Little Learners Lodge

Yes- we need to pay early childhood professionals more. Proud of our MMPSchool community with parents and administrators committed to supporting above industry standard wages for our early childhood professional teaching team!

Early Education and Child Care Given the overwhelming evidence that early childhood development affects later outcomes and that achievement gaps are already substantial by age five, it is puzzling that our society does not invest in early childhood education to at least the same extent as it invests in K-12 education. In Massachu...

"I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples." -Mother Teresa

The National Resource Center for Youth Services at the University of Oklahoma recently asked permission to use one of our videos in their training for new child welfare specialists.

They chose it to show secure attachment in action: a child venturing out to explore, then reconnecting with their trusted person — a beautiful truth at the heart of Magda Ge**er's Educaring® Approach. When children feel securely held, they're free to explore.

To have our work chosen as a teaching tool for those caring for our most vulnerable children is a gift.

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Infant Community- Parent/Teacher Observation Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Congratulations to our July 2026 Foundations graduates! 🎉

We appreciate you traveling from across the nation — California, Colorado, North & South Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, and Florida — to deepen our practice together in Magda Ge**er's Educaring® Approach. Thank you for your time, your investment, and your hearts.

Our sincere appreciation to our host site, Ohana, and to the parents who joined us for a special evening event. Your campus is stunning!💛

✨ Dreaming of joining us for Foundations next Spring/Summer 2027? This session filled up fast — reach out early to be among the first to know when registration opens!

👉 Learn more at www.littlelearnerslodge.com or connect with us at [email protected]

One of the many reasons we take our time during all care activities to tell the child what we will be doing together BEFORE and then PAUSE for the child to receive our words and respond before we move forward.

Neural Nugget: Babies who are talked to frequently know about 300 more words by age 2 than babies who hear fewer words, giving them a stronger foundation for language and learning.

One of the best ways to support healthy brain development is through serve-and-return interactions: the back-and-forth of talking, playing, making faces, and responding to your baby's sounds and cues. These everyday moments help build the brain, one interaction at a time.

Curious about what's happening inside your baby's brain? Explore our Baby Brain Map, an interactive guide that makes the science of early brain development easy to understand and put into practice: https://bit.ly/4w3j4jg

We're hiring 💛
Infant & Toddler Teacher · Little Learners Lodge
We're looking for someone to join our team caring for babies and toddlers — and here's the surprising part: you don't need childcare experience to apply.
What matters more is who you are. If you're patient, observant, and genuinely curious about how little humans grow — and if you believe even the youngest child deserves respect — we'd love to meet you.
We care for children using the Magda Ge**er Educaring® approach. In plain terms: we slow down, we watch before we act, and we let children do things in their own time. We're a real community that thinks and reflects together, and we'll train you in everything you need to know.
Backgrounds we love: child development, social work, psychology — and honestly, some of our best teachers came straight from the service industry. If you know how to stay present and care for people, you already have the hardest part.
✨ Full-time · training provided · Mount Pleasant
📩 To apply, follow the link to apply through Indeed

https://www.indeed.com/job/infant-toddler-teacher-69c69b6949f0e1d6

There is deep trust in stepping back.

Trusting the child to move in their own time.
To investigate with curiosity.
To return, repeat, and discover.

In a world that often rushes toward teaching, Magda reminds us of something quieter: children are already learning.

Perhaps our role is not to fill every moment, but to create the conditions where exploration can unfold… unhurried, uninterrupted, and deeply respected. 💙

Recently a friend sent a photo of a napkin our school founder shared with her during training. It reminded us...

"Positive mental health hinges on the balance of protective actions such as providing a stable environment and modelling healthy coping mechanisms vs. risk factors that encourage adversity."

Read the full article here: https://www.toorakcollege.vic.edu.au/blog/the-importance-of-letting-your-child-struggle

Look what we got in the mail today! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to everybody who has left us a Google Review! What an accomplishment!

Then and Now... We love when graduates stop in to say hello!

Congratulations to our Kindergarten Class of 2026! We are so proud of every single one of you! Happy Graduation Day! 🎓