ABCDees Family Child Care, Columbia

A loving, responsive and well-trained family child care provider offers the comforts of home to a small, mixed-age group of children. Siblings can stay together and children can build strong relationships with one provider from infancy through elementary school. A family child care home offers a natural learning environment in which younger and older children learn from each other, building skills necessary for success in school and in life. Older children learn to nurture and become leaders, younger children are exposed to more complex language and advanced play. Parents can evaluate a family child care home by checking for licensing compliance, looking for indicators of high quality like accreditation by NAFCC and participation in the Maryland Child Care Credential and/or Maryland EXCELS and by inspecting the home. I serve breakfast, lunch, and am & pm snacks per the USDA food program. We serve our meals family style where the children learn about nutrition, manners and how to help themselves. I provide lots of time for children to engage in science, math, language and art activities. Everyone is encouraged to participate and have fun. If this sounds like a place you would like your children to grow and learn please contact me for more information.