Little Paidia* Bilingual Family ChildCare is located North of Bothell Downtown, close to Stipek Park, adjacent to Kenmore, Mill Creek, and Kirkland, and only minutes away from I-405 and Bothell-Everett Highway. It was founded by Mrs. Shen, and licensed by the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families. Our daycare is a place where children, teachers, and parents come together as a family and where children can play, learn, laugh, discover, and grow. Little Paidia offers a high-quality, safe, reliable, warm, and loving environment for children ages 1 to 5 years old. Every child attending our program benefits from learning Chinese and having friends, which helps children develop their social, emotional, and verbal skills at an early age.
*Paidia is the Greek word for children παιδία. It is from Luke 18:15-17.
Ms. Meifeng Shen received her B.S degree in Business Administration in Taiwan, and B.A degree in Early Childhood Education in Washington State. Ms. Shen has nearly ten years of working experience in professional licensed child care centers in both Washington and Texas states, and volunteering in children’s Sunday school classrooms as well. Ms. Shen loves children and has her own ideas and passion for early childhood education. Being with the children is her job and also a part of her life.
Ms. Shen holds certifications in Infant/Child First Aid and CPR, Safe Sleep Practices/Shaken Baby Syndrome Training, Bloodborne Pathogens Training, and food worker. She attends professional development training yearly for the licensed family providers requested as well.
Our purpose is to provide a high quality early child care program that nurtures the whole child in a warm, loving, secure and enriched home environment, supporting each child's unique needs during the crucial early developmental stages; giving them the foundation into happy and thriving individuals.
Children learn through relationships, play and active exploration. Little Paidia views each moment of a child’s day as an opportunity for growth and exploration. We offer age-appropriate curriculum with themes through daily teacher-directed as well as child-directed, child-focused activities that support each child’s social, emotional, physical, language, and cognitive development.
Every child and family has unique gifts and abilities. Washington is richly diverse, with more than 200 spoken languages. Little Paidia offers a Chinese/English learning environment to enrich young children's language development. At Little Paidia, young children are immersed in a Mandarin Chinese learning environment through their daily routine. “Children soak up languages the best when they are between birth and three years old and being bilingual is a great life skill to have. “ ~ Raising a bilingual baby or child: 8 tips for how to do it~
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