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Once Upon A Time Child Care is a licensed, year-round child care center in Sycamore, Illinois, serving children from six weeks through kindergarten across multiple classrooms with stated staff and group-size ratios.
Once Upon A Time Child Care is a licensed child care center that opened in 2006 and operates year‑round. The center is licensed for 73 children from six weeks through kindergarten, and its facilities include five classrooms and a parent/teacher room. The stated operating day runs from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The program combines academic and recreational activities with a play-based approach that emphasizes language, motor skills, fine motor practice, social-emotional growth, problem solving and creativity. Learning centers listed by the program include blocks, books, art, science, math, puzzles, manipulatives, music, nutrition, table games and dramatic play.
A typical daily schedule given by the center includes drop-off and learning centers in the morning; breakfast and educational programs with large-motor activities; lunch and a scheduled nap period; afternoon snack and additional learning-center time; outside large-motor activity and story time at the end of the day.
Staff are described as lead teachers with associate, bachelor or master degrees in child development or related fields and additional trained educators. The center lists group sizes and staff ratios by age group:
The center notes accreditation by the National Accreditation Commission and participation in ExceleRate Illinois with a Gold Circle designation. Regular events and annual activities listed include arts and crafts, parent-teacher conferences, holiday celebrations, book fairs, science fairs, summer activities, an open house/anniversary picnic and other community events. The program describes an open-door policy for parental visits and opportunities for parents to participate in classroom activities.
Infant classroom offering daily care with activities intended to support physical, cognitive, language, social and emotional development.
Classroom for young toddlers with hands-on activities to develop motor skills, language and socialization.
Classroom for two-year-olds that focuses on early learning centers, play and developmentally appropriate activities.
Preschool and pre-kindergarten classrooms combining academic and recreational activities to prepare children for school.
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