We intend our classrooms and programs to be comfortable, orderly, and fun.  Child care centers that are too noisy, too hectic, and too stressful are simply not emphasizing high quality.  At Little Bears we want to emphasize a great atmosphere.
 

All of our classrooms have WALLS…  Centers that build large “community rooms” and then partition off classroom spaces are very noisy.  Parents and visitors often comment on how quiet our classrooms seem. 
 

All classroom lesson plans are written by our teachers for the actual children in their programs.  We believe this system allows us to highlight your children’s strengths, interests and needs.  Centers that use  “prewritten” plans do not have this flexibility.
 

Our summer camp has a strong emphasis on field trips to museums, local parks, and a wide variety of activities that reinforce educational themes.  We specifically want this age group to do different activities than they would typically have a day care center.  Our Medina groups go on 30-40 trips, our Brunswick group goes on 45-55!  Boredom is not an issue in this program.
 

Enrolling a child care center up to it’s licensed capacity is simply not quality!  A licensed capacity simply means minimal standards.

At both Little Bears locations we cap our enrollment at 80% to insure a high level of quality.  Our students have more space, less commotion, and more teacher attention.
 

Children thrive on consistency!  We want our great staff to stay!  Many centers have structured policies to encourage good teachers to leave; we have done the opposite.  Both Little Bears locations have high levels of staff that have been with us for 5 - 10 years.
 

Little Bears is not a chain operation.  We do not believe that we can simply add more centers and keep a high level of quality.  We would rather be small and “The Best,” rather than larger and “Average”.
 

We care about the families and children enrolled at Little Bears.  If there are areas we can improve in—we want to know.  No center will be perfect, but we have high standards and goals and we will listen to our parents’ concerns.