Sunflower Room Teachers

Jenn Rochette

Ann Elliott

Four children playing on a wooden playground structure in a sandy area, with a chain-link fence and trees in the background.

The Sunflower classroom makes each day a fun and safe learning environment for each child. The teachers plan activities each week that reflect the children’s needs and desire to explore the world around them. In our classroom, you will see our children coloring and painting, stacking blocks to make towers, reading books and lots of laughter. You will also see teachers interacting with children and encouraging vocabulary as they speak gently and discuss what is going on in their worlds.

Young child sitting at a table, holding a bottle of teal paint, and making dabbed paint marks on a white sheet of paper. The child is in an early childhood setting with wooden cabinets and colorful artwork in the background.

Spending time outside immersed in nature is important to our classroom. We encourage gross motor skills by teaching and supporting children as they climb the tire structure and the slides and blow bubbles as children chase them. Children make music outside, explore the garden and dig holes in the sand while they practice filling and dumping buckets.

Young child lying on stomach playing with colorful plastic balls, visible through a pink and blue play tent with an octagonal window.

Teachers work closely with the parents to ensure each child’s individual needs are met every day. Open and honest communication between teachers and families is an integral part of the Sunflowers classroom.

Two young children leaning on a garden bed, facing each other, with a chain-link fence and greenery in the background.
Two young children sitting on a small wooden garden bench outdoors, with the boy on the left and the girl on the right, dressed in summer clothes, surrounded by grass and trees.
Two young children playing in a sandbox next to a small plastic slide. The girl is wearing a purple long-sleeve shirt and striped leggings, and the boy is wearing a blue hoodie and dark pants. They are both crouched down, digging or drawing in the sa
Two young children, one with brown hair and the other with blonde hair, leaning on a garden bed with green plants, smiling and facing each other.
Two young children are sitting at a table outdoors, working with red paper shapes. There are blue rocking toy animals and a garden bed with plants in the background.
A young girl with bows in her hair kneeling by a small wooden cradle with a doll inside, underneath a large wooden table.
A young boy is crawling on a mossy tree stump in a forested area, with another child standing in the background near tall grass and trees.
Two young children playing with a toy kitchen. The girl on the left is wearing a pink dress and jeans, and the boy on the right is dressed as a firefighter. They are indoors with a wooden floor, and there is a green sign above them with the words: Be
Two young children, a boy and a girl, are holding hands and facing each other in a sandbox playground, with other children, toys, tires, and a safety fence in the background.
Four children playing on a wooden outdoor playground structure in a sandy area, with a green wooded background and a chain-link fence.
A young boy with blonde hair wearing a green shirt, gray pants, and socks with a black tip, climbing on foam soft blocks in a play area.
Two young children playing at a sand and water table outdoors, with trees and a chain-link fence in the background.
A young girl with light skin and red hair in a bun plays on a large fallen log with some small toy blocks on it, outdoors surrounded by grass and trees.
A young child sitting outdoors on the ground, wearing a bright green jacket and black pants, surrounded by dirt and moss, with a tree behind him and cars and green dumpsters in the background.
A young child with brown hair, wearing a green sweatshirt, sits at a table and uses a bottle of white paint to make blue paint smudges on a white sheet of paper.
Young child with blonde hair playing on a wooden ladder in a sandbox at a playground.
A young child in a red raincoat sitting on a green watering can outside, with a black tire and a beige house siding in the background.
A young boy smiling and playing in a sandbox with toy trucks and shovels.
A group of children and an adult holding hands in a circle outdoors, possibly playing a game. The children are dressed warmly, and there are toys and a swing set in the background.
A woman smiling and holding hands with a young girl wearing a Minnie Mouse hat at a playground. The playground has tires, sand, and toys.
A young child with blue eyes and wearing a black hat, a light-colored outfit with cartoon characters, sitting inside a black plastic crate on dirt ground next to a wooden fence.