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Health and Wellness

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Health and Wellness

At Creative Minds Child Care, your child’s well-being and safety come first. We support independence, healthy habits, and strong peer connections in a clean, carefully maintained environment.
We’re intentional about what children are exposed to each day. For meals and snacks, we avoid plastics in cooking, reheating, and serving. Instead, we use glass, stainless steel, and paper products to support a safer, eco-conscious dining experience.
As part of our commitment to a healthy environment, we also participated in a voluntary state program to test our drinking water. No lead was detected in any of the cooking or drinking water fixtures tested at our facility.
Air quality matters, too. We monitor it daily across five key factors: particulate matter (PM 2.5), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), carbon monoxide (CO), humidity, and temperature.
We’re proud to be certified through the Eco-Healthy Child Care® program by the Children’s Environmental Health Network (C.E.H.N.). This endorsement reflects meeting 30 best practices for environmental health, including recycling, safe cleaning products, non-toxic toys and art supplies, and exceptional cleaning routines.
To learn more about Eco-Healthy Child Care®, visit www.cehn.org.
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Healthy Habits

A healthy lifestyle should be a life-long goal that starts at a young age. We emphasize all aspects of wellness through health, nutrition, and wellness and incorporate them seamlessly  into our daily classroom routines. Working cooperatively with the natural curiosity and boundless energy of young children we promote:

  • Active indoor play and outdoor recreation activities designed to nurture physical well-being
  • Exposure to a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables utilizing all colors of the rainbow
  • Water, whenever. No sugar-sweetened drinks. For ages two+: low- or nonfat milk.
  • Development of core strength, balance and mindful moment from our certified yoga teacher
  • Healthy, balanced meals freshly prepared using safe food handling practices
  • Frequent disinfecting and sanitizing of high-touch toys and surfaces
  • Frequent handwashing which is embedded in our curriculum and day
  • Continuous health & safety training including first aid and CPR certification
  • Meals are served without plastics; we use only glass, stainless steel, and paper products to keep food service natural, safe, and eco-conscious

Keeping it Clean

Children learn through hands-on experiences, which can occasionally result in spills, sticky hands, and cluttered surfaces.

  • Allow children to explore the world around them safely by providing a well-organized and highly sanitized environment
  • Teach children the importance of germ prevention through frequent handwashing.

Staff training

Our parents entrust their child’s safety to us and that is a responsibility we take seriously. We are  certified in first aid/CPR ,allergens and food handling .

  We also:

  • Check and re-stock our first aid kit regularly
  • Disinfect countertops, toys, books, doorknobs, light switches, playground equipment and other shared items frequently
  • Monitoring air quality to ensure a safe breathing environment

Wellness protocols

Creative Minds Child Care  adheres to guidance and recommendations from local and state authorities regarding enhanced procedures to combat communicable diseases and illnesses.

This includes:

  • Limiting visitors to staff and enrolled families
  • “Kiss & Go” drop-off and pick-up procedures at the driveway or door to limit indoor touch points
  • Disinfecting playground equipment before and after each use
  • At the door deliveries of essential goods
  • The use of air purifiers to keep our air clean and healthy