The Start of Excellence Childcare is a clean and nurturing environment where your child can learn and grow. At our home daycare, we focus on teaching children social, emotional, and behavioral skills to ensure your child's development. We focus on a variety of Montessori Inspired and Developmental Play-based activities to promote an environment of learning and curiosity. We offer programs for a wide variety of ages from 0 months to 5 years. At our daycare, we provide a culturally diverse learning environment by offering programs in Spanish. We look forward to hearing from you! Please contact us to schedule a tour for you and your family.
I have been caring for children for more than 10 years, and I create an environment where children are happy, confident, and independent. I worked for Baltimore City Public Schools as a middle english teacher for 5 year prior to daycare. I love to educate on all levels.
With my professional experience and certifications in First Aid, CPR, teaching, and Early Childhood Education, I'm highly accomplished in teaching both educational and intentional play activities designed to develop children's' psychological, emotional, behavioral, and social skills.
Our daughter has been at The Start of Excellence for 2.5 years, starting as an infant and now thriving as a curious, happy 3-year-old. Shauna is caring, consistent, and truly invested in the kids. We've seen amazing growth in her social and learningnnn skills, and she comes home ...Read more
I sent my son to Start of Excellence for year. Shauna was so amazing with him. He always looked forward to going to see his friends and Shauna. I was always so worried about sending him to a home daycare, but Shauna made the transition easy. Her love and attention to the kids was...Read more
This daycare was welcoming and put our minds at ease about the transition as first time parents. Any concerns I’ve ever had they have always been willing to help and even offered suggestions when my daughter was struggling with food. Without making it seem it could be an issue!...Read more
At The Start of Excellence Childcare, our home daycare is designed for play, creativity, and learning! Within the space, we have a backyard with a playground , an art area, sensory play area and a reading area to create a comfortable environment for all of our activities
We are located in a quiet Baltimore neighborhood just around the corner from a park, an elementary school, and a middle school. Our family-oriented neighborhood has convenient street parking.