Welcome to Bushel & a Peck Playcare

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We offer a childcare/preschool program for 8 children 18 months through 6 years of age, where we explore many different art mediums and promote opportunities to the children for sensory play, imaginative play, outdoor play while fostering an environment for child-led curiosity and natural exploration. By providing opportunities to

children in our community, we hope to promote a love for learning and outdoors that will carry on through their future learning environments. We offer full time and part time enrollment.

“Art is a place for children to learn to trust their ideas themselves, and to explore what is possible.” - Maryann F. Kohl

At Bushel & a Peck Playcare llc., we strive to provide a clean, nurturing, safe, and high-quality program using the best practices of ECE for the children in our care. Our focus is to provide child-led, adult directed , and hands-on experiences which promotes each Childs social growth, emotional, physical, cognitive, and educational development. We want all families at Bushel & a Peck Playcare to feel welcome and want to promote a family environment at our school.

“Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning.” - Diane Ackerman

Hello! My name is Kati! I am so excited to start my journey as the owner of Bushel & a Peck Playcare! I am a mom of two boys, wife, and an entrepreneur. Early Childhood Education has been my passion since I was in elementary school. I've worked in the early childhood education field for over 19 years.  My strengths include good communication, leadership skills, creativity, organization, and interpersonal skills.  I previously owned a children's art studio called The Art Box, specializing in art workshops for children. With my education and my entrepreneur/work experiences, I am ecstatic to accomplish my goal of providing quality childcare to the Tomah community.