Ponderosa Family Child Care

I am a family child care provider licensed by the state of Maryland and located in Severn, MD. I am a former ICU nurse, but left healthcare to stay at home with my kids. I am the mother of 2 children, a 4 year old and a 2 year old. I have 1 Australian shepherd that loves kids. My fenced backyard is huge and includes a playset, sandbox, and a sizable garden with a large strawberry patch.

My program is a little different than most. The primary emphases are outdoor play, beginning Mandarin Chinese, American Sign Language vocabulary, geography, and reading. The program also includes math, bite sized lessons in Spanish, crafts, science, and social studies. My kids and I are learning Mandarin Chinese together, so any child who enters my program will be exposed to the Chinese that we speak and practice (potentially even write).

Teaching Mandarin Chinese and American Sign Language, in my program, begins as soon as a child enters my care. When the weather is good, my kids and my daycare kids will spend a good amount of time outside. Call for a tour and interview. Ask for my menu plan, and I guarantee you will be impressed. Walk into my home and you will find a well organized and exceptionally clean home. This will not feel like a daycare or a preschool to you. It will feel like a home, and your baby will be treated as part of the family.