Who licenses us, and how we look after the room

License

Adults to children

• 1:71 adult to 7 children

  2-year-olds

  Group size: 14

• 1:101 adult to 10 children

  3-year-olds

  Group size: 20

• 1:121 adult to 12 children

  4-year-olds

  Group size: 24

Staff checks and training

• Background checks
• CPR and first aid
• Mandated reporter training
• Food handler training

Safety routines

• Arrival and pickup

  A guide greets every child at the door and signs them in. At pickup a child leaves only with the people on your list, and we ask for ID at the door until we know you.

• In the garden

  The garden is fenced, and a guide works in the beds with the children. Everyone washes their hands after working in the soil and before snack.

• Allergies and snacks

  Tell us about allergies at the tour; we ask privately once you enroll. We ask families not to send nuts, and snack is set out in the room with the children.

• When a child is ill

  A child with a fever or a contagious illness stays home. If a child becomes ill at school, we call you right away and a guide stays close until you arrive.

• Sun and weather

  In summer the morning's garden work comes first, with hats and shade. In winter we go out in layers, and we stay inside for lightning, high wind or deep cold.

• Drills and headcounts

  We practice fire and shelter drills, and we count heads every time children move between the rooms and the garden.