About

If adults can follow the cues of children, we too should have memorable days to look forward to.

Damos Deurloo Family Daycare has sustained the child care needs of Russian River area families since 1989, supporting the daycare needs of local children and families.

Licensed Daycare Provider #493001553

We are an accredited Large Family Child Care facility through NAFCC.

All staff are required to have the following:

- CPR and First Aid training

- Fingerprints and background check through the State of California

- TB screening

- Yearly Workshop in Child Development

- Training and implementation of the Environmental Ratings Scale

We firmly believe in the PITC Philosophy, Program for Infant/Toddlers Care.

Certified Eco-Healthy Child Care (endorsed program)

The Program for Infant/Toddler Care: Mission Statement

The Program for Infant Toddler Care seeks to ensure that America's infants get a safe, healthy, emotionally secure and intellectually rich start in life. Its three pronged mission is to

1) increase the availability and quality of child care for all children under age three;

2) disseminate information that increases the practice of responsive, respectful and relationship based infant toddler care; and

3) influence national, regional and local policies and practices so that the needs and interests of individual infants, toddlers, and their families are the foundation for all curriculum development and program activity.

The PITC Philosophy

Good infant care is neither baby-sitting nor preschool. It is a special kind of care that resembles no other.

The Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC) approach equates good care with trained infant/toddler care teachers who are preparing themselves and the environment so that infants can learn. For care to be good, it must explore ways to help infant/toddler care teachers get "in tune" with each infant they serve and learn from the individual infant what he or she needs, thinks, and feels.

We believe infant care should be based on relationship planning -- not lesson planning -- and should emphasize child-directed learning over adult-directed learning. Rather than detailing specific lessons for infant/toddler care teachers to conduct with infants, the PITC approach shows infant/toddler care teachers ways of helping infants learn the lessons that every infant comes into the world eager to learn.

The PITC philosophy also sees the setting for care as critical. Therefore, it helps infant/toddler care teachers design environments that ensure safety, offer infants appropriate developmental challenges, and promote optimum health for children. An equally important program component is the strengthening of the child's developing family and cultural identity by making meaningful connections between child care and the child's family and culture.

Learn more about the PITC program by visiting www.pitc.org

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"Thank-you all so much for providing such a fun, loving, learning environment for my daughter. She really enjoyed her time at the daycare, and I know she will miss it. What you have there is a treasure! We wish you all of the best in the future."