About Us
Welcome to My Space to Grow!
The best choice for daycare in Depew, New York!
Welcome to My Space to Grow Daycare! To provide the Highest Quality Childcare and Educational Service that promotes and enhances each child’s development, while assuring our parent’s peace of mind in the care and service we render. Our preschool programs are safe, nurturing and developmentally appropriate, fostering active learning, support for the whole child, and a child friendly environment. We foster innovation. Our daycare provides a loving atmosphere with experienced preschool teachers that promote a healthy sense of community. Your child will be engaged all day, every day with exciting daily activities and new daycare themes each week!
Our Philosophy
Our goal is to provide each family with a warm and welcoming atmosphere that encourages every child to excel in all areas of development: social, emotional, intellectual, and physical. All of us at My Space to Grow Daycare believe that learning should be done through fun, exciting, hands-on experiences. Therefore, we provide all the tools necessary for your child to be able to use all his/her senses to experience how things work and move. We provide opportunities for every child to express their ideas and thoughts to help solve problems. By giving this opportunity to every child we encourage them to develop their critical thinking and reasoning skills. All these opportunities provided to your child will help them achieve an awareness of their feelings and lets them express these feelings in appropriate ways. The interaction with other children in group play and learning allows your child to develop respect for others and their property.
General Information
Drop Off/Pick-Up
Every parent (or caregiver) is required to clock and sign their child in and out of preschool each day. Only authorized parents and or guardians may pick up a child from daycare. If a parent or guardian is unable to pick up their child, they must notify the center that someone else will be picking up the child.
We DO offer transportation to and/or from school. We do NOT do field trips at this time.
What To Bring
You must bring your child dressed appropriately for preschool. There is to be no sandals of any kind, tennis shoes only. If your child is in diaper, you must supply the correct size and amount of diapers and wipes (diapers are changed/checked every hour). Every child must bring a change of clothes in case of an accident or spill.
Enrollment
Parents are required to review and complete the preschool registration packet and provide all documentation 24 hours prior to enrolling their child. Your child will not be allowed to start at the daycare center until all paperwork is complete and turned in.
Disenrollment
Your child will be considered disenrolled from preschool if after two weeks we have not received written or verbal notification of why your child is not attending. If we have disenrolled your child and you want them to continue attending, you will be required to pay a new registration fee (if space is available).
This institution is an equal opportunity provider. My Space to Grow Daycare will never refuse admittance of a child based on sex, race, nationality, economic background or religion.
Vacation Procedures
We require a two-week prior notice of vacation from daycare. Your child may be gone for a maximum of two weeks with no charge and his/her spot will be held. If the child is gone for more than the allotted two weeks, the parent will be required to make their normal scheduled payment for those days.
Discipline
Children who have conflicts with other children or preschool staff while at our daycare center will be encouraged to talk about the issue and their feelings/concerns. The childcare teacher will always assist in a positive, productive, and immediate way to dissolve the issue. Close supervision, gentle guidance, and immediate redirection can manage most behavioral issues.
My Space to Grow Daycare has a strict “NO BULLYING” policy for every child.
Four Strike Policy
- Strike One: Explanation and redirection
- Strike Two: Quiet time and parent meeting
- Strike Three: Parent must pick up child for the rest of day
- Strike Four: Disenrollment from center
Health and Safety
Emergency Policy
We have first aid kits in each classroom and the front office. Each preschool classroom also has emergency and evacuation procedures posted near their telephone. Each daycare teacher has a copy of the emergency cards for their childcare classroom. If there is a fire or other emergency, you will be notified by telephone or text within 30 minutes and receive written notification within 24 hours. If your child has an accident or injury while attending My Space to Grow Daycare, you will receive a written report of the accident and if necessary phone calls.
Medication
If your child does have an illness that requires medication, the following policy will be in place at our preschool: To give medication we must have a signed consent form and all medication must be in the original bottle/container. All medications must be prescribed by a doctor. It will be kept in a locked box in the preschool office/office fridge.
Illness
If your child has a fever (101 degrees or higher), cold/flu symptoms, is vomiting, or has diarrhea, please keep them at home. Also, if they experience these symptoms while attending My Space to Grow, we will ask you to pick up your child. If a child is sent home from preschool, they will not be allowed to return for at least 24 hours.
Pest Control
A notice will be posted at least 48 hours in advance of any pest control service that is done at My Space to Grow Daycare. It will include the date of service and what pesticides will be used. It is the parent’s responsibility to inform My Space to Grow of any allergies your child may have to these pesticides.
