Family policies

We ask your written permission before we share any photo of your child, on this site, in newsletters or on social media, and you can change your answer at any time. We never put a child's name with a photo, and the photos on this site are examples until we replace them with our own.

Please keep your child home with a fever, vomiting, diarrhea or a rash we don't recognize, and bring them back after a full day without symptoms. If your child becomes ill here, we call you right away so someone can pick them up.

Every child is handed over in person, at the door. We release a child only to the adults on your written list, and we ask for ID from anyone we don't know.

If you will be late, call or text Zoya as soon as you know. What happens when pickup runs past closing time is written in the enrollment forms, and Zoya talks with you before anything else.

Zoya cooks lunch and two snacks in her own kitchen, and a sample menu is on the day page. Families of babies bring the milk or formula. Tell us about any allergy at the tour; once you enroll, we ask again in private.

Babies sleep on their backs, in their own cots, with nothing else in the cot. Older children rest on mats, at the time each one needs.

We close on the holidays listed in the enrollment forms. If Zoya is ill or has an appointment, Zhanna runs the day. If we have to close for smoke, ice or snow, we text every family as early as we can.

We ask for two weeks' notice, in writing or by text, before your child leaves the program.

Send a full change of clothes, a hat and sunscreen in summer, and rain boots and a warm layer for the yard from fall to spring. Please bring slippers or clean socks for indoors.