Ladybugs and Bumblebees Education Station, LLC.
At Ladybugs and Bumblebees Education Station, we are proud to be a part of the following programs:
Paths To Quality Program: A voluntary quality rating system for child care. For more information about this program visit www.in.gov/fssa/2554.htm
Child Care Development Fund (CCDF): A subsidy program that assists low income famiies with tuition. For more information about this program visit www.childrensbureau.org/corp/services/ccdf.php
Child and Adult Food Program (CACFP): A federal program that provides food subsidies to help provide children with healthy, well-balanced meals and snacks while in childcare. For more information about this program visit www.doe.in.gov/food
Lesson Plan Examples
Ladybugs and Bumblebees uses a variety of Curriculum such as Mother Goose and Little Passports and adds additional activities supporting the lesson curriculum.
Our Daily Schedule
7:00-7:30 Breakfast & Social Time
7:30-9:00 Free Play/Small Group/One-on-One
9:00-9:15 A.M. Snack & Social Time
9:15-10:00 Together Time - Circle Time
10:00-11:00 Gross Motor/Outside Play/Free Play
11:00-11:15 Story Time/Book of the Month/Reading
11:15-11:45 Lunch & Social Time
11:45-12:00 Transition Time/Teeth Brushing
12:00-2:30 Nap
2:30-3:00 P.M. Snack & Social Time
3:00-3:30 Small Group/Individual Activities
3:30-4:30 Free Play/Outside Play/Exercise/Music
4:30-5:00 Table time - puzzles/math/science
Book of the Month:
Each month a new book that goes along with our lessons is introduced to the children. Everyone gets a copy of the book. We read together and turn the pages together each day with all of the children, including infants. This increases print awareness. It also helps with learning reading from left to right, learning about what the author & illustrator do, learning what the cover, title page and dedication page are and of course, simply learning to turn one page at a time.
At the end of the month, the kids get to take home their books to keep thereby building up the children's home library and connecting our lessons with families.
Sign Language:
Each day we work on our sign-language skills. We learn to sign letters and our names. We also learn common words and numbers as time allows.
