Deborah leiva Childcare specialist , Director
Daydreamers is a licensed large family daycare that has been serving families and children ages 2 months through 5 years since 1999. The director Deborah leiva, has over 20 years experience in early childhood development and education.
Daydreamers provides a warm, loving environment that promotes social and emotional growth through supervised play and a flexible daily routine.
( Inwood & Hudson heights ) With Three teachers on staff, we are able to provide close supervision and a wide variety of activities including art, music, American sign, Piano, fine and gross motor activities, imaginary play, and circle time for the older children in our group. To enhance our music curriculum, a music specialist comes in once a week to run a music and movement class. We have a fenced-in yard and large strollers, enabling us to spend time outdoors on a daily basis (weather permitting, of course).
If you would like to visit the program or have any questions answered, please call Deborah leiva 917-771-9028 or send an email Debsdaydreamers@aol.com
Our Philosophy
Little Daydreamers Daycare is a developmental early childhood program that provides a rich learning environment in which children can explore, interact and learn through the many facets of their play. It is a constantly evolving environment where we routinely change the toys, activities and materials available, adapting to the children’s social, emotional and cognitive needs and abilities as they develop and grow.
From the motor planning involved in climbing, running, skipping, and jumping, to learning the various ways of solving social conflicts – we encourage and mentor the children to use their minds, their bodies and their emerging expressive language to navigate the day to day challenges of growing and learning.
While the acquisition of “substantive” knowledge is an expected goal for toddlers and young pre-schoolers, at Little Daydreamers we accomplish this goal through play. We provide a language rich environment, including a small library of children’s literature. Through books, art, music, American Signing and imaginary play, just to name a few, the children learn to identify colors, shapes, numbers and the letters of the alphabet. They learn to count and to identify their body parts. They are fully prepared to meet the expectations set before them when they leave Little Daydreamers and move on to pre-school and beyond.
While this kind of learning is important, at Little Daydreamers we believe there is much more. Here we strive to provide a loving, stimulating place where children learn to solve problems and are coached to use their emerging language to become great friends and great people. We model and teach kindness, love, generosity and thoughtfulness.
Two snacks, lunch and dinner are provided daily. As an expression of our commitment to the highest standards of child nutrition we provide a wholesome balanced diet comprised largely of natural / Farm fresh foods.
Now enrolling all ages.
Hours: We offer second shift and overnight care
Mon - Fri: 7:45AM - 6PM
Sat:Closed
Sun: Closed
