Our Staff
Our staff is committed to caring for and nurturing young children. Here - life revolves around your child and the things that make them happy, responsible, independent young people who grow to be well-adjusted adults. Our entire staff is Lead Qualified, CPR certified and trained in SIDS and Shaken Baby Syndrome. To keep a professsional appearance, we all dress in scrubs. The entire staff and administrators are addressed as Ms.
Our Teachers
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Beanie Baby Room
Due to the influx of additional babies, we needed to open a new infant room. Take the time to check it out when you come in. We love it. The feeling is homey and peaceful for our smallest infants. What a delight these little ones bring us. As you know, in our infants rooms, the babies rule. They set their own schedules and we do our very best to make them feel happy and well cared for.
We will have a picture posted soon.
Maren Holm - Lead Teacher
Maren has been in child care since 1995 and has a Bachelors in Lberal Arts. She worked with ages 6 weeks to college students. She is currently working on her masters. Maren has two daughters, 6 and 1 yr and is a United States Air Force Veteran. She is also trained as a medic and speaks 3 languages. Her hobbies include: reading, playing piano and singing opera.
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Safari Room
Infant Room
Our goal in the infant room is to have a room full of happy babies. This is done through responding to their needs. We spend a lot of time just talking to the children and bonding with them. As you know, babies rule, they set their own schedule. We love watching the development of these little ones until they start to walk and are sturdy enough on their feet to make the big step to the one-year old room. It is a joy to see their minds explore new things (examining their hands and feet, turning a new toy around and around to check it out, tummy time, the steps to crawling and learning how to pull themselves up to stand). What a joy these little ones bring us. As you can tell we love our infants.
Margaret Colvin - Lead Teacher
Ms Margaret works in our Safari Room with the infants. She has a background in early childhood. Margaret had completed all her studies for assistant teacher prior to applying to 2 Grandmas and is now Lead certified. Margaret is mom to one 1 boy. Margaret loves to keep the infant room neat and tidy. She enjoys working with the babies.
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Teddy Bear Room
1 year old Room
Sarah Daniel - Lead Teacher
Ms Sarah works in our Teddy Bear Room with the infants. She has a background in early childhood. Sarah was a full-time nanny to a 4 year old and two 3-year olds. Sarah is very dependable and enjoys working with the infants. Her dedication and attention to the children is appreciated.
Tiffany Zamber - Lead Teacher
Ms Tiffany also worked in our Frog Room with the 3 & 4 year olds. She recently moved to the Teddy Bear Room and loves being with the 1-year-olds. She has a combined total of 8 years experience working both in a center and her own in-home daycare. Tiffany loves creating new projects and fun activities for the children to do! She also has a wonderful artistic side. Many of the drawings you see around the center are due to her creative ability. She is mom to 2 girls & 1 boy.
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Bumblebee Room
The goal in the BumbleBee Room is to teach colors, letters, numbers, and get them ready for the more structured environment in the Frog Room. 2-yrs olds are alloted a large part of their day to creative play and free play. We work on their speech and communication. We try to avoid the terrible twos by making sure they are able to talk to us and communicate their needs. Their social and emotional behavior is also a big part of their growth. Learning to share and care about others is important for their development. Learning to wait and take their turn with different toys is also a part of their growth. They love taking walks around the center and visiting other classrooms and the administrators' office. We love to see them all pile in to see Ms. Debbie and Ms. Patricia. Most of these children we have watched grow from newborn to now.
2 year old Room
Patti Frutiger - Lead Teacher
Patti has a backgroud in early childhood. She worked in another center before joining us here. We enjoy her upbeat, happy attitude. She enjoys working with the toddler and doing projects with them. Patti is not afraid to get right down on the floor with kids, letting them climb all over her! She is mom to 2 girls.
Serenity Schulz - Lead Teacher
Serenity (called Netty) has worked in daycare for 8years. Volunteering and later working as an teacher. She completed her Assistant childcare teacher's course at Marshall High School. She has also completed her lead teaching course. Netty has a patient and caring disposition with the children. She enjoys teaching and believes it takes a community to raise children. She feels that we can do this together. Netty also has a relative here at the center, her mom , who is in the Frog room.
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Frog Room
3 and 4 year olds
In our frog room, the activities are stepped up since the children are now able to accomplish a great deal more. There is plenty of free time for the children to enjoy just playing. However, in preparation for school, there is more structured learning. It is important for them to just learn how to sit for a time and listen and follow instructions. They learn things that are common to everyday life: Days of the week, Months, What's the weather like today, etc. They are also working on the basics of Spanish. We hope when they go to school the prep work gives them a great start. Story time is an exciting time for the class. Story time is a special feature in this room. The stories just jump off the page for these eager little minds
Stacey Schulz - Lead Teacher
Ms Stacey is the proud mother of 5 beautiful children, three boys, ages 17, 13, and 7 also two girls, ages 22 and 11. She has been in early child care for seventeen years. She completed most of her training at MATC. Her goals as a teacher are: To prepare your child socially, emotionally, mentally and physically to enter school. And to give parents time to spend in the classroom to see how much their child has grown.
Jenni Pfeifer - Lead Teacher
Jenni has been working with children of all ages and really enjoys working with the Frog room age children. She feels that working with children will help her when she has children of her own. Jenni has two cats, Alley and Chloe and a dog named Smudge.
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The Clubhouse
School Age Children
When school ends and the children come back to the center, the activity in their area begins. They have their snack and then spend the rest of the day in free-time activities. Busy, busy, busy is the word for their area. They boys and girls are enjoying the new lego blocks, Wii and puzzles. All the kids enjoy art time.. The children spent time creating their own behavior chart for how they feel they should act. Good work kids.
Jilleen Grice - Lead Teacher
Ms Jilleen works in our Frog Room with the 3 & 4 year olds. She has a background in early childhood. She has a combined total of 18 years experience working in centers and her own home-based daycare. Jilleen loves to read stories and have circle time with the children. She also makes home-made play dough. She is mom to 1 daughter.
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Stephanie Wiemann
Cook/Lead Teacher
Ms Stephy has a background in early childhood and loves to play with the kids. She also prepares our meals each day. Stephanie is trying new foods to see what the children enjoy. A very interesting venture. She helps out in each room as well as lending a hand to Administration when needed. She also has a wonderful creative side. Much of the artwork in the center is due to Stephanie's talented hand. Check out our monthly board. She updates it with wonderful, creative themes each season. She is mom to 3 boys, ages 7, 5 and 2.
