Kids Corner Bilingual

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HOLA SOY NORA!

Thank you for considering my services for your child.

I started this business in 1993, to provide quality, reliable daycare for my own children. My Family Childcare is licensed by the Office of Child Care Licensing and Regulation of the state of Maryland. My childcare is a multicultural and bilingual program for children between 6 weeks and 5 years of age.

My objective is to offer parents a safe, loving, and trustworthy environment where they may leave their children for childcare, and where children will be able to speak and learn Spanish in addition to English.

When I went to college in Mexico City, I majored in Elementary Education with a minor in Child Psychology for 4 years. That’s when I decided to move to the States. When my second child was born, I was faced with a dilemma- in our country; your mother usually takes care of your children. Unfortunately, my mother was not here to help me. That is when I decided to start a childcare program. Ever since I started being a childcare provider, I have loved every second of it.

I am experienced in early childhood care and pre-k education, and I am certified in CPR and First Aid/AED. I participated in Maryland Child Care Credential and Maryland Excels. I completed my CDA. I am part of the committee of the LCAM. (Latin Childcare Association of Maryland). I am required by MCCA to complete 20 hours of in-service training per year. I am allowed (according to MCCA licensing) to have up to 8 children under 12. I am an MCCA (Maryland Child Care Association) licensed Day Care Home.

Please feel free to discuss any questions or concerns you may have at any time. BIENVENIDOS a Kid’s Corner Bilingual!

Philosophy

I am an experienced and dedicated professional who has met state and county rigid certificate requirements. By focusing on children’s unique interests, I work alongside children to support today’s big milestones and tomorrow’s success. Kids Corner Bilingual is high-quality, full-service childcare for children from 8 weeks through 5 years. I’m dedicated to helping children learn, grow, explore, and play in a safe, nurturing, and creative environment. Your children will actively look forward to attending each day. My curriculum is through play, experimenting with possibilities, problem-solving, and project work, I provide children with the very best early education experiences possible.

Location

Suburban, family-oriented neighborhood.Great location: Close to all points North and South via Route 29. Catch the ICC, 495,95 ( and a quick shot to Downtown Silver Spring/ METRO .Close to Four Corners, Trade Joes, shopping and Cresthaven ES, Francis S. Key MD and Springbrook HS

About our program

As an Educator I know that at each stage of life, children take on special developmental tasks and challenges related to their social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. For infants and two’s, developmental occurs in all of these areas as they use their senses to gain a sense of security and identity and to explore the people and objects in their world. For this reason, I believe that the key to meeting the developmental needs of infants and two’s is to build a responsive relationship between children and adults. INFANTS BRAIN CONNECT INFANT CURRICULUM Your baby is unique, and so is our infant curriculum. Brain Connect, our exclusive infant curriculum, is designed around the 5 standards of brain development, and ensures your baby progresses toward these important developmental goals:

1. Critical thinking
2. Language
3. Movement
4. Relationships
5. Sensory

We’ve created 1000s of play-based activities based on these 5 components of brain development. Each activity is designed for a specific learning purpose.
• Each week your primary caregiver will create an individualized lesson plan for your baby. • The lesson plan is unique to your child, with at least 6 activities geared towards your child’s interests and development goals. • A new lesson plan is created weekly, though some activities may be repeated. • The lesson plan is posted in the nursery, so you can always review your baby’s weekly plan.

TUMMY TIME Infants spend the majority of their time on their backs (in cribs, car seats, strollers). We practice Tummy Time, allowing them to lay on their stomach while awake and supervised. This helps your baby develop their arm, chest, and neck muscles and promotes motor skills, while also preventing the flattening of the back of the head. Tummy Time also helps your baby build the strength needed for sitting up, rolling over, crawling, and walking.

BABY SIGN LANGUAGE In our infant childcare and early education program, your baby will begin learning and using simple signs. Baby sign language teaches your infant how to express his or her needs and communicate emotions and desires using simple signs and gestures before developing the ability to speak. Ask us about these signs so you can also communicate with your baby at home the same way!

INFANT CHILDCARE PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT MILESTONE • Lift head • See objects and follow motions • Show emotions • Roll over, sit up, stand with assistance, walk with support • Emerging language development • Begin to eat baby food • Teeth emerge • Interact with familiar adults

INSIDE YOUR BABY’S DAY • Your baby’s teacher holds, rocks, sings to, smiles at, and explores the world with your infant • Tummy time for muscle development • Individual and small group experiences, so your baby can explore and learn from others • Time outside to connect with nature

Goals of the Infant Childcare Program • Increase awareness of the environment • Provide a feeling of security • Stimulate language and intellectual development • Promote physical growth and sound nutrition • Develop positive self-esteem TODDLER CHILDCARE Toddler Childcare & Early Education Programs From first steps to first friendships, our toddler childcare program attends to your whole child – body, mind, and spirit. We respond to your toddler’s growing curiosity, energy, and enthusiasm with fun learning activities and creative playtime while introducing structure and a routine. These experiences help make learning fun!

