General Info:
We are honored to be an extension of each child's family, recognizing that the family is the primary caregiver and source for all areas of development. We want Little Sprouts to be a partner with your family and feel like a "second home"! We understand the importance of connecting with families and building upon a child's home experiences. We also believe that connecting experiences at our center with the happenings in a child's life helps build a deeper understanding and is how children learn best. We know that children learn and develop best when given a wide variety of opportunities to play and explore the world around them. We believe that children, from a very young age, can learn about and react to their world whoe resources are fragile and limited. We strive to teach children how to make their own choices which will positively impact themselves and their surroundings. We are respectful of the fact that self-esteem and ability to have self-control begins at a very early age, including in decision making and problem solving will be a part of our daily experiences. We understand that feelings of self-worth come when children have an active role in their world and involved in decisions that are made. Choices will be given whenever possible. We believe the more children think about what is going on and the more thy feel they have a say in what is going on, the more they can understand their world and be able to achieve success and self-fulfillment. We also know that our being is housed in the body we have been given and that taking care of our body is of utmost importance. Health is a decision; at Little Sprouts, we help children by carefully planning the environment they learn in, toys they play with, food they eat, water they drink, and chemicals they are exposed to. At Little Sprouts, we strive to keep as many toxins and chemicals out of our body as possible. Whether it is the food, water, hand-wash, cleaning products, air; we stive to keep it clean! While at the same time, we recognize that nothing is perfect and that we too are always learning, growing, modifying, and making improvements!