Who licenses us, and how we look after the rooms

License

Adults to children

• 1:71 adult to 7 children

  2-year-olds

  Group size: 14

• 1:151 adult to 15 children

  3-year-olds

  Group size: 20

• 1:151 adult to 15 children

  4-year-olds

  Group size: 20

Staff checks and training

• Background checks
• CPR and first aid
• Mandated reporter training
• Food handler training

Safety routines

• Arrival and pickup

  A teacher greets every child at the door and signs them in. At pickup a child goes only with the people on your list, and we ask for ID at the door until we know you.

• Allergies and snacks

  Tell us about allergies at the tour; we ask privately once you enroll. We ask families not to send nuts, and snack is prepared in the room with the children.

• When a child is ill

  A child with a fever or a contagious illness stays home. If a child becomes ill at school, we call you right away and a teacher stays close until you arrive.

• Drills and headcounts

  We practice fire and severe weather drills, and we count heads every time children move between the rooms, the atelier and the yard.

• Tools and materials

  Scissors have rounded tips, wire and clay tools stay on a high shelf until a teacher is at the table, and every material is put back and wiped down before the next group.

• Washing up

  Children wash their hands at a child-height sink on arrival, before snack and after clay or paint, with a teacher beside them.