I offer full day child care with a preschool curriculum offered on a daily basis at a reasonable price. I have my Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education, am Accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, am the President of the Carol Stream Home Day Care Association and have been in the field over 25 years. I have been certified in First Aid and CPR for over 23 years and have special needs training. I write my own curriculum and work on the social and emotional development of your child as well as the cognitive and motor skills that they will need for kindergarten. I provide parents with a monthly newsletter that explain the children's activities for the previous month and a calendar that tells what we will be working on for the current month. I provide a subscription to Parent magazine for the parents of my children who are enrolled to provide them with educational materials along with other resources. I work from weekly themes that start with the alphabet at the beginning of the year and will cover each letter for one week. I will then work on themes such as community helpers, vegetables, fruits, etc. I work on math skills such as number recognition, sorting, patterning, and simple addition and subtraction. I use redirection and problem solving with the children and want them to use critical thinking and reasoning on a daily basis. I incorporate science into our curriculum through out the year and will grow butterflies from caterpillars and watch the different stages of their development as we cover this theme. I help the children to learn good sanitary and health habits through hand washing and good eating practices. I am a member of the Illinois food program which requires a well balanced and healthy meal plan for the children on a daily basis. Please view my websites which are www.sandyslearninghouse.com and www.sandyshomedaycare.com, email me or call me to view my facility. I look forward to hearing from you.