Greenridge Acres Little Children's Academy
Navleen S
We love this daycare. The teachers are exceptional. It is a very loving, safe and fun environment for the children. The teachers go above and beyond to ensure each child's academic and social developmental needs are met in order to prepare them for the real world. the children absolutely enjoy themselves as they learn. Highly recommend sending your children here.
Greenridge Acres Little Children's Academy in Boyds is a small, home-based child care and preschool program for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. We're a small program, operating from a single family home, but offer much more than a typical home daycare. We offer a Montessori-based preschool program, and also have a learning program for infants and toddlers, to expose them to early childhood education. We are accredited by NAFCC and have three full time teachers, all experienced in child care and with a background in early childhood education.
About Our Program
Our program offers children lots of learning opportunities in different areas for educational success and flourishing student. We can teach Spanish to your child (if you'd like), and children are introduced to cognitive skills, sequencing, matching, social skills, similarities, and diversity language, art skills, story telling, writing and reading. Learning centers are mats, signs, dramatic play, music, creative art, provide opportunities to balance both shared and independent learning experience. Physical health, signs, art, history, manners, creative movement, yoga, music, sign language is in our daily schedule with lots of indoor and outdoor activities for their fine and gross motor skills. We read books everyday, and sing songs for language acquisition!
The power of play
Teachers use different station materials and centers to help develop fine and gross motor skills. Infants are exposed to age appropriate materials that helps them in learning and development. Greenridge Acres Little Children's Academy provides a very safe learning day care environment where our infants have the freedom to move and explore! A daily report for infants is sent home to inform the parents about nap times, play times, feeding, diapering, and anything the child did. Infant area is filled with toys and books that help them develop at their own pace. Nurturing, personal care, warmth, love that builds infant self esteem. Teachers are regularly interacting with infants that sparks curiosity and socialization.
For older children, 2.5 to 5 years old, our program encourages child curiosity in a very constructive and fun learning environment. Children are taught to share and care, discovering the answers to the favorite young preschoolers questions (what? why?). We engage in daily group activities that help boost children's social skills.Our daycare center provides lunch which is organic and freshly cooked everyday.
