Our Mission
The Children in the Shoe, Inc. provides high quality child care and early education for young children. Our programs are play-based and emphasize creativity, cooperation, and social development. Our emergent curriculum is inspired and driven by the imaginations of children and supported by skillful, knowledgeable teachers who plan developmentally appropriate experiences based on demonstrated effective early childhood practices.
We strive to instill in each child, a joyful passion for learning and a secure social foundation based in cooperative play, self-expression, and positive conflict resolution. Academics such as letters, numbers, science, geography, and social studies flow naturally from the creative and exploratory process of guided play. A child who has discovered that the learning process is fun and rewarding is truly prepared to meet the challenges of the more directed teaching methods that they will encounter in Kindergarten and beyond.
The Children in the Shoe develops strong and caring partnerships with each child’s family through daily communication and by listening carefully to parents’ ideas and effectively addressing their concerns. We offer regular parent-teacher conferences and child assessments, as well as observations, resources, referrals, and advice from infancy through preschool.
It is our goal to enrich the lives of our employees by providing a safe, happy, and supportive place of work. We endeavor to inspire our teachers and directors to continue to advance in the field of Early Childhood Education and to laugh and have fun with the children for whom we are so privileged to care.