What Tu Casa offers
-Open 8:30-3:00 Monday-Friday
-Aftercare for school aged children on Wednesday afternoons
-Enrolling full-time ages 2-4
-Open September to June
-Morning snack
-Weekly newsletters
-Monthly calendar
-Conference times with parents outside of Tu Casa hours
-Social gatherings for the whole family
Curriculum and Program Philosophies
‘Tu Casa Curriculum’ is a healthy blend of many well-known child-led & adult guided early childhood education curricula. We incorporate past curriculum experiences of the educators, and use the PreK for ME curriculum as a guide in agreement for partnership with the public school in our district. Read below about philosophies, methods, strategies, and skills we believe in and act upon to achieve our goals as a child-centered, emergent, interdependent, and community oriented early childhood education program.
We welcome and value individuals of all identities, backgrounds, abilities, cultures, family structures, and ways of being. Families are respected partners, and strong relationships create a supportive, multicultural learning community.
Learning is child-centered, interest-driven, and connected to children's lives, nature, and community. Children help shape their learning experiences while educators provide guidance, structure, and opportunities for inquiry, creativity, experimentation, storytelling, and collaboration.
We nurture the whole child—mind, body, and spirit—in a warm, home-like environment where feelings come first, learning is joyful, and every child is encouraged to develop compassion, self-awareness, active listening, and respect for all living things.
Through free play, meaningful projects, outdoor experiences, and thoughtful risk-taking, children build confidence, independence, problem-solving skills, and a lifelong love of learning. Assessment focuses on each child's strengths and includes the voices of children, families, and educators. At the heart of our work are love, freedom, belonging, and connection.
