The Mindful Leaders Of Tomorrow
Over A Decade
Of Transformational
Education Adventures
Preschool & Child Care Center Serving McLean, VA
Awards & Accreditation!
Spring Camp 2024
Monday to Friday, 7:00 am – 6:00 pm
Voted As The Best By Parents Like You!
Voted Best Of NoVA's 2023 Winners By Our Community As One Of Northern Virginia's Top Businesses!
Voted As The Best By Parents Like You!
Voted Best Of NoVA's 2023 Winners By Our Community As One Of Northern Virginia's Top Businesses!
Voted As The Best By Parents Like You!
We're The Proud Recipients Of
Most Loved Preschool Award Winner 2022
We Believe In Top-Notch Teachers To Help Your Child Truly Succeed
Investing in high-quality caregivers is investing in your child’s future. Highly degreed and expertly trained teachers, including some with master’s degrees and PhDs, provide an exceptional education. In return, teachers receive benefits like tuition reimbursement and amazing bonuses.
Confidence Can Start Young With The Unique 7 Levels Of Leadership
The proprietary 7 Levels of Leadership program is a hallmark of your child’s learning experience. With opportunities for public speaking as a crucial piece, and gentle, practical confidence boosting exercises, your early learner will become a leader of tomorrow.
Our Programs Focus On Art & Language Immersion!
A Holistic Montessori & Reggio-Inspired Curriculum Builds Well-Rounded Foundations
An in-house curriculum based on cognitive and academic learning domains includes hands-on lessons, guided activities, and workbooks that foster lifelong skills and interests in world languages, reading and writing, math, science and environmental awareness, cultural studies, art, and music.
Your Child Becomes A Published Author Through Writers Workshop!
By teaching them to write with structure and purpose while encouraging creativity and fun, your child has the chance to produce a self-published book to show off their accomplishments. Actively fostering literacy now has a lasting effect on their future.
Every Measure Is Taken To Protect Your Child’s Safety
Your child stays safe and secure with restricted access entrances, an internal-use camera system, and CPR-trained staff who always keep eyes on them. Sturdy fences protect them when they’re outdoors for daily playtime.
Exceptional Education For Exceptional Readiness!
Your Child Heads To School Reading At A Kindergarten Or 1st-Grade Level
French, Mandarin, & Spanish Immersion Are Real-Life Skills
Your child regularly hears 4 languages—English, French, Spanish, and Mandarin—and learns about the structure and vocabulary of each. Learning languages creates new neural connections in the brain, giving your child a cognitive and communications advantage that lasts as they grow.
Enrichment Classes Like Culinary Arts & More Broaden Their Skills
With over a dozen onsite enrichment programs, your child explores cooking, dance, Lego® engineering, knitting, and more. Check for information on the latest offerings and register your child because space is always limited, and enrichments are popular!
WOW! STEM, Art Immersion & Environmental Leadership
Your child enjoys art immersion to stimulate creativity, regular STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) projects that boost problem-solving and creativity, yoga and mindfulness to build crucial brain-body connections, and environmental leadership to tackle tomorrow’s critical issues today.
Social-Emotional Learning With Daily Yoga & Mindfulness
Teachers use Conscious Discipline® and Love and Logic to help your child learn to express and regulate emotions, be kind, respectful, and empathetic, and be a confident self-advocate. With these curricula partnered with yoga and mindfulness, your child becomes a social-emotional champion!
A Library & Gross Motor Area Support Their Budding Interests
With learning centers inside their classrooms, a library full of age-appropriate books and materials, and a gross motor skills room with play structures and projection games, your little learner has ample indoor opportunities for physical, academic, and social development.
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Daily Outdoor Play Increases Memory & Boosts Mood Too
Your child loves to go outdoors with friends each day to explore the playground. They run, climb, jump, and use their imagination while building crucial large muscle groups and motor skills.
Save Time & Money With An All-Inclusive Food Program
You never worry about packing food because your child receives a tasty, nutritious catered breakfast, lunch, and snack every day, at no additional cost to you. All meals meet standards for childhood nutrition and account for allergies and sensitivities.
Parents Love Our Communication App For Constant Updates
Stay connected to your child’s classroom and all their activities with the free, easy-to-use Brightwheel™ app. Teachers share adorable photos and videos and keep you up to date with reports, memos, and class announcements.
Family-Owned Care Means Family-First Services For You
We are family owned and operated, with our directors having 50 years of combined experience in working with children of all ages. The caring teachers who guide your children are highly trained and receive twice as much professional development as the state requires.
Qualified teaching staff nurturing children's growth and development
Our lead teachers hold PhD’s, Master’s, Bachelor’s degrees, Associate’s degrees in early childhood education or a minimum CDA.
Assistant Teachers- Holds Bachelor’s degrees, Associate’s degrees, or working towards a CDA. All Teachers and staff are certified in CPR and First Aid, and have Continuing Education and some have Food Handler certificates. All leads teachers have 100+ hrs of T.E.A. Center Standards and Curriculum training with continuing education of 40+ hrs annually.
Assistant Teachers- Holds Bachelor’s degrees, Associate’s degrees, or working towards a CDA. All Teachers and staff are certified in CPR and First Aid, and have Continuing Education and some have Food Handler certificates. All leads teachers have 100+ hrs of T.E.A. Center Standards and Curriculum training with continuing education of 40+ hrs annually.
| Teacher qualifications | ||
|---|---|---|
| State | T.E.A. Center Staff | |
| 12 hrs | 40 +hrs | |
| Lead education | CDA | PhD to CD’s |
| Lead Training hrs to start | 0 | 100 hrs |
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How Old Is Your Child?
Infants
2 - 15 Months
Toddlers
16 - 24 Months
Two's
2 - 3 Years
Preschool
3 - 4 Years
Pre-K
4 - 5 Years
Private
Kindergarten
4+ Years
Before &
After Care
5 - 12 Years
Toddler To Pre-K
Summer Camp
1 - 4 Years
Summer, Winter
& Spring Camps
2 - 12 Years
