7:30am
Welcome
Parents and children at the door, and free play straight away. The first thing that happens here is their own idea.
Childcare provider since year 2000.Cuidado infantil desde el año 2000.
Justina Tiburcio-Brown has looked after Clarksburg and Montgomery County children for 26 years. She was a certified nursing assistant and a certified medical assistant. She speaks English and Spanish.
7:30am–5:00pm
How a day goesCómo transcurre un día
Scroll sideways, from drop-off to pickup.
8:00am
Breakfast
Everybody at the table together until half past. Infants keep their own schedule and their own one-to-one time.
8:30am
Free play, then wash up
Hands washed and potty time for the toddlers and preschoolers. Diapers changed, floor time and tummy time for the babies.
9:00am
Circle time and learning
Calendar, a story, letters and numbers, art, language, science. A child who does not want the planned activity may choose another. Infants and younger toddlers take their morning nap.
10:00am
Morning snack
Then potty time and wash up again. Babies keep their own routine: tummy time, floor play, reaching and grasping.
10:30am
Outside
Free play in the yard until quarter to twelve, weather allowing. If not, it moves indoors: music, dancing, tumbling, kicking a ball.
12:15pm
Lunch
Everybody helps clear up afterwards, then washes hands and gets ready to rest. Allergies are written down and checked. This is the part her medical training is for.
1:00pm
Rest and quiet time
Until three. The older ones who no longer nap get the quiet end of the room.
3:15pm
Afternoon snack
Mats put away, potty time and hands washed first.
4:00pm
Outside again
Or indoors if the weather says no: puzzles, books, music, dancing, creative games.
4:45pm
Pickup, and the handover
Tidy up, then what they ate, what they slept and what they did. Every day, out loud. Hasta mañana.
Trained for the things you actually worry aboutPreparada para lo que de verdad te preocupa
Most childcare is about snacks and naps until the one afternoon it is not. A fever that climbs. A first allergic reaction. Something caught in a windpipe. Here, the person in the room has clinical training for that day.
Previously a certified nursing assistant
Trained to watch a small child properly and to know when something has changed.
Previously a certified medical assistant
Medication, allergies and the calm sequence of steps when a minute matters.
CPR certified
Current, and the one that matters in the first two minutes of a bad afternoon.
Four years at Shady Grove Hospital
Before this house, she did it where the stakes were highest.
A house, not a center.Una casa, no un centro.
Maryland caps a family child care home at eight children, and she has never wanted more. It means your child is known, not managed. It also means places open two or three times a year, so the waiting list is not a formality.
- Ages
- 12 months to 5 years
- Open
- 7:30am–5:00pm
Programs
What we offerLo que ofrecemos
Full-time care
Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 5:00pm. The same rooms, the same person, and the same shape to every day, which is most of what makes a small child feel safe somewhere. Meals are cooked here and eaten together at a table.
Part-time care
Set days each week rather than all five, for families who need two or three. Talk to Justina about which days are open, because it depends on who else is here that day.
Inside
The house, and the people in itLa casa, y quienes están en ella
Every one of these is a photograph Justina took, in this house, with permission recorded for each child in it. Nothing here is stock and nothing is generated.
What happens when you visit
Nobody should have to guess what they are signing up for by clicking a button.
You pick a time
Weekday mornings and late afternoons, around the children’s day. You will get a reply the same day.
Half an hour in the house
You see the actual rooms, in use, with children in them. Not a showing — a normal day you are standing in.
She answers everything
Allergies, naps, discipline, fees, what happens if your child is sick. Ask all of it.
Come and see the houseVen a conocer la casa
Come and see the house, meet Justina, and watch how the room works. It takes about half an hour.
On the state record
- Registration
- 162600
- Licensed since
- March 2000
- License
- Family child care home
- Capacity
- 8 children
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
Maryland publishes all of this. Anyone can look it up.