Taught a Lot Childcare

Love is the Bridge from your home to ours

Since 1996, our home-based family daycare emphasizes open-ended play in a safe, inclusive and loving environment. Our personalized curriculum helps each child reach their maximum potential.Meeting children’s individual needs is vital for their development. Our activities are planned to meet each child’s social, emotional, physical and intellectual needs.  

Come Grow with Us!

Infants

3mo-15mo

Our infants are stimulated and engaged throughout the day with loving interactions and also a large variety of age appropriate activities. Our infants develop language skills through a variety of ways including puppet play, music, sing- along songs and finger plays. Our infants also develop communication skills through learning baby signs. They gain confidence by learning sign language before they can even talk!.

Toddlers

16m-2.9y

Our toddlers share in all the same experiences as our infants. As children grow, social and physical skills begin to change. Our individualized curriculum builds the whole child. We offer lots of fun hands-on art activities which help develop fine motor skills. We encourage social-emotional development through small group activities such as art, games, and role playing activities.

Preschool & Pre-K

2.9-6y

Our Preschool and Pre-k program give a solid start to Kindergarten readiness with an emphasis on intellectual skills such as identifying their written names, colors, numbers, upper and lower case letters, shapes, as well as self-help skills to foster a sense of pride and independence.

A welcoming space for every child

Our founding teacher has over 45 years of experience with a wide variety of children. We firmly believe in creating a loving and welcoming environment for all children, including children with different needs including children on the spectrum. As a seasoned educator in the field of early childhood education with training in with children of different needs. I am committed to help build each child up to their maximum potential.

Weekly tuition includes up to nine hours of professional care. It includes learning materials such as paints, glue, markers and more. All supplies needed for learning through open ended and creative projects. Milk and spring water are included in tuition as as well.

Personalized and loving care

Arts & Crafts

Using open ended art materials to open up imagination and creativity is important for children in the development of self esteem, building confidence, problem solving and in the development of fine motor skills. Our arts-based curriculum goes way beyond coloring pages! Many of our alum have won art awards in elementary schools due to the rich art experiences they had during their early years with us!

personalized curriculum for your child

As a small family daycare we strive to tailor our curriculum to the needs of each individual child. Whether a child needs help learning social skills, or may need help with refining fine motor (Fingers for writing skills) development, learning to identify letters, shapes, self help skills, we have found great success in all these areas and more.We find the strengths and weaknesses children have build upon them.

Loving Atmosphere & Parent involvement

Our alum stay active and involved in our home many years after they graduate and speak fondly of their time at Taught a Lot Childcare. We love how our small class sizes and home-based setting give us tight bonds and lots of opportunities to be a second family for your little one. With lots of family like experiences offered to children and parents alike, you’ll feel like part of the family at Taught a Lot!

Loved by Families since 1996

I can't say enough about the incredible experience we had with Taught A Lot and Shirley Connolly (Director/Owner). Shirley truly cares about each child and goes above and beyond to create a warm, nurturing environment. Her curriculum is both creative and educational, providing a wonderful balance of learning and play. Shirley understands that every child is unique, with different needs and learning styles, and she tailors her approach accordingly. Her passion for her work shines through in everything she does. We are so grateful for the positive impact she has had on our child's growth and development

Taught-a-Lot is a very special place. My children were very well cared for and learned many things: their colors, numbers, and letters, but also how to be kind and share with others, to celebrate our differences, and so much more. The children got lots of opportunity to create and get their hands into sensory play. There is a wonderful outdoor space where the children can explore. My son had a skin condition and required ointment to be applied throughout the year. I was always so impressed with how seriously Shirley took this task. She did a great job attending to his individual needs. We feel like we have a lasting connection as part of this childcare family!

We had an amazing experience with Taught a Lot Childcare and Shirley. Both of our kids started there at 5 months old, and from day one, they were happy, comfortable, and excited to be there. They learned so much through play, crafts, and fun activities, while also developing important social skills, kindness, and empathy. Shirley treats the children like her own and makes parents feel like family. Our kids still talk about their time there and love visiting. We highly recommend Taught a Lot and Shirley!

As a grandmother, my children attended several different daycare facilities. My grandson attended Taught A Lot childcare at 4 years old for preschool. Up to that point he had not been in any other type of daycare and was quite shy. They not only prepared him for kindergarten scholastically, he blossomed into an outgoing, smart little boy who loves going to kindergarten every day! I cannot thank them enough for the teachings and care they give every single child.