Ever notice that Kindergarten has strict requirements now? And preschool is more like what Kindergarten used to be. When I was growing up preschool was a fun place to learn through exploration and play. Now Preschool expects & requires children to know much more. Where is your child going to get a leg up on education?
ABC is what preschool was, years ago, but for Toddlers.
Lindsey, Owner of Above & Beyond Childcare has her degree in Early Childhood Development & Studies. She wanted to put this knowledge to good use, so she began volunteering and substitute teaching within the Santa Ynez Valley. She loved to watch the learning wheels turn within young minds.
After researching the needs of our valley, Lindsey found out that there are plenty of preschools &/or 'daycare' services; yet, they are legally limited by the State of California on how many children they can accept. And if these daycares allow infants & toddlers to join their groups then they are no longer allowed to have large numbers of children. (ie: approx 1 Infant = 3 children) Many of these 'daycares' are looking to take in more children, so they can make more money; therefore eliminating the infants. Lindsey enjoys the little ones and all their fun antics, so she decided to open an educational child care for Infants & Toddlers. Above & Beyond Childcare was born.
In today's busy world we find ourselves overwhelmed with too much to do and not enough time to do it. Anyone with an infant or toddler knows that these overwhelming tasks take five times longer when your children are with you. Children of this age, require many different opportunities to develop their many developing skills. Large motor, small motor, social, emotional, language, cognitive, the list goes on & on. If these children are cooped up in their car seat all day running errands with you, they are no longer given the chance to work on their developing needs, but rest assured they will eventually tell you all about it by screaming, whining and crying. The sound of a whining child can only make your stress levels rise and the overwhelming situation out of control.
Now, picture this, you have just dropped your child off at Above & Beyond Childcare, you know they will be given personal attention and stimulating age appropriate activities to enhance their developing skills. You are able to run to the market, bank, post office and stop along the way for a massage. It's a win-win situation, you are finished with your errands, had some personal time, are feeling refreshed, your child was in a safe envoirnment learning and developing great skills. You greet each other with loving happy arms, no one is stressed or overwhelmed.
Above & Beyond Childcare to the rescue.
ABC is simply here to offer quality educational child care to the infants & toddlers of the Santa Ynez Valley, with the child's best interest in mind. I have found through personal experience that children of this age need their parent as a primary care giver; for that reason, ABC is a part time child care business. Studies have shown that a FULL time 'daycare' setting is not optimal for the attachment process to develop between parents and their children. ABC is designed to enhance the lives of the Infants & Toddlers of our valley. |
