Suzy's Little Peanuts Information

Suzy's Little Peanut's Day School started in 1999 as a home-based child care. In 2001, we became a licensed center! Since then we have opened three locations in Ascutney, Brookline and Springfield. We have achived Five Stars and NAEYC Accredication at each program. We serve the VT Food Program at each location and have a Pre-Qualifed Preschool program for multiple disctricts including, the Springfield School District, Bellows Falls, Two Rivers Supervisory Union, Windham Central Supervisory Union, Windham North East Supervisory Union and Windsor South East Supervisory Union. Our philosophy at Suzy's Little Peanuts is to nurture and educate children using research based methods. We believe that children need a sense of security, helping when in need of guidance, and the knowledge that when everything else around them is changing- a provider will be there. Our program is influenced by early childhood philosophers such as Erik Erikson, Piaget, and Vygotsky, The Center on Social and Emotional Foundations of Early Learning (CSEFELS), Responsive Classroom and Second Step a violence prevention curriculum. We believe, as Piaget did, that children go through stages in their development. Our job as providers is to support children in the stage that they are in, pushing them along can sometimes prolong the process. We believe that children learn from their peers and adults. Social interaction is a key element in our facility. We use second step to teach children positive social skills such as fair ways to play, how to enter a group and problem solving skills. We communicate our philosophy through both our indoor and outdoor environments. Our atmosphere is calm and cheerful, welcoming play and social interaction. We setup our classrooms according to creative curriculum. This means that our classrooms are set up in centers. We have home living area, dramatic play, block area, tabletop toys, music, discovery area, art area, technology and library. These centers encourage learning. We believe that children learn many things ...