Our license and what we do each day

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 and fours, 3 to 5 years

Staff checks and training

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

Safety routines

• Door and pickup

  A teacher meets each child at the door and hands them back at the door. We release a child only to the people you list in writing, and we ask for ID from anyone we don't know.

• Safe sleep

  Babies sleep on their backs, in their own cot, with nothing in the cot, and a teacher is in the room the whole time. Older children rest on their own mats.

• Allergies

  Tell us about any allergy at the tour. Once you enroll, we ask again in private, and the cook and your child's teachers get the list.

• In the kitchen

  Hands are washed before the kitchen, before every meal and after the garden. Produce from the beds is washed in the kitchen before it is served.

• Counting heads

  We count the children every time a group changes places: out to the garden, along the trail and back indoors.

• Weather

  Each morning we look at the forecast and decide how long each room stays outdoors. Hot, cold or wet days mean shorter blocks outside and more time in the warm rooms.