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Welcome to Our School
Welcome to our La Petite Academy educational daycare in Oklahoma City, OK. I am Kandis, academy director, and I have been with La Petite Academy since 2006.
My amazing team of teachers and I are committed to the children in our Infant Care, Preschool and other age-specific programs. We have nearly 200 years of combined experience and many teachers have received their Master Teacher credentials. We are nationally accredited by NECPA and are recognized as Three-Star facility through the Reaching for the Stars program.
I enjoy interacting with our families and seeing the children grow into lifetime learners. I have an open-door policy that allows for any questions or concerns to come directly to us.
We have new technology in our School-Age classroom! These enhancements include iPads featuring apps to create art, music and videos, tripods for moviemaking, robots for coding, a new gaming system and a secure WiFi network for homework.
We’re committed to keeping you connected throughout the day while your child is in our care. Get access to live streaming video of your child’s classroom, plus other real-time updates, with our exclusive mobile app for families, SproutAbout.
Call La Petite Academy in Oklahoma City, OK today to schedule a tour! We offer a flexible schedule to accommodate your needs. We look forward to meeting you and your family!
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5 out of 5 stars
I have had a positive experience. My daughter seems to love it and she seems very happy at the end of the day. She always learns something new and the teachers are very kind and caring, and always come to me with any concerns they may have.
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So many teachers are amazing and do the amazing work of helping to love and nurture my children when I am unable to stay with them and for that I will be forever grateful
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I’m so grateful that my daughter loves it,and I feel secure leaving her in the school care.
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Everyone is absolutely wonderful! My baby and I get a lovely greeting by every teacher we pass by in the morning and a goodbye by every teacher!
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I love the communication and friendliness I get with all of the staff on how my children are doing.
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The staff and teachers provide an environment where my children learn, thrive and have fun. They teach age-approriate lessons and encourage creativity in my children. They are very loving towards my children and genuinely care about their well-being and are always willing to answer any questions that I might have.
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Everyone is great very loving and respectable people!
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Amazing. We had my daughter at a different daycare and it was horrible. I hated leaving her there and she was so sad when she got home. La Petite has been night and day from that place. I never worry about her at daycare here. I know she is being taken care of in a happy CLEAN and safe environment.
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Learn About Electives
For an additional fee, go beyond regular classroom learning experiences with our enhanced series of fun, interactive enrichment programs exploring a variety of activities. We offer:
Basketball, Fitness, Soccer, Music, Yoga, Spanish, Phonics, Handwriting & Advanced Math
Proud to be Accredited!
We’ve been recognized as a high-quality early education program.
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21st Century Learning Experiences
Our School-Age classroom is a perfect setting for productive, engaging mornings and afternoons, where children become thinkers, makers, and doers. Some enhancements in this classroom include:
- iPads with keyboards and educational apps
- Robots for coding challenges
- Grow Fit-friendly video games that encourage collaboration and movement
Open a window to your child’s day.
SproutAbout®, our exclusive family app, provides free live streaming video of your child’s classroom to your mobile device.
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Meet Our Staff
Kandis Cottrell,
Certifications: Certificate in Mastery and Oklahoma Director’s Credential
I have been with La Petite Academy since 2006. My amazing team of teachers and I are committed to the children in our Infant Care, Preschool and other age-specific programs. I enjoy interacting with our families and seeing the children grow into lifetime learners.
Meet Our Staff
Toni,
Certifications: CPR/First Aid
I have been with La Petite Academy since 2002 and have been in the child care field for 28 years. Being the program director, I work very closely with my teachers on curriculum, assessments, parent/teacher conferences and other projects and events.
Meet Our Staff
Leah Barnes,
Certifications: Child Care Professional Certificate, CPR/First Aid, Safe Sleep Study
I have been in child care for over 30 years. I work hard to help make sure the center runs smoothly and the parents, children and staff are very happy. My life has been devoted to children, and I hope to work at La Petite for many more years.