BRAIN CONNECT TODDLER CURRICULUM The perfect complement to our Brain Connect infant curriculum, our exclusive Brain Connect toddler curriculum continues the brain-based learning continuum in developmental domains like: • Critical thinking • Language and literacy • Movement • Relationships • Sensory learning Our toddler environment is intentionally designed to facilitate playful experiences. Your child will enjoy activity centers like language, math and science, creative arts, dramatic play, and music and movement. As your toddler develops, we create structures and routines to meet your little one’s ever-increasing skills. Inside Your Toddler’s Day Play in the toddler space is organized in a predictable, consistent way. The schedule planned by your child’s teacher will ensure the appropriate blend of active, vigorous play and periods of peaceful, calm rest. The following components are incorporated into your child’s day. • Learning interactions, including relationship-building exercises, critical thinking, sensory and language experiences • Small group brain-based learning experiences • Storytime that includes Seeds of Literary, focusing on literacy skills and character development • Music and movement • Outside time

TODDLER PROGRAM GOALS • Positive self-image • Language development and analytical skills • Creativity • Increased attention span • Healthy and independent self-care, including toilet training • Physical development and sound nutrition • Developmentally appropriate complex emotions TODDLERS PROGRAM’S DEVELOPMENT MILESTONE • Show interest in fine motor skills, like coloring and cutting • Enjoy using their body for large motions (running, dancing, kicking) • Form phrases and sentences • Identify names with people and objects • Begin to recognize that other people have feelings • Use body to express emotions • Promote social play Toddler Childcare & Early Education Programs From first steps to first friendships, our toddler childcare program attends to your whole child – body, mind, and spirit. We respond to your toddler’s growing curiosity, energy, and enthusiasm with fun learning activities and creative playtime while introducing structure and a routine. These experiences help make learning fun!

BRAIN CONNECT TODDLERS CURRICULUM The perfect compliment to our Brain Connect infant curriculum, our exclusive Brain Connect toddler curriculum continues the brain-based learning continuum in developmental domains like: • Critical thinking • Language and literacy • Movement • Relationships • Sensory learning Our toddler environment is intentionally designed to facilitate playful experiences. Your child will enjoy activity centers like language, math and science, creative arts, dramatic play, and music and movement. As your toddler develops, we create structures and routines to meet your little one’s ever-increasing skills. INSIDE YOUR TODDLER’S DAY Play in the toddler space is organized in a predictable, consistent way. The schedule planned by your child’s teacher will ensure the appropriate blend of active, vigorous play and periods of peaceful, calm rest. The following components are incorporated into your child’s day. • Learning interactions, including relationship-building exercises, critical thinking, sensory and language experiences • Small group brain-based learning experiences • Storytime that includes Seeds of Literary, focusing on literacy skills and character development • Music and movement • Outside time

TODDLERS PROGRAM GOALS • Positive self-image • Language development and analytical skills • Creativity • Increased attention span • Healthy and independent self-care, including toilet training • Physical development and sound nutrition • Developmentally appropriate complex emotions

Toddler Program’s Developmental Milestones • Show interest in fine motor skills, like coloring and cutting • Enjoy using theirbody for large motions (running, dancing, kicking) • Form phrases and sentences • Identify names with people and objects • Begin to recognize that other people have feelings • Use body to express emotions • Promote social play

PRESCHOOL EARLY PRESCHOOL and EXPLORER CHILDCARE PROGRAMS In our early preschool program, will participate in engaging experiences and environments that support the development of their brain, body, and social-emotional skills. The educational childcare program is designed to provide the structure and support your child needs during this important transition from toddlerhood to preschool.

Our Brain Connect Explorer Curriculum Our exclusive Brain Connect early preschool curriculum continues the brain-based learning continuum in developmental domains like: • Critical thinking • Language and literacy • Movement • Relationships • Sensory learning This curriculum is designed around the 5 building blocks of brain development to ensure your child progresses toward important developmental goals. Your child’s day is intentionally designed to facilitate playful experiences. Your child will enjoy activity centers like language, math and science, creative arts, dramatic play, and music and movement. Literacy, Self-Esteem & Character Development Program Our exclusive Seeds of Literacy program uses children’s stories to help your child develop important early literacy skills, including letter recognition, vocabulary development, letter-sound correlation, and more. Your child will also explore character traits such as patience, kindness, self-esteem, and confidence, acceptance, and leadership.

SPANISH We incorporate an additional language into our class. Research shows that early exposure to second (or third) languages provides children with multiple developmental benefits, including: • More advanced first language skills • More ease in speaking a second language later in life • Greater cultural understanding • More advanced literacy acquisition • Greater cognitive functioning INSIDE YOUR CHILD’S DAY IN EARLY PRESCHOOL • Relationship-building exercises, critical thinking, sensory and language experiences • Small group learning experiences • Storytime that includes Seeds of Literacy, focusing on literacy skills and character development • Music and movement • Outside time

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