Daycare Update!

I am overjoyed to announce... I FOUND AN AWESOME DAYCARE FOR MY SUNSHINE!!!! And, it's only 3 minutes from work! This place is better than any daycare I've seen during the last two years that I've been randomly looking, and actually more than I ever could have dreamed of for Audrey!

• high tech security systems with two codes, one to get in the door, and one to log her in and out, and each person has to have their own codes so they have record of who dropped her off and picked her up on any given day.
• Multiple activity rooms: drama/dancing, art, language/literacy, science, and a little library area!
• Separate outdoor play areas for different age groups, the two year old's have their own HUGE play area with two playgrounds! (with grass)
• They DO NOT take the kids on walks outside of the center as MANY places do.
• the place is warm and bright and inviting!
• Awesome curriculum and structure each and every day
• They involve the parents in as much as possible to share anything and everything that they are teaching the kids, example: cd of songs they are currently learning
  
• They put on little shows every few months, and even the staff and teachers will put on their own show to make the kids and parents laugh...
• The staff and teachers were so nice and talkative and knowledgeable!
• They create portfolios for each child, highlighting events, skills, accomplishments, pieces of artwork, and includes photos of the child throughout their different activities. They use these for parent-teacher conferences that they have often, and then they give them to the parents once the child moves on to attend another school or whatever.
• The like involved parents, the ones that pick up their kids and want to know everything that the child did that day... yup, they like those kinds of parents.. YAY!
• They have room to grow there, rooms that aren't even in use yet but ready for when the school/daycare expands and gets more kids.
• Each room has a little fish tank with gold fish, Audrey LOVES "fishies"!
  
• IT'S SO NICE!!!

We are bringing my sweet girl over there next week to check it out and I simply can't wait, she is going to love it! It is absolutely perfect for her! While it is definitely not the cheapest place I've seen, it is cheaper than some that aren't even half as nice as this place is. My baby is growing up... this will be her first little "school"... Discovery Preschool.