Providing Quality Licensed Child Care Since 1993
Located in Watertown, MN
Days: Monday through Friday
Hours: 7:30am - 5:00pm
We are a Parent Aware rated program. You can learn more about this at www.ParentAware.org. This website also has information about food and nutrition programs, low-income support, covering health care expenses, housing assistance, health and safety and licensing, serious injury information, affording the care you want, and more statewide resources.
We provide a safe, loving, and nurturing environment for children ages 6 weeks through school age. We have an area of our home that is devoted exclusively to child care. We offer a year round preschool program for ages 6 weeks through 5 years old. We use a combination of two Parent Aware approved curriculums called Teaching Strategies Creative Curriculum and Gee Whiz Education, along with a Parent Aware approved, research-based assessment tool called Teaching Strategies GOLD. Assessments are completed twice a year and shared with the parents. Activities are planned to meet the individual needs of the children in our care to prepare them for kindergarten and life. Weekly trips are taken to a local assisted living home for visiting and playing with our Grandma and Grandpa friends. We attend weekly story time and activities at the library. We also enjoy taking walks to the local parks and playing outside on the playground in our backyard.
We participate in the Child Care & Nutrition, Inc. food program, which ensures that we have nutrition training and serve well-balanced meals. We are Twist and Sprout Certified, which means we are dedicated to providing a healthier child care program by supporting breastfeeding, offering vegetables twice per day, serving family-style meals, and offering active play. We are both CPR and First-Aid certified and have training in SUID/AHT (Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Abusive Head Trauma), Child Restraint Systems training, along with many other trainings in a variety of the Knowledge and Competency Framework areas.
If you are interested in meeting us and taking a look at our child-friendly environment, please either call, text, or email us to set up an appointment.
Linda and Mark Poikonen
612-619-3732
lindapoikonen@gmail.com
Located in Watertown, MN
Days: Monday through Friday
Hours: 7:30am - 5:00pm
We are a Parent Aware rated program. You can learn more about this at www.ParentAware.org. This website also has information about food and nutrition programs, low-income support, covering health care expenses, housing assistance, health and safety and licensing, serious injury information, affording the care you want, and more statewide resources.
We provide a safe, loving, and nurturing environment for children ages 6 weeks through school age. We have an area of our home that is devoted exclusively to child care. We offer a year round preschool program for ages 6 weeks through 5 years old. We use a combination of two Parent Aware approved curriculums called Teaching Strategies Creative Curriculum and Gee Whiz Education, along with a Parent Aware approved, research-based assessment tool called Teaching Strategies GOLD. Assessments are completed twice a year and shared with the parents. Activities are planned to meet the individual needs of the children in our care to prepare them for kindergarten and life. Weekly trips are taken to a local assisted living home for visiting and playing with our Grandma and Grandpa friends. We attend weekly story time and activities at the library. We also enjoy taking walks to the local parks and playing outside on the playground in our backyard.
We participate in the Child Care & Nutrition, Inc. food program, which ensures that we have nutrition training and serve well-balanced meals. We are Twist and Sprout Certified, which means we are dedicated to providing a healthier child care program by supporting breastfeeding, offering vegetables twice per day, serving family-style meals, and offering active play. We are both CPR and First-Aid certified and have training in SUID/AHT (Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Abusive Head Trauma), Child Restraint Systems training, along with many other trainings in a variety of the Knowledge and Competency Framework areas.
If you are interested in meeting us and taking a look at our child-friendly environment, please either call, text, or email us to set up an appointment.
Linda and Mark Poikonen
612-619-3732
lindapoikonen@gmail.com
