Programs

Services Provided
Seeds provides a certified high quality “Caring Place for Toddlers.” Our teachers create individual plans for each child designed to encourage the students to learn at their own pace. Through play, exploration and observation, the toddler learns the disciplines of self reliance, social interaction and problem solving geared to ready them for preschool.

Seeds provides a certified high quality preschool, where preschoolers become kindergarten ready in all disciplines required. Through plans designed for the individual student, they grow more adept at social interaction and problem solving. They grow in language and literacy, art and science.

In addition, we provide assessments for each child through the use of Ages and Stages, and Creative Curriculum. Through our cooperation with The San Juan Board of Cooperative Services (BOCS), we provide services for children at-risk in a wide range of need: hearing, sight, speech, developmental delays, etc.


Toddler (18 months to 3 years)
Seeds provides a certified high quality “Caring Place for Toddlers.” We have a ratio of five children to one teacher. Our teachers, working with Creative Curriculum, create individual learning plans for each child designed to encourage students to progress at their own pace. The children are engaged in creative activities, science activities, music, dance and literature. With the addition of at-risk children, the toddlers have the advantage of interaction with others from different income levels, who speak different languages, and who have different developmental delays. Through play, exploration and observation, toddlers learn the disciplines of self reliance, social interaction and problem solving geared to ready them for preschool.      


Preschool (3 years to 5 years)
Seeds provides a certified high quality preschool, where preschoolers become kindergarten ready in all disciplines required. During the school year, we have a ratio of eight (8) students to one (1) teacher as a direct result of our involvement with the Colorado Preschool Program. During the summer season, we have a ratio of ten (10) children to (1) teacher. Our teachers design learning plans for each individual student. The result of such plans is that each student grows more adept at social interaction and problem solving. With the addition of at-risk (see below) children, the preschoolers have the advantage of interaction with others from different income levels, who speak different languages, and who have different developmental delays. Our preschoolers grow in language and literacy, art, music, dance and science. We have recently enhanced our quality quotient by introducing a Music and Movement program, Sonrisas Spanish School, and the nationally acclaimed Creative Curriculum into our preschool.


Colorado Preschool Program (CPP)
Colorado General Assembly lawmakers recognize that young children who are in need of language development are at risk of school failure unless they can receive support offered by early childhood care and educational services. They also recognize that parents and community play an important role in every child’s life and must be included as part of the program. The CPP program is based on the Quality Standards for Early Childhood Education set by the Colorado Department of Education. The Quality Standards are based on development of language skills, cognition, gross and fine motor skills and social skills. Both the student’s progress and the programs are evaluated by the CPP Council. The intent of the CPP program is to provide children and their families with the highest quality services available. Seeds of Learning has a contract with the CPP program and currently enrolls 22 students.


The Incredible Years
Seeds is a part of the pilot program of Incredible Years sponsored by Invest in Kids. This program includes: skill building for children, skill building for parents, and skill building for teachers. These are accomplished through several arenas. One is a course in parenting skills. Another is the use of Dinosaur School, incorporating several puppets that through interaction with the children increase understanding in behavioral issues, setting limits, etc.

The Incredible Years parenting program was written to help parents with children between the ages of three and eight to cope with behavior problems. The program increases parent communication, limit-setting, problem-solving and anger management skills. Seeds of Learning offers the parenting class once a year. They provide materials for the class, dinner for the entire family and childcare while the parent attends the class. All of this is free of charge to parents, funded through grants.

The second piece of Incredible Years is the Dinosaur school offered in the preschool. The program instills conflict management and problem solving skills in children ages 3 to 5. The use of puppets Dina, Wally and Molly contribute to the success of Dinosaur school. The goal of the program is to promote positive academic and social behavior. Seeds of Learning has been implementing both pieces of the Incredible Years program for 3 years.

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Lunches and Snacks

Seeds serves a hot lunch daily provided by Archuleta County Kitchen. Each lunch is federally approved and provides children the opportunity to learn about a wide variety of foods as part of a well balanced diet.

In addition to the hot lunches, our parents cooperate with one another to supply two nutritious snacks each day.

Tuition Costs

The cost of caring for one child for one day is approximately $50. Our typical tuition cost is $25 per day in the toddler room and $25 per day in the preschool room, which includes a hot lunch brought in each day from Archuleta County Kitchen. With encouragement from our many funders, in 2008 we implemented the following sliding scale.

Tuition Sliding Scale

If you are in need of tuition assistance, please let us know. You may be able to work with the Department of Human Services to fill your need.

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Hours of Operation and Holidays

We are open year-round, MONDAY through FRIDAY, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm.

We are CLOSED FOR THE FOLLOWING HOLIDAYS:

• Memorial Day
• Labor Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• One week at Christmas
• New Years Day
• One week for Spring Break
• July 4th
• Once a month for staff training to insure high quality is retained in the center

Scheduled Events

Nurse Consultant
The nurse visits the center regularly. She screens for sight and hearing. She examines immunization records and informs the parents when new immunizations are due. It was our nurse who discovered that one of our children needed glasses. What a change that has made for the child.

The nurse also keeps the staff up to date with health exams with training in CPR, First Aid, Universal Precautions, and Medical Administration. Additionally, she provides information on timely issues such as how to detect a child exposed to methamphetamines.

Hair Cuts
Periodically Seeds enlists the aid of a beautician in the area who comes into the center and gives free hair cuts to any child whose parent wants them. We have had several different beauticians participate in this program.

Aid to Teens
Seeds offers encouragement to teenagers through both the School To Work program and the Community Service Program. We take these opportunities to introduce teens to early childhood education as a career choice. We also provide an affirming environment for each of these young people that is intended to increase their confidence in their own ability to make better choices for their future.


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