pre-academic skills such as colors, shapes, letters, numbers, and for exploring seasonal and other fun themes according to the interests of the children.
love
laughter
learning
Discipline is always a concern for parents when your children are in anothers care. I find that my methods of providing a wide choice of activities actually eliminates much of the friction. Children kept busy are less likely to become discipline problems. Very rarely do problems arise that require more than a verbal reminder of the "rules" to regain cooperation. My usual method of discipline is to remove the disruptive child to an area of the playroom which encourages the child to choose an "alone" activity while regaining their composure. Interactive play may commence as soon as the child is ready.
