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Lisa’s daughters Ashlynn (ABOVE LEFT) and Amery (RIGHT with Heather James) both work at the daycare. This year, the annual ������������������������������������������������������������������ a hundred kids and parents. Edmund Chapel Church of God began to pray. “Within a week, six new children enrolled. We are licensed for 24, and we’ve been filled to capacity ever since.” A regular week day at Little Folks Farm and Childcare begins at 6:00 a.m. “We take children from six weeks to 12 years old,” she said. “Some come early to ride the bus to Toombs Central and back again when school is over for after-school care.” An important part of Lisa’s “dream daycare” meant being quality rated. “Every daycare has to meet the qualifications for a license,” she said, “but it takes many training hours to achieve the ‘Quality Rated’ status. When you have that on your license, the state of Georgia has done a rigorous examination. You’re held to national standards and guidelines, not just state regulations. Someone from ‘Bright from the Start’ Georgia Early Care and Learning observes things like how we interact with the children, what kinds of activities we do, how much time we spend on those activities, what goal we have for the week and if we reached it,” said Lisa. In addition to all that nature has to offer at Little Folks Farm and Childcare, the farm has five donkeys, a miniature horse, a miniature mule, and a pot belly pig named Olivia on site. The pot belly pig makes outside readings of the Olivia children’s books by Ian Falconer especially entertaining. The nature trail introduces the children to various flora and fauna. “In the fall, the children planted a garden, and we planted onions in the planter boxes last 42 Toombs County Magazine


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