AppleTree Academy is a locally owned and operated premier daycare and preschool facility located in Peoria, IL. AppleTree Academy has provided safe, quality, nurturing care and instruction for children 6 weeks through 6 years old for over a decade. The owners, Ms. Hanna and Ms. Stacey, have combined 40+ years in the child care industry as teachers and currently owner/directors. Our management/director philosophy is “hands on”, and one or both owners are present and available to parents daily.
Curriculum Philosophy
We recognize play as a child’s natural way of learning. Play is the child’s process of exploring, identifying, negotiating, taking risks, and creating meaning. Play must be a fundamental component of early childhood care and education. We use a child’s discovered interests observed through play to develop age-appropriate classroom curricula. A child’s eventual transition to kindergarten and later schooling is best served through child-centered, play-based learning combined with a degree of age-appropriate, organized, didactic, structured learning.
Motto
Sowing the seeds of our future.
Owners
