Baby Bookworms

Our Teachers

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My name is Teresa Hough-Martin, and under the name Hough-Martin Childcare, I have provided care to the Loch Raven, Baltimore community since the year 2001.

MSDE Maryland Childcare Credential Program (MCCCP) Level 4

Maryland Excels Level 1

CDA Credentialed

Certified in First Aid, CPR, and AED

Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

Previously Accredited through National Association Family Child Care (NAFCC)

Testimonials

Patricia Aburn Quality Control Specialist April 20, 2023 Teresa has a warm, nurturing and developmentally appropriate learning environment. The children were all engaged and you could tell they enjoy learning.

July 3, 2020
Baby Bookworms is a great center! It’s family oriented and my kids learn a ton. Highly recommend!
Chardae Perry

October 23, 2018
Looking 4 a Daycare for your Child/children? this is one of the best childcares in Baltimore ❣ #GoMrsTeresa 👩🏾‍🏫

T’Lady Davis

March 3, 2017
Ashley Monique Stith recommends Baby Bookworms.

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Philosophy

My personal values and beliefs around teaching and learning are adopted from the theorist, Jean Piaget, who I learned about in my early years of study. Like him, I believe that children learn from their environment, and the set up of the classroom is most important.

In my program, I set up our space to reflect the interest of the children by providing active objects to promote multiple modes of learning. Our environment is ‘print-rich’ in English and Spanish to label many random objects at the children’s eye level in both languages. Our shapes, colors and numbers are also labeled this way. We include books that reflect many cultures.

I can only smile when they respond with ‘You’re welcome!” when I thank them for coming to play w/ me.

Location

Baby Bookworms is located 3 min. from Medstar Good Samaritan Hospital in the Loch Raven (21239) community.

• Yorkwood Elementary
• Cardinal Shehan School
• Leith Walk Elementary
• Northwood Elementary

About our program

Baby Bookworms is a theme-based family childcare where each month there is a new learning experience. An area of the outdoor shed is used to house the twelve bins labeled by each month. It is our normal routine that the fourth week of the month be spent returning current themed items to the shed and replacing it w/ the themed items for the next month. An example of things changed include (but not limited to) books, centers, sensory bins, charts, fingerplays, etc. The children are never bored and are constantly being challenged to learn about new things.

Admissions

Join us at Baby Bookworms in four easy steps:

1. Explore our website We’ve provided information about our philosophies and offerings to help you decide if our program may be right for your family.

2. Tour our program.

Come see what makes Baby Bookworms unique. Please schedule a tour.

3. Submit an Enrollment Application

If you would like to enroll, please submit an application. Please note that we require tours for all prospective families. Please do not submit an application if you have not visited the program.

4. Enroll

After reviewing your application, we’ll send an enrollment invitation. Upon accepting your invitation you’ll pay your enrollment fee, fill out enrollment documents and review our Parent Handbook.