Wooden materials, art, nature, language, and everyday tasks give children different ways to explore. Our Montessori and Waldorf inspired approach adapts activities to each child’s age, interests, and readiness.
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Children learn by doing, noticing, and connecting. Building with wooden blocks, exploring natural materials, and sharing a discovery with a friend offer opportunities to practice concentration, language, problem solving, and cooperation.
Our curriculum gives these everyday experiences thoughtful purpose, with materials, activities, and gentle guidance chosen for each child’s age, interests, and readiness.
We draw from both approaches and adapt activities to each child’s interests, abilities, and stage of development. Careful preparation gives children room to choose, explore, repeat, and make something their own.
Accessible materials, practical tasks, and individual exploration invite children to do more for themselves. Pouring, sorting, matching, and caring for their surroundings become opportunities to practice with purpose.
Art, music, storytelling, movement, and time outdoors make space for imagination. A wooden shape can become part of a tower, a pretend meal, or an entirely new idea.
What will happen when we mix this? Why does it change? From bubbling experiments to conversations about plants and planets, science begins with noticing, wondering, and trying.
Language, early mathematics, creativity, and practical skills grow together through activities children can see, touch, and take part in.
Stories, conversation, alphabet activities, rhymes, and songs invite children to listen, name, remember, and express themselves. English is our primary language, and story time brings us together before rest. Michelle and Stephanie both speak fluent Spanish and use English and Spanish with the children, with selected activities and songs in Spanish. Mila offers individual Russian conversation and teaching when parents request it.
Children sort, match, count, and explore shapes through concrete materials. As they are ready, number work moves from 1 to 10 toward 1 to 20. Comparing big and small, tall and short, and wide and narrow makes mathematical ideas tangible.
A small pitcher, a tray, and time to try. Pouring, transferring, tidying, and helping with everyday routines invite careful movement and independence. Wooden toys and natural materials offer varied textures, weight, and possibilities for open-ended play.
Children explore color, painting, drawing, and making with a variety of materials. We offer tools and encouragement while leaving room for their own choices. The process of experimenting and creating is part of the learning.
Art, stories & a wider world
A painting invites a closer look. A map opens a conversation. We follow those small sparks with pictures, stories, and questions children can explore together.
Gardening and houseplant care give children something real to nurture. They explore soil and water, notice growth, and practice the patience and care that living things need.
In the kitchen, mixing, measuring, tasting, and following simple steps bring learning to the table. On Stone-Soup Fridays, each child contributes an ingredient to a meal we make together.
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Singing, instruments, dancing, and outdoor movement give children ways to explore rhythm, coordination, and the joy of expressing themselves.
Costumes, stories, and open-ended play invite children to try on roles, invent scenes, share ideas, and solve little problems together.
Quiet moments, calming routines, stories, and a comfortable place to rest give the day a thoughtful balance of activity and stillness.
Simple pedestrian rules, road signs, and familiar fire and earthquake drills help children practice listening and following guidance.
Learning to be with others is part of every day. Shared play offers chances to listen, take turns, cooperate, and appreciate one another’s differences.
When conflicts happen, we stay close and help children express their feelings, consider another person’s needs, and look for a way forward. Warm relationships make room for confidence and belonging.
From first discoveries to increasingly independent play, we adapt experiences to each child’s needs, interests and abilities. These are flexible invitations within our small family daycare, with warm relationships at the heart of learning.
For our youngest children, discovery begins with a caring person nearby. Responsive interaction, songs, simple textures and things to reach for offer small opportunities to notice and connect.
We follow the child’s readiness when introducing materials and experiences. A familiar voice, an interesting sound or a different texture can be a meaningful part of early exploration.
For your visit: Tell us about feeding, rest, familiar comforts, and how you would like to stay in touch. We welcome infants from 3 months.
Talk with us about your infant →Toddlers have so much they want to try. Sorting, wooden puzzles, art, songs and outdoor exploration give them different ways to use their hands, communicate and make choices.
Everyday tasks become opportunities to participate, with adult guidance and time to repeat a favorite activity. Shared play brings chances to practice taking turns, naming feelings and being with friends.
For your visit: Share your toddler’s routines, favorite activities, words or gestures, and what helps during transitions.
Explore everyday activities →Longer projects, early number and letter activities, building challenges and simple experiments give growing children more to investigate. Art, music, gardening and cooking connect learning with real experiences.
We encourage children to explain an idea, listen to one another and try another approach. Our Montessori and Waldorf inspired activities make room for curiosity, cooperation and increasing independence.
For your visit: Tell us what your child enjoys making, asking, and playing, and what you hope their next stage of care will offer.
Plan a visit for your child →Children develop at different paces. These descriptions are not a timetable of milestones or a promise of particular outcomes. During a tour, tell us about your child’s routines, interests and the support they need.
Meals, learning, play and rest give our days a reassuring flow. Babies and toddlers share the same overall routine, with flexibility for each baby’s needs and additional naps.
Babies may need more naps, so their day follows a more flexible rhythm. Talk with Mila about your baby’s routine when you visit.
Full-time and part-time care options are available. Discuss your family’s schedule →
Meet Mila, explore the spaces and materials, and tell us about your child. We’ll talk about what they enjoy, what they are discovering, and how Mila-Ma could support their next steps.
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