Childrens Garden

08/06/2026

Shout out 📣 to Little Fawn LLC for donating the wood and materials for our garden boxes and to the Carroll Jr/Sr High School students in Mr. Sausaman's class for building them! 🥕 Each of our playgrounds has a place to dig, plant, grow, and discover!

08/04/2026

ALL of our classrooms from infants to preschool follow curriculum and plan lessons to meet developmental milestones, focusing on school readiness with activities for fine motor hand strength, literacy and phonemic awareness, and beginning mathematical concepts!

07/31/2026

We've been so busy enjoying the summer fun that we forgot to share our exciting news....
Childrens Garden is a LEVEL 3 PATHS TO QUALITY PROVIDER! All of our teachers meet higher education standards and our program implements planned curriculum in every classroom that support school readiness. As a Level 3 provider, we can now participate in On My Way Pre-K, offering an additional option for vouchers for 4 year olds!

07/30/2026

We are looking for someone to help us with building maintenance! 🔨 Applicants must be able to pass a background check, drug screen, and physical per Indiana licensing requirements, but an independent contractor is preferred. Schedule is flexible! Part time as needed, make some extra cash! 💵 Come help us keep our building nice and get some projects done on our "to-do" list!

07/23/2026

We are looking for a wheelbarrow and packing peanuts if anyone has these items that we could have!

06/17/2026

Starting a brand new organization is no small feat! Our Executive Director took part in learning how to strengthen our Board of Directors for the future. ✨

Congratulations to the 2026 graduates of our Excellence in Nonprofit Leadership Series!! This year’s cohort wrapped up the series yesterday with their final class on grant writing, led by Shae Kmicikewycz.

We are so proud of this year’s leaders, and thrilled we could offer another year of the Leadership Series to our nonprofit partners across our 3 counties. Thank you to Kimberly's Business By Design for facilitating our Leadership Series again this year!

Leadership Series class of 2026:
Teresa Butcher - Faithful Friends of Carroll Manor Inc.
Cindi Chapman - Upper Room Youth Center
John Chapman - Upper Room Youth Center
Isac Chavez - Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northern Indiana Corridor, Rotary International, Frankfort Youth Baseball & Football
Jennifer Conyers - Stars of Light GAP
Bakir Coulter - Gilead House, Inc.
Kayla Covey - Helping Our Homies
Kareen Dunn - UP Program at Kokomo Urban Outreach
Georgia Everett -Wildcat Creek Career Cooperative
David Fry - One80 Recovery Resources
Katie Hillman - AMVETS Post 27
Rachel Lattimore - Delphi Opera House
Luke McLaughlin - Red Barn Summer Theatre Frankfort (On-Stage Foundation)
Josie Miller - Wildcat Creek Career Cooperative
Samantha Miller - Childrens Garden Carroll County
Jennifer Morris - Marion-Kokomo JATC
Sara Norris - Gilead House, Inc.
Hunter Perry - Kokomo Rescue Mission
Krista Pullen - Howard County Food Access Alliance
Shannon Querry - Turning Point - System Of Care
Brittany Rahl-Coleman - Hope Behavioral Services
JoAnna Rodriguez - It's the Little Things of Howard County, INC/Kokomo Housing Authority
Maritsa Romero - Purdue Extension Community Childcare
Cheryl Simmons - Carver Community Center
Barbara Tranbarger - Stars of Light GAP
Christine Watson - Narrow Gate Horse Ranch
Bob Webb - AMVETS Post 27

05/22/2026

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! ❤️
Childrens Garden Carroll County is closed on Monday, we hope you all get to spend valuable time with your loved ones!

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? 😅

05/18/2026

We are blessed with an amazing staff who work hard every day to learn and grow right alongside our students! 📖 We had a fantastic day at the Indiana Early Childhood Conference!

05/11/2026

Ta da! Our newly furnished toddler room! Our toddlers have already loved playing in their new space. Check out our stories for more photos of what was in our delivery!

Thank you to ! Funding in part by and ! We love our amazing partners! ✨ This expansion opens 12 new child care seats for toddlers 12 months - 3 years!

05/09/2026

New things coming soon! ✨ This GIANT pile of Lakeshore items is going into our newly opened toddler classroom (with a few fun surprises for all of our classrooms!)