Little Explorers

Cranston Dayhome

Little Explorer's Dayhome

HOURS: Monday- Friday 6: 15am-4: 00pm

I strive to keep a relaxed, home-like atmosphere in my dayhome where children feel loved and respected. I loosely follow a Reggio Emilia philosophy where I try to encourage the children to participate in everyday activities like baking in the kitchen to watering the plants! Our day is fairly structured and I follow somewhat of a routine but learning is always play-based & fun! I don’t like to interrupt a child who is lost in a creative moment or rush them from activity to activity. Your child will get lots of individual attention and direct supervision. Safety is a priority.

LATE FEES: I do NOT charge late fees but I expect parents to generally be on time and if unforeseen circumstances occur, and they always do, please just let me know that you’re going to be late, even if it’s only 10 min. I really do appreciate it. We all know Deerfoot can be a mess in the winter

SICK CHILD POLICY: If your child is sick (ie. fever, vomiting, diarrhea, communicable disease etc) please keep them at home. I will not be able to have a sick child in my dayhome. It is against dayhome policy and I will have to send them home if they become very ill. Of course this doesn’t apply for a few sniffles or a runny nose etc.

LATE ARRIVAL: Please let me know as soon as possible if you’ll be arriving earlier or later than the pre-arranged time. It’s just a lot easier to plan our day that way and I really appreciate it

MEALS: I provide breakfast, lunch & snacks. I will encourage the children to eat a variety of food however I will never let a child go hungry because they didn’t like something. I will always give them options and continue to offer them a variety because they’re just learning about food and what they don’t like one day they might want to try the next. Sometimes what they don’t like raw they might like cooked and vice versa! I think it’s important children have a good relationship with food so I’d like to encourage that. I will NOT be serving junk food, sugary and salty foods, processed meats and overly processed food in general. I think nutrition is vital and I try to keep my kids meals home-made, balanced and tasty so they’ll eat it of course!