Piedmont, CA
Ashley's House

I believe that the business little children should be about is PLAY, PLAY, PLAY! Children are learning every waking moment, and opportunities to teach them abound throughout the day, if you are tuned into their interests and ready to answer their questions. What we should really be striving to teach little ones is to love learning, and a play based environment is the beat way to achieve this. Any environment for children must be safe, nurturing, accepting, and encouraging. My teachers possess all of these qualities and for almost 27 years, we have been helping children to move out into the world beyond home in a comfortable, secure and loving way. One of my greatest pleasures is in seeing my "graduates" grow and succeed in their lives, and in having them come back to visit and share these successes with me.

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Between 8 and 9 am, children arrive and choose their activities from the many available. Art projects may take place from 9 to 9:45; then we get ready for a walk, around the neighborhood, to a park, or to the fire station..Back to school for lunch at 11:30, then play until 12:15,when we have song and story time followed by naps. At 3:00, any long sleepers are awakened, and we have snacks. Then we go out to play in our yard until it begins to get too dark (winter) or our parents arrive for pick-up . This is the basic timetable, with in which many things happen each day.

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