For the third year in-a-row, LilyPad Learning Center, has been voted the  Best in Story County!

LilyPad Learning Center was voted "Best of Story County" for 2011.  We want to take this opportunity to say thank you to our loyal customers. And as always we will continue our strive for excellence in fostering your child's natural desire to explore, discover, create, and become a lifelong learner.

Lilypad Learning Center now rated a Level 5!

After participating in the State of Iowa Quality Rating Scale we are proud to announce that we have received a Level 5 rating. Level 5 is the highest level a center can receive. The rating is based on education, staff qualities, health and safety practices and educational components. A huge congratulations to all our staff members for the continued hard work they do to provide above exceptional care for our families.

Scholastic Book Fair

We will again be hosting Scholastics Book Fair at Lilypad. The fair will begin on February 27th and will run through March 2nd. The Book Fair will be set up in our main entry area. This year parents will also be able to order on line from a much larger list of titles. Keep an eye out for more information.

Spring Fundraiser Set

Our annual spring fundraiser will begin on March 9th.

We again will be selling the yummy Butterbraids! We will be using this years profits to help purchase much needed outdoor equipment for all our classrooms. Please helps meet our goals and SELL SELL SELL!!!!

Spring Break

The dates for Spring Break are March 9th-March 16th.

Just a reminder there will be NO Community Preschool on these dates. We will have full day activities planned for our Wise Guys program. Please inform your classroom teacher if your child(ren) will be gone any of these dates.

CPR/First-Aid offered for Families

Lilypad staff members are always trained on the most current CPR and 1st Aid requirments.  Now we are offering this to our families. If you are interested in receiving CPR training and/or 1st Aid training please contact Sara or Jocelyn.  We will be setting up a class time after the first of the year. This is a great chance for parents to be prepared for all the daily hazards we encounter raising a family.

Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS)

Lilypad has joined a cohort through ISU extension to participate in the PBIS training. Through this program our classrooms will work on developing behavior management guidelines that are the same through out all our classrooms. This will help children transitioning into new classrooms. Also, Ballard School District uses PBIS through the elementary schools. All of our children entering Kindergarten will already be exposed to this program and will have a better transition into the school system. Thank you to all our teachers that have signed up for this 9 month commitment.  I am proud of the commit Lilypad has made to the benefit of all our children!!