Our home offers great educational environment with lots of activities indoors and outdoors, daily schedule that includes music, reading, circle time and many developmentally appropriate materials that allow children advance and thrive. In addition JollyPlace teachers are trained and college educated in areas of early childhood development education. JollyPlace founder, Ewelina Kakker has extensive experience with working with children. She also holds B.S. college degree in child psychology and is trained in early childhood education, as well as she completed training from Fairfax County Office for Children School Readiness Collaborative in the following areas: "Planning Early Learning Environments and Daily Routines", "Helping Children and Families Make Terrific Transitions", and "Understanding The Role of Early Learning Guidelines in assuring School Readiness”.

According to the Quality Counts: Building Blocks for Success report in Business Week “11.9 million children younger than 5 in the United States—or about 6 in 10—spend most part of their waking hours in the care of people other than their parents: relatives, caregivers operating out of their homes, workers in child care centers or family child care providers. The quality of the early care and education that young children receive in such settings sets the tenor of their days and lays the building blocks for future academic success.” At JollyPlace we strive to provide the best possible care for your little ones. We understand the importance of learning and our qualified stuff is always available to assist your child in activities and provide motivation for future learning.

Choosing childcare for your child is and important step that should not be taken lightly. JollyPlace acts in accordance with State of Virginia Social Services set of standards and regulations determining quality childcare.

1. Licensing - Our Virginia State License indicates that the program meets basic health and safety guidelines. Please click here to see a copy of the VA State childcare operating license.
2. Teachers- Our care professionals are college educated with psychology background and trained in early childhood development education and their interactions with children are responsive, nurturing, and warm. We offer low teacher to child ratio to meet the individual needs of all children equally.
3. Curriculum- JollyPlace creates environment to encourage a child’s learning and development by setting up schedule for daily activities and following monthly themed curriculum lesson plan. Children in our care receive individual attention and encouragement to get involved in daily activities and play.
4. Environment- JollyPlace is a clean, safe environment, especially in napping, eating, and toileting areas. Our facility also has an adequate space and appropriate materials for preschool age children. We also have a spacious outside playground with many extra amenities that include inflatables like moonbounces and waterslides.
5. Professionalism-We have an organized approach to the business aspects of you child care as reflected in a contract agreement with parents about fees, schedules, sickness policies, emergencies, etc.
6. Communication- We provide comfortable, ongoing communication with parents in regards to various issues. Parents are informed about child’s day at the pickup time. We also sent back home notes to let the parents know how their children spend their day.

JollyPlace is open for full and part time care from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm Monday through Friday. We can also accommodate part time schedule as well as half-day full or part time schedule.

Our home is conveniently located in Fairfax VA, with the immediate access to Braddock Rd. and just 6 miles away from Beltway at 9729 Loch Linden Ct, Fairfax VA 22032.

We understand how important is the right diet for you child, and as part of The Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) – federally funded program which is administered and funded by the USDA we provide nutritious meals and snacks for children throughout the day. Few exceptions include parents of children with special needs, who are required to include their own meals for the children. Click here to see USDA Certificate of Attendance.

We offer great curriculum programs that include variety of activities and organized play structured around child’s age that has proven to play an important role in child’s proper development and growth. For our daily schedule click here.

Indoors

It is important to us that every day is filled with fun learning and excitement. However, if the weather doesn’t permit the children to explore outdoors, we have lots of indoor activities, were children learn about the world through enhanced and creative preschool curriculums and supervised play and activities. Our curriculum draws from three early childhood development programs: 123 READ! Storybook Curriculum:Research based early literacy curriculum developed by Child Development Resources (CDR). 123 READ! is design to build emergent literacy in children through carefully planned set of experiences that lay the foundation for reading and writing success. In addition it has been proven to result in significant, measurable gains in children’s language and cognitive development. To read more click on http://cdrhelpdesk.org/123READ/ Mother Goose Time is a professionally designed preschool curriculum that nurtures the whole child and supports the child's social, emotional and intellectual growth. It follows eight content domains to ensure full spectrum development in young children: Language Development Literacy Mathematics Science Creative Arts Social and Emotional Development Physical Health and Safety Social Studies Follow this link to see what skills your children will learn in each of the subject areas. To read more click on http:www.mothergoosetime.com Portage Early Guidelines Learning Program -provides an assessment Tool for Observation and Planning (TOP) and is designed to use as child development data-gathering instrument. At the time of the enrollment children are assigned an TOP assessment booklet and through the use of the TOP, we gather the developmental information through the systematic observations of the children. We use the information for individualizing and curriculum planning, and for aggregation of data needed for reporting. To read more click on www.portageproject.org

Outdoors

We believe that all seasons are great for outdoor play, and our home offers lots of great outdoor ways kids can unleash their senses, including spacious playground, featuring slides, monkey bars, sandbox, many riding vehicles like bikes and wagons. Also, when weather is little warmer, children enjoy many extra amenities like moonbounces for bouncing and jumping and inflatable waterslides and pools for true summer waterfun experience. Also, on periodic basis we offer fieldtrips to interesting places, museums or zoos. Parents will be notified of any fieldtrips two weeks in advance and would have to sign consent form to allow their child to participate.