Starting Strong With Love & Support

Little Leaders Begin Their Journey
In A Safe Space With Nurturing Care

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Starting Strong With Love & Support
Starting Strong With Love & Support

Coming Soon!

Starting Strong
With Love & Support

Little Leaders Begin Their Journey In A Safe Space With Nurturing Care

Infant | 6 Weeks - Walking | Serving Kansas City, KS

Tiny Tots Find Their Feet In Waddler-Friendly Spaces

Your newly walking learner safely explores their world in a beautiful space designed to meet their unique needs. Watch them develop independence in a colorful classroom filled with sensory inspiration that expands their horizons.

Tiny Tots Find Their Feet In Waddler-Friendly Spaces
Teachers Build Your Child’s Confidence With Strong Bonds

Teachers Build Your Child’s Confidence With Strong Bonds

Your child feels secure and supported by a passionate, professional educator who creates a safe space where beautiful bonds blossom and grow. In loving, nurturing hands, your child feels confident and happy—a stellar state for early learning.

Individualized Care Tailored To Your Child

At this precious stage of development, attentive teachers get to know your little one’s needs, challenges, and learning style. Personalized one-on-one engagement promotes successful learning and physical development.
Individualized Care Tailored To Your Child
Adjustable Schedules Grow As They Do

Adjustable Schedules Grow As They Do

In their home-like classroom, your little leader benefits from regular daily routines that help them navigate their days. These schedules expand and adjust as your waddler grows and develops throughout the year.

Good Behavior Flourishes In A Loving Environment

We listen, share, cooperate, and follow

The 5 I-Care-Rules

  • 1 We listen to each other.
  • 2 Hands are for helping, not hurting.
  • 3 We use I-Care-Language.
  • 4 We care about each other’s feelings.
  • 5 We are responsible for what we say and do.

Read About The Techniques That Encourage The “I-Care-Rules”

Teachers redirect children to another activity and encourage them to try again another time.
Children experience the effects of their behavior and feel incentivized to behave positively.
Teachers ignore any harmless negative behavior rather than reward it with undue attention.

Outdoor Play Supports Healthy Development

Studies show that outdoor activities encourage skills that are vital at this age. Through daily play in safe, age-separated spaces, your child moves, explores, and develops creativity, physical confidence, independence, and empathy for others.
Outdoor Play Supports Healthy Development
Research-Based Lessons Inspire Growing Minds

Research-Based Lessons Inspire Growing Minds

Your child is born ready to learn, and their highly qualified teachers use a program designed by former elementary educators to ignite their natural curiosity. Learning disguised as fun lays a foundation for future success.

On-Site Field Trips For Excitement In Safety

Your child stays safe and secure as we bring the fun to them. Monthly field trips include chances to “Stretch N Grow,” dance to music from Janie Next Door Concerts, and meet furry friends when the petting zoo comes to visit.
On-Site Field Trips For Excitement In Safety

FAQs

From 7:00 am to 6:00 pm, Monday to Friday. We understand that there may be times when being late is unavoidable; in these situations, please give us a courtesy call. If early drop-offs and late pick-ups become a consistent problem, we will reserve the right to implement a late fee of $1 per minute.

Our program is built on a full-day model, with half of the day focused on early academics and half of the day focused on arts/crafts, science/social studies, and music/movement. Enrolling children all day ensures our students benefit from the full program.

We offer a year-round program, operating an academic school year from mid-August to the end of May and a summer session from June to mid-August. These two sessions allow us to transition children to new classrooms in June and August as our older children graduate and go to kindergarten.

Little Leaders is currently licensed to provide care for 80 children at one time.

Waddlers: 1 – 2 Years
Toddlers: 2-3 Years
Transitional Preschool: 2 ½ – 4 Years
Preschool: 3-4 Years
Pre-K: 4-5 Years

Purple Diamonds 1:5
Yellow Stars 1:7
Red Hearts 2:20
Green Circles (preschool): 2:21
Blue Rectangles (pre-k): 2:21

Your child’s teacher sends regular updates via the Tadpoles© app and by email. Regular parent-teacher conferences keep you informed about their progress. Our family activities include an annual Carnival, Fall Fest with Trunk or Treat, Storyteller Night, and a children’s music concert during Week of the Young Child.
  • Restricted access controls ensure that only authorized people have access to the center.
  • Campus police keep everyone on-site safe
  • A fenced-in yard protects outdoor play
  • Internal-use security cameras keep watch
  • All teachers hold CPR certifications
  • Staff members thoroughly sanitize all areas every day
  • On-site cleaners carry out a deep clean every day.
  • Professional cleaners come every week to implement rigorous sanitization.

Corporal punishment will not be used at Little Leaders; a private meeting with parents will be requested if a child’s behavior is continuously inappropriate or dangerous. Parents are encouraged to schedule a time to meet if there is ever a concern about behavior or any other issue at Little Leaders.

  • Biting and Aggressive Behavior: Biting is a natural developmental stage for many children. It usually does not last for an extended period of time if the appropriate action is taken to help reduce the occurrences. Children bite and are aggressive for various reasons: frustration, anger, joy, overwhelmed, over-tired(emotions they cannot yet express), teething, or just experimenting and testing limits. Our teachers will assess each incident to help better understand why a child is biting or showing aggressive behavior. This will help us respond to each child’s needs.
  • Steps taken for Toddlers:
    • 1st or 2nd incident: The child biting/hurting will be redirected by the teacher, the incident will be documented, the parents of the child biting/showing aggressive behavior will be notified in writing, and an ouch note will be created for the parents of the child hurt if an injury has occurred.
    • 3rd incident: The above procedures will be followed, and the parents of the child biting/showing aggressive behavior will also receive a phone call to discuss the behavior. An assessment of why the child might be biting/showing aggressive behavior will be made. A plan of action based on the child’s development will be created and shared with the parents of the child biting/showing aggressive behavior.
    • Additional Incidents: The above procedures will be followed, and the plan of action will be continued. Progress will be monitored and reviewed, and action is taken based on individual child’s development and severity of bites/aggressive behavior.
We provide breakfast and one snack in the morning, and one snack in the afternoon. A delicious and nutritious lunch is served at 11:15 for our younger children and 11:40 for our older children. Because of allergies and the potential for severe allergic reactions, if food is shared, we ask that children not bring their food for breakfast, snacks, or lunches. Accommodations will be made for children who, due to medical reasons with a doctor’s diagnosis, need to bring their food.

We enjoy celebrating birthdays at Little Leaders and know that it is an extraordinary time for the children. Birthday celebrations will be kept short and will occur during snack time to not disrupt the routine. Parents are welcome to send birthday treats such as cookies or cupcakes to share with the class; however, we ask parents not to send goodie bags with toys. These types of toys often get lost during the day, which can cause hurt feelings. If sending treats, we ask that you not send hard candy, popcorn, or items containing peanuts or peanut butter.

Birthday Invitations: You are welcome to pass out invitations at school if you plan to invite the whole class. However, if you are not inviting everyone, we ask that you use the Little Leaders’ Directory for contact information and share the invitations outside of class.

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