Outback Kids Daycare
Where happy childhoods begin!
Our child care program is located in beautiful Pequot Lakes, MN - County Road 15
At Outback Kids Daycare, we celebrate the WONDER of early childhood.
Our home daycare is geared to support little explorers Infant-School age.
WHAT SETS US APART FROM OTHER HOME DAYCARES AND CHILDCARE CENTERS?
We offer a fun, school readiness program, in a mixed age group. Our play based preschool program is the perfect place for your child to discover a wide range of social skills, fine motor development, math, science, and language. We offer many indoor / outdoor preschool activities designed to facilitate your child's development in our home daycare.
The first five years are full of new milestones and BIG emotions! Your child is learning so much in that time, it’s no wonder they sometimes get overwhelmed. We believe in helping children learn to manage their emotions and develop life long personal management skills by teaching methods of self regulations through breathing techniques and re-direction. We work on many practical life skills and social activities.
At Outback Kids we pride ourselves on creating a calm atmosphere where children feel connected and supported by experienced staff. We take additional training courses that are specifically tailored to helping children navigate those BIG emotions in loving ways.
Your families home away from home!
We also foster a connection to nature by offering LOTS of physical activity in our beautiful outdoor play space
Time in nature is scientifically proven to help children feel more emotionally and physically balanced. Our outdoor play space is just the place for your little one to develop academic, social and emotional skills to last a lifetime! Our daycare offers a variety of play spaces and experiences for the children to explore based on their personal interests and needs.
Young children are curious and NEED novelty, our teacher knows this and has a variety of play provocations ready to greet them each day. Our outdoor space is the perfect place to extend the learning.
It is a place where we tell stories, have circle time, discuss activities and pretend play.
In art station we explore art materials, paint, practice cutting and gluing skills in open ended activities.
In the climbing area we build our large muscles, practice risk taking skills and gain confidence in our motor skills.
In the big yard we have races, music and invent activities, soccer, chase and other big movement activities.
OUR FOCUS IS ON HIGH QUALITY NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Growing bodies deserve only the BEST foods!
Healthy eating habits are a big part of your growing child’s overall wellness! The first five years are the foundation of healthy habits that will last a lifetime. We pride ourselves on providing your child with a nutritionally sound meal plan. We offer lots of healthy, high quality food options and we encourage children to take part in mealtime by cooking activities into our lesson plans.
Our rotating menus include whole grains, lean sources of protein and a variety of fresh seasonal produce. We believe in serving healthy whole foods, not overly processed foods or sugary juices.
