AppleTree Learning Center is an early childhood center that has been providing quality care and education to children from birth to 13 years old since 1994. It offers preschool programs that prepare children for success in school as well as before/after school and summer programs. The center has highly qualified teachers and staff with over 75 years of combined experience who are dedicated to making a difference for children.

1. AppleTree Learning
Center
An early childhood center of excellence
Executive Director, Dianna Webb
Director, Wendee Webb
Assistant Director, Kristi Merrell

2. Dedicated to making a difference
since 1994
 Quality care and early education
 Birth-13 years old
 Preschool prepares children for success
 School age program includes before &
after school, when other schools are closed,
and our Summer Enrichment Program
 Highly qualified teachers – lead
teachers have degrees or are working
toward them with over 75 years of
combined experience

3. Learning
through play
and
exploration…
Hours of
operation:
Monday –
Friday
6:30 AM to
6:00 PM

4. Success
depends on
learning
appropriate
social skills--
We teach children
about their feelings and
how to resolve their
problems in positive
ways

5. Former AppleTree student, Jim Meyer
“AppleTree definitely helped me get to
where I am today in a few key areas of
my life. First and foremost it helped me to
learn about consequences and
discipline. As an individual who struggled
with that for a long time in my life, the
caring staff helped me to learn about
both positive and negative
consequences for my actions. Another
way in which they helped me is by
helping promote positive social
interaction between myself and other
kids my age, helping me create
friendships that would last well beyond
my AppleTree days.”
Jim started at AppleTree Learning Center when he was 2 years old. He is now a
sophomore at the University of Wyoming majoring in Business Administration, Honors
Program with a minor in French

6. • Each classroom has
their own
developmentally
appropriate library
• Story times are
planned a minimum of
twice per day
• The Bookmobile visits
twice a month
• There are weekly
themes in a print-rich
environment
LITERACY starts with teachers reading to
children when they are small!

7. Language and Literacy are integrated into all activities at our
Center

8. Sand and Water Snow
We have .5 acres of park-like area with a fenced in playground and
wonderful shade trees.

10. AppleTree Learning Center
cares…

11. Our Daily Schedule includes:
 Art, Music and Movement
 Introduction to Spanish and Sign
Language
 Child-directed, teacher-facilitated
learning through Centers
 Individualized teaching based on the
child’s developmental needs

12. ♫ ♪ My future’s so bright, I gotta
wear shades…♪ ♫
Having fun at
the indoor
beach

13. Learning about the life cycle of a
butterfly

15. I can hear
the ocean!

16. Landon Ross, age 4, with his dinosaur habitat

17. AppleTree Learning Center
provides the best …

18. Nutritious meals and snacks
A safe, clean, and healthy environment is ensured
with our Comprehensive School Health Policy

20. BLOCK PLAY
Teaches spatial
relationships, cr
eativity, proble
m solving, linear
definition, persp
ective, and
math concepts
Riding in the race car that he created

21. Learning about our solar system

22. Our curriculum, Positive Connections,
uses the
WYOMING EARLY
CHILDHOOD
READINESS
STANDARDS (3-
K), as well as the
EARLY LEARNING
GUIDELINES (0-3)
as a framework to
prepare children
for success in
school and life.
Young authors with their stories

23. Observations and
portfolios with work
samples are used by the
teacher to assess growth,
help with individual lesson
planning, assist with
parent/teacher
conferences, and for
transitioning to
Kindergarten
Self Portrait
of
Maggie, age
4

24. “We started taking our son to
AppleTree when he was just 3
months old. He went there
through kindergarten, (no
longer provided).
He currently is a 7th grader at
CY Middle School and we
have yet to miss an Honor Roll
Breakfast!
I know most of his success is
due to the early foundation
he received from AppleTree
Learning Center. We will be
eternally grateful to them and
for the love and
encouragement they gave
and continue to give Jimmy.”
~ Mary Lord
Mary and Jimmy Lord

25. AppleTree Learning Center
understands child development…

26. Says Shona Ross,
Parent of Lathan and
“It is my belief that quality early
Landon childhood education is critical in creating
healthy connections in the brain during
the early and very formative years of a
child’s development. Providing that
education starts with parents and
caregivers. AppleTree Learning Center
has been my trusted ally for nearly eight
years in giving my children, and many
others, the quality early education they
all deserve. AppleTree Learning Center’s
dynamic facility has fostered, and
continues to foster, both the academic
and social skills my children need in
order to have a higher likelihood for
future success in both school and life.
THANK YOU APPLETREE!”
Lathan, age 7, started
when he was an infant

27. “Research shows that the brain
of a 4 year-old uses more energy
than it will ever again. Brain
development cannot be put on
pause, so the critical question is
how to provide the best possible
context to support it.”
New york Times, September 24, 2011

28. HAPPY BABIES because…
• Primary caregivers have
special infant/toddler
credentials
• We
nurture, hold, rock, sing/
play lullabies, and are
on the floor
• We have a home-like
environment
• We provide infant
massage
• Your child has
individualized lesson
plans based on their
individual development

29. We accommodate nursing moms with a
quiet, relaxing area in our Nursery.

30. • Infants explore in a
safe and
stimulating area
• At around 9
months, we start
infant sign
language
• We form a
partnership with
parents in providing
the best early care
and education for
their infant.

32. Children learn they are part of a Community

33. With Guest speakers that teach…
How to lasso………………………………....a flower pot?

34. A visit to the Tate Museum

35. AppleTree Learning Center
believes parents are the
child’s first teacher…

36. Families
are
important
in a quality
program!
Fun at our
FREE
Annual
Pool Party
at the Casper Aquatic Center, reserved
exclusively for our families

37. We support families
by providing a free
subscription to
Parent and Child
Magazine by
Scholastic. We also
provide information
on parenting, child
behavior and
guidance, communi
ty resources, and
help with the
selection of
kindergartens.

38. Each summer we plan a family field trip relative to the
theme of our Summer Enrichment Program. The children
are talking with Twig, the fairy, on our 2010 trip to the
Renaissance Festival in Colorado

39. We’re ready for success in
elementary school
And the future!

40. What does your
child see in their
future?
A QUALITY education
starts with AppleTree
Learning Center. Be sure
your child is ready for
success in school!
CALL 307-237-1952