Sweet Home Child Care AZ, Scottsdale

In Sweet Home Child Care AZ, the children are encouraged to be curious, inquiring learners, to pursue their interests and passions, and to learn and teach in ways that work best for them. We are an Early Childhood Development service In-Home with a safe, clean, nurturing, loving and responsible environment where your child will receive care and quality instruction and begin his/her academic preparation with a Spanish Immersion Program. EDUCATION Our principal focus is on social and emotional development for the little. •We provide Early Preschool, Preschool and Pre-K classes with Spanish Immersion Program. •All instruction will be done in Spanish; she/he will acquire the language naturally. Through immersion, your child will develop a strong academic foundation while simultaneously developing bilingual skills, self-confidence and cultural awareness. •We place a stronger emphasis on childhood development rather than age, because all children learn, grow, and develop at their own pace, and in their own unique way. It’s been designed with your child’s needs and abilities in mind. •We provide a variety of daily learning of development and educational activities: •Math, writing, books, blocks, art, music, science, dramatic play, large motor and sensory centers. •Fun physical activities like music, dancing and outdoor activity time. •We also provide developmental activities for all children depending on age, and will work with you on the specific needs of your child so your child will learn: Early Preschool: (2 – 3 years old) •Self-help skills. •About making friends. •Alphabet and number introduction. Preschool: (3 – 4 years old). •Pre-reading skills. •Pre-writing, small muscle activities. •Pre-math skills. •Social and Physical skills. Pre-Kinder: (4 – 5 years old). •Reading skills (matching letters to sounds, recognizing familiar words). •Writing skills (using letters and other symbols to create written messages). •Math skills (simple addition and subtraction, sorting and classifying objects). •Social and Physical skills. Our daily goals for all children are according with age. The common denominator is: •To develop self-control, self-soothing skills, and self-discipline. •To learn to get along. •To practice using fine motor skills (arts/crafts, stringing beads, pegboard, blocks) and large motor skills (balls, hula hoops, bean bags, swinging, outdoor play). •To foster the development of listening and speaking. •To grow independently and be school ready. •To learn to follow directions. •We working with the parents. We believe it's essential to work together with the parents of the children in our care. We will let you know your child's progress, and send completed activities home with the parents at the end of day. PLACE •Our home is located in a friendly, quiet neighborhood in Scottsdale, AZ. •We are all about safety here. We offer safe and age-appropriate games and toys so that your child can have fun safely. •Our home is pet and smoke free. •We are open year-round, Monday through Friday, with the following exceptions:, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year Day. •We have flexible hours from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. from 4, 6, 8 with, 10 hours per day from 2, 3 and 5 days per week. NUTRITION •We provide healthy breakfast, lunch and two snacks per day to all enrolled children at no additional cost. •We provide water throughout the day and milk with meals. •No peanuts and nuts in meals and snacks. •Parents have the opportunity to bring snacks for birthday celebrations. Snacks must be healthy, store bought, sealed and peanuts and nuts free. NAP/QUIET TIME Rest or nap will be provided for all children and they will sleep on cots. The sheets and blankets for each individual child will be provided by their parents. TOILETING We will assist with toilet training when parents agree that the child is physically ready. Parents must provide instruction on how to assist the child to use the toilet. We use incentives to teach the children to the toilet as needed. Parents must provide 2 set of clothing and many training pants. Soiled clothes will be given to the parents at the end of the day. Be sure to replace those items the next day.