Little Lion Den Daycare

Little Lion Den Daycare Little Lion Den Daycare is a home-based daycare option in the Fryelands Neighborhood of Monroe, WA! We will be open Monday - Friday from 6:30am - 5:30pm.

Licensed home-based daycare in Monroe, WA!
🔆 Part-time and full-time options
🦁 Nurturing young minds with love and care
🌟 Safe, fun, and educational environment
📚 Join our Waitlist today and prepare to watch your little ones roar! Our estimated opening date is November 2024 - join our interest list, today!

We pray all you mamas had a wonderful Mother’s Day! Our community is better because of the strong, beautiful women in it...
05/12/2026

We pray all you mamas had a wonderful Mother’s Day! Our community is better because of the strong, beautiful women in it! 🤍💐

05/09/2026

☀️🐸🪷 pond days at Little Lion Den 🪷🐸☀️

the last couple of weeks have been full of muddy imaginations, tiny discoveries, cattails, ducklings, counting games, nature art, and little hands creating BIG memories 💛

we’ve explored pond life through sensory play, stories, songs, movement, and messy creativity — turning everyday moments into meaningful learning 🌿✨

from ribbon tadpoles to rainbow fish, our little learners have been soaking up the wonder of the season one splash at a time 🦆🐌🐢

childhood is meant to feel like this:
slow mornings, curious minds, grass stains, laughter, and learning through play 🤎

04/28/2026

Mud pies ✔️
Bunny snuggles ✔️
Earth Day exploring ✔️
Butterfly magic ✔️

Just another beautiful month in the Lion Den 💚

Spring finally showed up this week, and we leaned all the way in 🌿☀️Mud soup in the backyard, water table splashes, snac...
04/10/2026

Spring finally showed up this week, and we leaned all the way in 🌿☀️

Mud soup in the backyard, water table splashes, snack picnics on the grass, and cars cruising the cul-de-sac—nothing fancy, just the kind of days childhood is made of.

There’s something so grounding about slowing down and letting kids just be. Unstructured outdoor play isn’t just fun, it’s foundational. It supports sensory integration, builds executive function, encourages creativity, and strengthens social-emotional skills in ways that structured environments simply can’t replicate. Fresh air, sunshine, movement, and a little mess go a long way in supporting healthy development.

We’re soaking up the warmer weather, embracing the slower pace, and choosing presence over productivity. Because these simple moments? They matter more than we realize.

Childhood doesn’t need to be rushed. It needs space. 💛

Little hands, big learning moments 🎨Here we are working on name recognition, pincer grasp, and color matching using simp...
03/11/2026

Little hands, big learning moments 🎨

Here we are working on name recognition, pincer grasp, and color matching using simple dot stickers and letter cards. Activities like this may look like play (and it is!), but they support several important developmental skills.

✨ Name recognition helps children begin connecting letters with something meaningful to them — their own name.
✨ Pincer grasp (using the thumb and index finger to peel and place stickers) strengthens the fine motor muscles needed later for writing, buttoning, and other daily tasks.
✨ Color matching builds early cognitive and visual discrimination skills.

Peeling, finding, matching, and placing each sticker takes focus, coordination, and problem-solving — all through a fun, hands-on activity.

Learning through play is always the goal 💛

Today’s classroom assistants: a handful of very wiggly worms 🪱🤎The looks on their faces when I held them out were everyt...
03/03/2026

Today’s classroom assistants: a handful of very wiggly worms 🪱🤎

The looks on their faces when I held them out were everything — equal parts “EWWWW!” and “Can I touch it?!” We named each one (because obviously you can’t teach a class without proper introductions), and then we talked all about where worms live, what they eat, and why they’re actually garden heroes.

We learned that worms like cool, damp soil. They munch on old leaves and scraps. They help the earth stay healthy. And even though they feel funny in your hands, they’re gentle little workers doing important jobs underground.

Moments like this remind me that childhood is about curiosity — about holding something squirmy, asking big questions, and realizing the world is full of tiny wonders.

And yes… I may have been the only grown-up in the mud, completely unfazed by a handful of dirt and wiggles. 😉

🍬🎨 Pop, Dot, Concentrate! 🎨🍬Today we filled our bubble gum machines one colorful dot at a time using dobbers — and it wa...
02/27/2026

🍬🎨 Pop, Dot, Concentrate! 🎨🍬

Today we filled our bubble gum machines one colorful dot at a time using dobbers — and it was so much more than just a cute craft!

For our 2–4 year olds, activities like this help build:

✨ Fine motor skills – Strengthening little hand muscles and improving grip control
✨ Hand-eye coordination – Aiming those dots right inside the circles
✨ Concentration & focus – Slowing down, noticing details, and staying with a task
✨ Color recognition – Identifying and choosing different colors
✨ Pre-writing skills – Developing the control needed for future pencil use

Watching their serious little faces as they carefully “filled” their machines was the sweetest thing. 💗 So much learning happening through simple, playful fun!

Sometimes the simplest activities create the biggest developmental wins!

Name & letter recognition as a 2-4 year old is meant to be fun! 🤍
02/11/2026

Name & letter recognition as a 2-4 year old is meant to be fun! 🤍

From our classroom to the world 🌎 These little explorers are discovering just how big (and fun!) the world can be.
01/12/2026

From our classroom to the world 🌎 These little explorers are discovering just how big (and fun!) the world can be.

We are kicking off the new year with the unit on travel! Our little friends made their very own suitcases & put the “on...
01/05/2026

We are kicking off the new year with the unit on travel! Our little friends made their very own suitcases & put the “one item” they’d bring on a trip with them! Some friends said books, others said money & a treasure chest! Lots of fun and creativity! ✈️

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Monroe, WA

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Monday 7am - 6pm
Tuesday 7am - 6pm
Wednesday 7am - 6pm
Thursday 7am - 6pm
Friday 7am - 6pm

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