Smillin Farias Family Child Care

I believe a child's early experiences enrich and stimulate future growth. Children deserve to be treated and respected as individuals in an environment that welcomes reason, exploration, question, and imagination. I respect each child's need for love, security, acceptance, warmth, and stimulation. I feel communication is an integral part of this arrangement. The primary goal of my childcare program is to provide a safe, family-like environment for your child while you are at work. I feel a child's work is play. All activities are intended as an opportunity for building social skills, interaction between children, practicing self help skills in a family-like environment.

Goals
While in my care your child will have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of activities, which promote all aspects of development. Family childcare provides for children the comfort and experience of belonging to an extended family. I provide a home like setting; therefore, I do not follow a strict routine. Meals and rest periods will be based on a schedule to make both mine and your days run smoother on a daily basis. My approach to childcare is child centered and child directed. Children are offered choices whenever possible. Your child will bring home a newsletter each month, which will give a brief overview of what we will be doing. Just because you are not seeing anything in the way of papers does not mean that we have not been busy all day.