Garden Tot's Eco Healthy Child Care, Riverside

Child Day Care in a Happy, Safe, Eco Healthy Environment State License #334843117 Garden Tot's provides nurturing care to children 2 to 6 years of age. Our in home child care center is known for its cheerful and healthy environment. At Garden Tot's, our focus is on an all around holistic approach to the development of your child's needs - emotional, mental, nutritional, physical, intellectual, and social. Healthy child development can only flourish in a safe, nurturing environment. With creativity to add, we at Garden Tot's strive to turn all learning into art. Your Garden Tot will enjoy day's full of a number of activities that include art, music , singing, gardening, reading, storytelling, drawing, play performances, laughing, snacking, and much more! Our goal is to ensure your child receives personal attention, plenty of support and encouragement to help them develop and grow in imagination, cognitive skills, emotion recognition, language, social skills, a healthy self- awareness, and an interest and concern for all living things. It won't be long before your Garden Tot blooms into a well rounded creative child! What we at Garden Tot's are happy to provide! 95\\% of all food provided will be Organic. What is not, will be free of harmful and unnecessary ingredients. Christian Based. Free Music Lessons by our Professional Music Teacher every other week. Organic Gardening will part of our weekly curriculum. The children will enjoy seeding, planting, caring for their garden, and watching it grow. Parents will enjoy what their tot's bring home! Green products and an Eco-Healthy Environment for our children. Garden Tot's is proud to be the 1st in Riverside CA Endorsed by the (EHCC) Eco-Healthy Child Care Council Field Trips focused on the Beauty of Nature, Art, Music, Science, and World Cultures. Peace of Mind:Our Garden Tot's provider and or team are infant/child CPR Certified, thoroughly screened by the DOJ, FBI, and State Licensed to care for your tot. Open Door Policy: Parents are always welcomed to stop in and give their tot some love. About Us We at Garden Tot's believe that young children learn best through imagination and imitation. All activities within our curriculum will be focused on these two principles.This is where caregiving, teaching, and learning become an art. Meet Our Team: Ms. M Maurie and Daughter, Ms. Delilah Frances What set's Garden Tot's apart is Ms. M Maurie's holistic and artistic approach to caregiving. As a former Holistic Health Practitioner and over 24 years experience in caring for her own children, she understands the importance in cultivating within our young, a healthy self awareness, as well as a reverence for all fellow humans, life, and nature. Mr.Bri Bri the Music Guy! Garden Tot's is happy to introduce our Music Teacher Mr. Brian Pim. Mr. Pim studied music at Riverside City College, was on the Adjunct Faculty for Cal Baptist University, and was a Music Teacher for the "West Coast Rock School". When time allows, he works with the " Play for Change" Organization raising money for music lessons for underprivileged children. Currently, he is not only our Garden Tot's Music Teacher, but he also keeps a small group of students for private lessons and plays professionally throughout Southern California. Mrs. Michelle Larsen Mrs.Larsen and her Certified Therapy dog Jazmin will be volunteering their time to reading to our Garden Tot's. Mrs. Larsen is a retired kindergarten & first grade teacher of 33 years! Jazmin loves children and to spend time in hospitals giving her healing love and attention too many. They are both very excited to be part of our team!