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So, what is it you do?

Little Critters Early Learning Center is built upon a strong foundation of excellence and attentiveness. Little Critters Early Learning Center is 100% dedicated to the advancement of your child. Little Critters Early Learning Center’s Administrator Teachers and staff strive to provide high quality, individualized education, in a fun, stimulating, nurturing environment.

Your child will develop physically, cognitively, socially, emotionally and intellectually with a strong emphasis on independence through our curriculum based program. We offer a warm and caring environment where your child is able to learn cooperation, manners, and respect for others. Each child is given the tools and opportunity to achieve their greatest potential.

Here at Little Critters Early Learning Center we invite our families to join us in the adventures of teaching and learning. Children have much to learn from us, yet we find that we are learning from them, every day. Throughout the year Little Critters Early Learning Center host numerous activities for families and friends to partake in. Every event has a purpose, to make sure that all children are engaged in activities that best support their different learning styles and family culture. Little Critters Early Learning Center attempt to make our environment a fun, loving place that involves the whole family.

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Step Up To Quality

Step Up To Quality is a star–rating system managed by the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services (ODJFS) and the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) and supported by OCCRRA and the local child care resource and referral agencies (CCR&Rs) to help families find early care and education and afterschool programs that go beyond Ohio's minimum licensing standards. Each star signals a higher level of staff qualifications and intentional early learning and afterschool education standards.

The ratings are based on national research identifying the key standards that lead to improved outcomes for children. These standards include learning and development, administrative and leadership practices, staff qualifications and professional development, family and community partnerships.

Child and Adult Care Food Program

CACFP provides aid to child and adult care institutions and family or group day care homes for the provision of nutritious foods that contribute to the wellness, healthy growth, and development of young children, and the health and wellness of older adults and chronically impaired disabled persons.

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Ohio Department of Job and Family Services

Through public and private partnership, ODJFS Child Care works to improve the availability and quality of child care for Ohio's children and families and enhance the delivery of service to families eligible and in need of child care, especially subsidized care. ODJFS's vision is to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of children while in care through licensing / certifying and regulatory activities. All adults caring for young children will have access to an array of services and supports needed to ensure the provision of high quality child care for the children they serve.

National Association for the Education of Young Children

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is a professional membership organization that works to promote high-quality early learning for all young children, birth through age 8, by connecting early childhood practice, policy, and research. We advance a diverse, dynamic early childhood profession and support all who care for, educate, and work on behalf of young children.

The association comprises nearly 60,000 individual members of the early childhood community and more than 300 regional Affiliate chapters, all committed to delivering on the promise of high-quality early learning. Together, we work to achieve a collective vision: that all young children thrive and learn in a society dedicated to ensuring they reach their full potential.

UPK-Universal Pre-Kindergarten