Infant Childcare

  • You are your child's best teacher & we are here to support you!

    We are here to provide a quality, developmentally appropriate experience for your child by creating daily routines and meaningful experiences that revolve around the children's strengths, interests and needs.  We view ourselves as an extension of your family and are here to support you and your family during these early years.  We are committed to having a constant atmosphere of love, learning and security in order to help create a strong foundation for your child's needs and lifelong learning.

    We believe babies are born to learn!  Children form their basis for learning during the first years of life.  It’s a known fact that early childhood experiences have an enduring impact on future learning and well-being.   During our daily routines and activities, we implement The HighScope approach and guiding principles to enrich your child's developmental skills and experiences.

    Director of Infant/Toddler Program: Sheila Meyer (meyers@milanareaschools.org)

    Infant/Toddler Program Hours: 7 am - 5 pm

Infant Childcare

  • Welcome to our Infant Tadpole Room!
    Room C64 - Phone: 734-439-5118
    Lead Teacher: Karen Kennard, kennardk@milanareaschools.org

    Our infant program is structured around the individual needs of each child, based on the schedule provided by the parent/guardian and designated to enrich your child's developmental skills.  Infants are fed on demand.

    Outside Time - Weather permitting, we take the infants and young toddlers on a walk outside at least once per day.  When the weather does not permit us to go outside, we stay inside the building and walk or play in the multi-purpose room or First Steps.

    Shoe Free Room - With infants always on the floor, we want to provide a clean, safe and healthy environment in the infant room.  We practice a “shoe free” room.  We ask that all adults and children entering the room remove their shoes.  We do this to prevent outside contaminants from being brought into the room.

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Mrs. Karen Kennard, Infant Lead Teacher

My name is Karen Kennard and I am so excited to be the new Lead Infant Teacher for the Paddock Early Childhood Center.

I started my career in early childhood education as an assistant Preschool teacher and eventually settled into a Lead Toddler Teacher at centers in Ann Arbor and Saline.  This is my first position as a Lead Infant educator and I love having the ability to care for and start to mentor children at a very early age.

I have a CDA in Infant/Toddler education and I am attending college to finish my degree in Child Development.

Outside of school, I have been married for twenty-three years and am a mom to four grown children, my youngest attending colleges in the state. I have a Golden Retriever, Bailee, who loves to cuddle and my hobbies are reading, decorating, and spending time outside in the Fall. 

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Mrs. Christen Sanders

Hello, my name is Christen Sanders.  I have been with PECC for 9 years . During that time, I’ve had the pleasure of working in each of the preschool classrooms as a substitute, and most recently joined the infant classroom. 

My husband and I have been married for 16 years and together we have two teenage sons, two cats, a fish and a Guinea pig. A few of our favorite family pastimes are camping, playing board games, listening to music, traveling and watching sporting events. In my free time, I also enjoy jigsaw puzzles and caring for my many houseplants.

I look forward to watching your children learn and grow this year!

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Miss Megan Boomus

Hi, my name is Megan Boomus and this is my second year working at Milan Area Schools. I absolutely love the infant and toddler age as they are exploring and learning new things every day. I will be spending time in both rooms this year so I will get to know all of the littles!

I like doing art and puzzles in my free time! I also love spending time with my family. I can’t wait for a great year!

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Miss Meg Smith