About US

Mission

Children are our main priority. Parents and teacher work together to ensure continuous active learning. We have the opportunity to provide the best quality services for all our children. Each and every day will be filled with new positive experiences to enrich a child's life.


Our Philosophy

In a caring and positive atmosphere we create a warm happy place for children to learn. As we bridge the gap from home to school, we guide children to continued positive self-image while building social skills in a school setting. Sensory, motor, perceptual and language skills are introduced through materials and activities, which are both child-centered and teacher directed. Work is planned which emphasizes the process rather than the outcome, fostering a sense of accomplishment and pride.

Based on the theory that children learn through play, classroom routines encourage active involvement, meaningful experimentation and reinforcement through repetition; schedules are design to balance structure and free choice, as well as active and quiet times.

Recognizing that children grow in predictable stages we treat each child as an individual, working from the level each child has attained and moving forward a step at a time. We teach a love of learning by allowing children to experience their own stage of development and helping them feel successful without pressure.

We value the active involvement of parents in our program through classroom participation. Helping parents day enable the children to se their parents as important and concerned members of the school environment, while providing parents with opportunities to view their children interact with the teacher and other children. Parents and staff can share valuable insights, talents and interests to maintain an excellent learning experience for children.

Curriculum (Early Childhood)

The Creative Curriculum
Thumbelina Learning Centers use The Creative Curriculum for students infant - VPK. This curriculum focuses on the developmental needs of the child at each stage and allows caregivers and teachers the flexibility to provide meaningful learning experiences for all students. Through active engagement, inquiry, hands-on studeies, and project-based investigations children learn and grow. The Creative Curriculum helps teachers build children’s confidence, creativity and critical thinking skills and promote positive outcomes.

ABeka
Students in VPK (pre-k 4) will have their curriculum enhanced with the use of the ABeka phonics program. This workbook uses age-appropriate, colorful exercises to help your child count to 20 and read one-vowel and two-vowel words. Using blend ladders and coloring exercises, your child will learn to recognize all of his letters and the sounds that they make as well as how to count and recognize a specific number of objects.

Curriculum (K-3rd TLC #7 only)

Houghton Mifflin Language Arts, Reading and Social Studies

Strengthen your students' writing and promote independence with Houghton Mifflin English. Developmentally appropriate lessons concentrate on grammar, usage, and mechanics skills, as well as 6-traits writing. Comprehensive instructional and planning tools provide lesson objectives and teaching language that focuses on instruction, practice, and application.

GoMath!

GO Math! is a focused program designed to meet the objectives and intent of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. The author team for GO Math! consists of mathematics educators and school district personnel and includes representation from the leadership of NCTM. The team’s balance between state and national perspectives as well as the team’s research expertise and practical experience makes GO Math! both accessible and mathematically sound.

GO Math! was specifically written to provide thorough coverage of the CCSS with an emphasis on depth of instruction. Particular attention was given to providing support for teachers as they transition to a focused, rigorous curriculum. These efforts are apparent in the ways lessons begin with context‐based situations and progress toward more abstract problems. Students and teachers are supported as they advance from concrete to abstract content through the use of models and math talk prompts presented in the Student Editions, and sample questions provided in the Teachers Editions. The program is designed so that teachers can easily create the environments necessary for teaching the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics with depth without having to develop new materials.

Science Fusion

ScienceFusion gives students a meaningful way to interact with science. Every click, every page turn, every lab and activity is an opportunity for students to ask questions, think critically, and make informed decisions. In any direction a student turns, they will be asked to inquire, think, predict, analyze, and apply. These skills are the foundation for success in science, in school, and in life.

With ScienceFusion, your students do much more than read about science concepts. At every moment, they use their curiosity, as well as their reasoning skills, to discover, interact, and apply what they've learned. Traditional science programs fail to connect the learning that occurs when a student uses a textbook, goes online, or performs a lab. Students learn content, but are unable to apply what they have learned. This is where ScienceFusion breaks the mold and delivers a holistic science experience, based on inquiry and application across print, digital, and hands-on resources.

Accreditation

Florida Association For Child Care Management
http://www.faccm.org/index.asp
Early Childhood Education and Quality Child Care have become vitally important industries. The quality of the learning experiences young children have as they spend their days in center-based care is a focal point of the school readiness movement. The Florida Association For Child Care Management (F.A.C.C.M.) is a dynamic organization that is active in many facets of the child care industry including legislation, accreditation and management issues. F.A.C.C.M. is committed to the development and implementation of programs, techniques and strategies, which improve the quality and affordability of early childhood education. F.A.C.C.M. is unique in that it functions from the perspective of the owner or management of the child care facility .The organization is committed to advocacy in the legislature of the state of Florida for child care related issues and employs their own lobbyist. F.A.C.C.M also administers the national A.P.P.L.E Accreditation program for licensed child care programs.


Accredited Professional Preschool Learning Environment
Accredited Professional Preschool Learning Environment (APPLE) is a voluntary national accreditation program. In the state of Florida, programs must be a member of the Florida Association for Child Care Management in order to receive this as a member benefit. The two step accreditation process, a self study followed by a verification visit, is an evaluation of the indicators of quality as reflected in each individual program. All components of a program are examined including: Administration, classroom environment, parent and community involvement, advocacy on behalf of children and child care, staffing credentials, staff to child ratios, teacher/child interaction, literacy and curriculum.


Florida Association for Child Care Management
The Florida Association for Child Care Management understands the driving force behind our schools is our teachers. It is the dedicated staff that works with our children and families everyday and allows our schools to be recognized as places of learning. FACCM also realizes that according to the Administrative Code for Child Care (65C-22.003) in order to maintain and renew your Florida CDAE a teacher must have membership in a professional association. It is with great excitement that FACCM has created such an organization for our teachers. Supporting Early Education Develops Success - SEEDS, will be the leading professional organization for early learning educators. SEEDS will give teachers within our schools an opportunity to participate in an organization that will be designed to meet their needs and provide information and opportunities to increase their skills and effectiveness in the classroom.