6 weeks – 12 months
Infant Room
Slow mornings, held bottles, and naps on each baby's own schedule — not ours. You'll get feed, sleep, and diaper notes in a daily sheet, every day.
Sample ratio: 1 teacher to 4 infants
Licensed early learning · Shawnee, Kansas
Big days for little people.
Infant care through pre-K on Johnson Drive — small groups, a daily rhythm you can actually picture, and teachers who've been here for years. Come see a Tuesday in action; tours run every week.
11 years of big daysSmall groups, sample ratios shared on every tourBreakfast, hot lunch & snack includedShawnee · Lenexa · Mission · Merriam families
Programs by Age
Four rooms, one big backyard of a day.
Every room keeps groups small — the ratios below are sample figures so you can picture the room, and we'll walk you through current numbers on your tour.
1 – 2 years
Toddler Room
Walkers, climbers, and first-word narrators. Days are built around big-muscle play, board books, and learning that sharing is (eventually) survivable.
Sample ratio: 1 teacher to 6 toddlers
2 – 3 years
Early Preschool
The why-phase, welcomed. Art that gets gloriously messy, songs with motions, and the first real routines — line up, wash hands, find your name card.
Sample ratio: 1 teacher to 8 children
3 – 5 years
Pre-K
Letters, numbers, scissors that actually cut paper, and show-and-tell confidence — everything a kindergarten teacher hopes walks through the door in August.
Sample ratio: 1 teacher to 10 children
Not sure which room fits? Come tour — five minutes in each and it'll be obvious.
Our Day
Come see a Tuesday in action.
Every room follows the same steady rhythm — busy where it should be, quiet where it counts. Here's the hour-by-hour, the same one we'll walk you through in person.
6:30–8:30
Arrivals & breakfast
Slow drop-offs, cubby hugs, and cereal for early birds. Nobody rushes the goodbye.
8:30–9:00
Morning circle
Songs, the weather report (usually shouted), and what today holds.
9:00–10:30
Learning blocks
Small-group time by room — letters and counting for the big kids, textures and sounds for the little ones.
10:30–11:30
Outdoor play
The fenced playground, twice a day, nearly every day. Coats zipped, energy spent.
11:30–12:15
Lunch
Family-style at small tables — served warm, with seconds for the brave.
12:30–2:30
Nap & quiet time
Lights low, cots out, white noise on. Non-nappers get books and puzzles.
2:30–4:30
Snack, centers & book corner
Afternoon snack, then art, blocks, dress-up, and the reading nook's daily rush hour.
4:30–6:00
Free play & pickups
Wind-down play while the room empties one happy, tired kid at a time.
Teachers
The people your kid will talk about at dinner.
Our leads stay — most have been here for years, and it shows in how calm the rooms run. You'll meet every one of them on your tour.
Ms. Dana
Infant Room lead
With us 9 years
Can settle a fussy baby with one arm while writing a nap note with the other. Parents ask for her by name.
Ms. Priya
Toddler Room lead
With us 6 years
Narrates the whole day out loud — which is exactly how toddlers learn forty new words a week.
Mr. Caleb
Early Preschool lead
With us 4 years
Runs the messiest art table in the building and sends kids home proud of it. Owns eleven aprons.
Ms. Rosa
Pre-K lead
With us 11 years — since the day we opened
Former kindergarten teacher, so she knows exactly where your kid is headed and packs the year accordingly.
Parent Notes
Word from the pickup line.
“The daily sheets sound like a small thing until you're back at work missing your baby — knowing exactly when she ate and napped got me through that first month.”
Maggie H.
Infant & Pre-K parent · Sample note
Schedule a Tour
The tour tells you everything.
Thirty minutes, all four rooms, every question answered. Tell us a little about your kiddo and we'll call back to set a day.
Questions From the Tour
The things every parent asks.
What are your hours?
We're open Monday through Friday, 6:30am to 6:00pm, year-round except major holidays. Drop-off and pickup work any time within those hours — early birds and late-afternoon stragglers are both normal here.
Are meals included?
Yes — breakfast for early arrivals, a hot lunch served family-style, and an afternoon snack, all included. Menus post weekly by the front door, and we work with families on allergies and food preferences.
What's your sick policy?
The usual, applied kindly: fever, vomiting, or anything contagious means a day at home, and kids come back once they're 24 hours symptom-free without medicine. We'll always call you first, never surprise you at pickup.
What should my child bring?
A change of clothes, a nap-time comfort item if they have one, and diapers or pull-ups for the little ones. We supply everything else — sunscreen, bedding, art smocks, and the endless supply of crayons.
Are you licensed?
We're a licensed early-learning center and have been for all 11 years we've been open. Bring every question you have about staffing, safety, and daily routines to your tour — we'd rather show you than tell you.