Teaching, playing with and caring for children has always been a passion. For me the rewards are endless. My strong belief is that education and developmental growth from infancy to six years old provides a strong foundation for progressive learning for the rest of a child's life. My child care approach is to alternate fun and learning activities, from experience children do better when they have a schedule to follow with plenty of love and encouragement. I am interested in a position that allows me to spend concentrated time, having fun doing stimulating learning activities that are age appropriate.During a previous position, the child and I enjoyed many activities; play groups, weekly library programs, the zoo, town park, pool, the puppet house, reading, learning games. Later, I enrolled him in t-ball and preschool while continuing his learning activities at home. At entrance into Kindergarten, he tested at the beginning of first grade in reading and middle of first grade in math on the CA state proficiency exams.