Frequently asked questions

Children from 6 weeks to 5 years, in five rooms: Infants, Toddlers, Twos, Threes and Fours.

Faculty, staff, students and neighbors. When a place opens, we offer it to siblings of enrolled children first, then to faculty and staff, then to students, then to neighbors. Within each group, the family that has waited longest goes first.

Apply during the application window, or at any time if a room is full. We keep one list per room. Apply early; infants wait longest.

Yes. A tour takes about half an hour, and your child is welcome to come along. Book one any week.

Arrival and circle time in the morning, play and learning, lunch, rest and outdoor play, then pickup until 5:30 pm. Each room keeps the rhythm at its own pace.

Storytime is licensed by LARA / MiLEAP, the Michigan agency for child care. The license number is at the bottom of every page, and we'll show you the license at the tour.

Each room has its own number of adults to children, set by age. The safety section of this site lists them, and at a tour you can count the adults in the room yourself.

It depends on your child's room, the schedule and the days a week. We give you the figures in writing at the tour.

Please keep your child home with a fever, vomiting, diarrhea or a rash we don't recognize. If your child gets sick here, we call you right away.

Only with your written permission, which you can change at any time.

Infants sleep on their backs, in their own cots, with nothing else in the cot. Families of infants bring milk or formula, and we feed each baby on their own schedule.