Sweetpea Room Teachers

Kaitlin Dickens

Two babies with pacifiers facing each other on a play mat, with colorful fruit-shaped wall decorations in the background.

The Sweetpea classroom fosters a flexible environment following children’s cues and routines. Teachers form close bonds with each child to best meet their needs. We believe young children need many opportunities to explore their surroundings.  

Smiling baby lying on a gray blanket, wearing a white onesie with colorful Christmas light bulb patterns.

Our teachers provide a safe and responsive environment to give children the opportunity to grow and learn. Through individual weekly lesson plans, teachers incorporate activities to help children’s emotional, physical and cognitive growth including music, art, reading and sensory activities. Teachers also begin baby sign language in the Sweetpea classroom to encourage the use of communication as well as narrating events throughout the day. Baby yoga and stretching support each child’s physical and gross motor development.

A woman and a young child sitting on the floor, with the child sitting in a box of blue slime. The woman is holding the child, who is smiling and has fingers in their mouth. The woman is wearing gloves covered in slime.

Teachers work closely with parents who are welcome to visit the classroom and contact teachers throughout the day. Teachers also document important details about each child’s day such as diapering, eating, sleeping and other activities.​

Smiling baby in pajamas with sloth pattern sitting in a high chair with colorful diamond and circle patterned padding.
Close-up of a sleeping baby with a pacifier, wrapped in a patterned blanket with mice and flowers, lying on a person's arm on a wooden floor.
A woman reading a children's book to two young children on a play mat in a colorful room with wall decorations.
A smiling young child with short dark hair, wearing a white shirt, indoors near a window.
A baby with a close-shaved head, sitting at a table with chocolate on their hands and a dessert in front of them. The baby is wearing an orange jacket with blue cuffs.
Two young children sitting in a stroller, bundled in warm clothing and covered with a colorful knitted blanket. The child on the left is smiling and wearing a Santa hat, while the child on the right is looking down, wearing a hoodie with a plaid patt
Two toddlers sitting in a green plastic ball pit filled with colorful plastic balls, one holding a blue ball and the other with an open mouth, inside a room with a crib and furniture in the background.
Two babies face each other on a play mat, one on hands and knees with a pacifier, and the other lying on a blue whale-patterned pillow, with colorful wall decorations in the background.
Smiling baby sitting in a green container filled with colorful plastic balls, holding a red ball, with a kitchen background.
Two babies lying on a blue plaid blanket outdoors, wearing warm hats, one with a bear hat and a pacifier, the other with a hooded jacket, holding a blue ball, in front of a house and a chain-link fence.
A baby wearing a gray hat and green overalls, sitting on a person's lap indoors, with a wooden chair and window in the background.
A woman with glasses and a striped shirt holds a smiling baby with light hair and green pants, sitting above a shallow blue water-filled container, with her hand covered in blue paint.
Happy baby lying in a padded bed, wearing a colorful light-fixture pattern onesie, with a big smile and hands clenched in fists.