Local School Phone Number: 405.691.6235405.691.6235
License #: K8304143
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Applejacks Learning Center | 316 N.e. 27th, Oklahoma City, OK 73160 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Assurance Development Center | 1114 S. Air Depot #4, Oklahoma City, OK 73110 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aunt Bettye’s | 1300 Ne 23rd St Suit, Oklahoma City, OK 73118 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aunt Lisa’s Day Care Phase 2 | 3663 N. Everest, Oklahoma City, OK 73111 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Beginnings & Beyond Learning Center | 2616 Sw 74th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73159 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Childcare Network #204 | 1050 SW Grand Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73109 | Preschool | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children Paradise | 6009 Nw Expressway, Oklahoma City, OK 73132 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children’s Choice Oklahoma County | 6100 North Francis, Oklahoma City, OK 73118 | Preschool | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children’s House | 1115 N. e. 7th, Oklahoma City, OK 73117 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children’s Lighthouse Harbor | 2016 N. Broadway, Oklahoma City, OK 73160 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children’s Lighthouse I | 540 N. Council Rd, Oklahoma City, OK 73127 | Preschool | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children’s Quest | 2016 Ne 18th, Oklahoma City, OK 73111 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Childrens Lighthouse II | 5816 Nw 36th, Oklahoma City, OK 73122 | Preschool | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Construction Zone Learning Center | 211 So. Howard, Oklahoma City, OK 73160 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornerstone Child Development | 7901 Nw 113th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73162 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Create & Play Learning Center | 5808 S Penn Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73119 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Creative Kids | 335 Sw 134, Oklahoma City, OK 73170 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Criddell Child Care | 14944 S. Sunnylane R, Oklahoma City, OK 73160 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Crossroads Kidz Club | 2230 N. Janeway, Oklahoma City, OK 73160 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Crown Heights Christian Church | 4020 N. Western, Oklahoma City, OK 73118 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dana Brown Cooper Head Start | 9300 N. E. 10, Oklahoma City, OK 73130 | Preschool | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deberry Sunny Days Child Care | 10316-18 Ne 23rd Str, Oklahoma City, OK 73141 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deberry Sunny Days W.L.I.F. | N.e. 10th, Oklahoma City, OK 73130 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Del City Lighthouse Academy | 3040 Del View Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73115 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dreamers Paradise | 3000 Ne 23rd St, Oklahoma City, OK 73121 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dreamland | 3124 S Penn, Oklahoma City, OK 73119 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Earlywine Park YMCA | 1500 Kingsridge Driv, Oklahoma City, OK 73170 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Earlywine YMCA Offsite Moore Community Center | 301 S. Howard, Oklahoma City, OK 73160 | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Easter Seals Child Development | 701 N E 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104 | Center |
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At 19’95, after the Oklahoma City bombing, kindergarten kids started playing dead. Very often they played a game in which they constantly toppled towers of cubes and lay motionless on the floor. After that, the teacher asked to tell what was happening in their game and the students answered her that they were all “killed” by terrorists.
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Oklahoma City work, but just like that, and at the same time met with our friends / my colleagues, who, like me, flew to the States in 2016 for work. On one of my previous trips, I managed to take a little walk around the Brick Town area, which I liked for its silence, greenery and a stream with pretty waterfalls:
The embankment gradually turns from a green and promenade in that part of the city into a bar and restaurant, with some art objects:
lost:
Even a powerful sculpture, or rather sculptures of horses, did not jump across the river, but froze in a fit:
Powerful horses, by the way, and riders with passengers too:
While we were waiting for the guys who were coming to meet us by car from Dallas, we went to the Museum of Osteology. Impressive first photo in the next series can not be seen!
Here, at the entrance, almost opposite the ticket office where we bought tickets, the seller told all visitors that the bugs (local domestic animals) were just working to clean the bones of a cat and a raccoon (well, in simple words, they gnaw them for the next exhibition).
The museum itself turned out to be small – one room, two floors, but all the skeletons are still product, no plastic:
Then the guys took us from the museum, and away we go:
The Oklahoma State Capitol was not open to the public, so we just walked around, walked around on one side:
We stayed a little longer at the Oklahoma National Memorial City , which I will talk about in a little more detail:
At this place in 1995 there was a terrorist attack, which was the largest in the United States until September 11, 2001.
Many people know and have been near the memorial 9/11 in New York, but few people know about the explosion of the federal building in the capital of Oklahoma (even my American was not aware):
The place is very exciting, sad, chills to the bone (just like 9/11), what only there are chairs that symbolize all the dead (168 people, including 19 children under the age of 6) and their empty seats at the dinner tables in families.
The terrorist who planned this attack did not notice that there was a kindergarten in the building…
On both sides of the water pool there are gates with time – in this interval an explosion thundered:
Horror-horror-horror,
but what else besides that impressed me (I am generally very impressionable, especially when it comes to explosions , death of people) and what I certainly didn’t know was that the death penalty is applied in the USA (somehow this information passed me by all these years). Naturally, after visiting the memorial, we first dived into the Internet to find out the motivation, participants, reasons, and so on, then we watched a documentary film about this terrorist attack to the heap (after the trip), I also read a brief biography of the main “performer”, and then – then it turned out that the convict was executed by lethal injection. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat! Somehow I did not expect at all that in the States it is actively used – an illustration from Wikipedia:
I have mixed thoughts about this, so I’ll keep them to myself for now. But the fact is that this new piece of information turned out to be very unexpected for me.
But let’s talk about the positive again. After the memorial, we walked to the botanical garden:
We fed fish and ducks with the leftovers of lunch:
(nice place, on one of my business trips I probably go to the garden itself).
Wandered around the city:
Went into a house called Factory Obscura with all sorts of weird stuff and modern art (something like the Meow Wolf in Santa Fe I wrote about earlier):
Checked out another piece of art:
And a small version of the Statue of Liberty:
By the way, there are a lot of such things in Oklahoma City, because the Mother Roads of America – route 66 – passes through the state and the city. some “artifacts” still remain. Dairy Store (building is closed, but the bottle still reminds of what was inside):
Pops restaurant and its giant bottle of soda (they sell heaps of different flavored drinks, like spaghetti or pizza, or classic sodas like cherry flavored:
A large round barn that used to be one of the most photographed sights (now there is a museum and souvenir shop on the first floor, and the second floor is rented out for various events):
Photographed a few walls, of course:
At night we walked over the bridge with scissors (which is officially called the beautifully Skydance Bridge – heavenly dance):
It is completely pedestrian, but now it is being actively repaired, so it is impossible to get from one part of the city to another – there is a fence.