Child Care and Early Learning at Martha & Mary KIDS
Our mission at M&M KIDS is joyful care and excellent early learning. Through programs that focus on both learning and fun, we capture the joys of childhood, prioritize each child's safety, and nurture their individual development. We create an enriching atmosphere for your child's development, providing an educational platform that lays a strong foundation for lifelong academic, social, and emotional success.
We’re exceptionally proud that Early Achievers, Washington’s premier child care quality rating and improvement center, has awarded all of our Child Care and Early Learning Centers with a “Quality of Excellence” rating.
Providing child care, early learning, and school-age programs
Serving as both a care resource and early learning expert, our goal is to be your family's partner in promoting your child’s healthy development. Our caring and attentive team is highly trained in early learning and deeply passionate about fostering your child’s growth and development.
Infant Care
We provide a safe, clean, and nurturing “home away from home” for your infant, following your routines to provide a deep sense of security and comfort. You’ll usually find our staff talking, singing, and cuddling with your little one!
Toddler Care
Our talented toddler team has the patience, know-how, energy, and training to keep active and curious toddlers engaged in a variety of activities to build their language, cognitive, motor, and social skills.
Preschool
As a crucial phase in your child's preparation for school, our preschool program emphasizes the development of self-help skills, expanded vocabulary, increased attention span, and improved enhanced self-regulation.
Pre-K
Our trained teachers help prepare your child for kindergarten, with activities that encourage kids to build their knowledge and skills through investigation, exploration, collaboration, and discovery.
Before and After School
Your child’s care needs don’t always match school hours. We are dedicated to delivering outstanding, purposeful, and enjoyable before and after and non-school day activities designed to unlock the full potential of each child.
Summer Programs
Get ready for an unforgettable summer packed with adventure and learning! We combine education with fun to ensure your child retains their academic progress throughout the summer break.
Martha & Mary Infant Care Program
As a parent, you naturally want to know that your baby receives attentive and nurturing care. Our infant program is carefully designed to create a safe haven, staffed by experienced educators who honor your baby’s daily routines, nutritional requirements, and individual needs.
Our evidence-based program has been meticulously crafted to bolster your baby's developmental milestones. With a staff-to-child ratio of 1:4, we have plenty of time to talk, sing, cuddle, and read with your little one. We also use and teach “baby signs” (sign language) in our infant and toddler programs to facilitate communication and reduce frustration. Our sensory-rich environments and soft play areas are designed to foster exploration, rolling over, pulling up, and crawling, with toys and materials in a variety of colors, textures, sounds, and patterns to spark your little one’s interest and engage their senses.
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Toddler Care Program
Our amazing toddler teams possess the patience, expertise, energy, and training required to keep lively and curious toddlers engaged. Our toddler program includes a variety of educational activities designed to strengthen your little one’s language, cognitive, motor, and social skills, as well as their emerging independence. It's crucial to engage "the whole child" at this developmental stage, and we use hands-on experiences, music, and movement to help them learn.
Our toddlers have their very own outdoor play area, which allows them a safe place to explore the wonder of the outdoors. They also participate in family-style dining with their peers and teachers at mealtime to practice their pouring, scooping, and passing skills around the table.
With a staff-to-child ratio of 1:7, our teachers can focus on your child while they learn, climb, stack, sing, dance, create, count, role play, and explore alongside their classmates.
Martha & Mary Preschool
A unique age group, preschool kids still have the energy and curiosity of toddlers, but they are also starting to crave challenge and independence. They begin to collaboratively play with their classmates and develop a better understanding of how their actions and words impact others. Our teachers make the most of “teachable moments” throughout the day to help children practice problem-solving, express their needs and ideas respectfully, and take turns—all vital social skills for success in preschool and beyond.
Our research-based curriculum emphasizes emergent language and literacy, science, and math skills to prepare the kids for kindergarten, while encouraging them to develop their knowledge and abilities on their own through investigation, exploration, and discovery.
Preschool students also benefit from the experience of our weekly intergenerational program, which allows them to enjoy arts & crafts, singing, playing games, gardening, and dining with seniors from our senior care centers. This unique opportunity allows children and seniors to interact, enjoy each other's company, and learn from one another.
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Martha & Mary Pre-K
The year preceding kindergarten is a period of significant and exhilarating growth. Our program combines dedicated teachers who cherish this crucial time with a curriculum designed to nurture the social and academic skills necessary for school readiness. Your child is steered towards kindergarten preparedness with activities that foster learning and skill development through investigation, exploration, collaboration, and discovery.
Our Pre-K program places particular emphasis on emergent language/literacy, science, and math skills. Through research-based teaching methods and thoughtful activities and projects, our teachers ensure that Pre-K students get developmentally appropriate, meaningful learning materials and experiences to lay the groundwork for success not only in kindergarten but also beyond.
Pre-K students also benefit from our Intergenerational Program, which allows the children to enjoy arts & crafts, singing, playing games, gardening, and dining with residents at local senior care centers. Additionally, we include transition activities in the Pre-K curriculum. Children may take a field trip to a local elementary school, or could have a current Kindergarten teacher visit our classroom.
School-Age Before & After Program
Kids need care even once they’re in “big kid” school. We offer convenient, on-campus before and after school programming at Pearson, Poulsbo, Suquamish, and Vinland North Kitsap School District elementary schools and at Cougar Valley Elementary in Silverdale.
Tailored to meet the evolving needs of school-age children, we use the engaged learning curriculum, Active Minds, Healthy Hearts, Lessons for Life, which blends learning with fun to support your child’s academic progress. Our team of early learning specialists use activities and creative projects to teach science, technology, engineering, math, literacy, culture, and the arts.
Our programs follow the school calendars of North Kitsap Schools and Central Kitsap Schools, with care from 6 am to school start and from end-of-school to 6 pm. On non-school weekdays we offer a full day program of 6:00 am to 6:00 pm.
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Summer Care Programs
Get ready for an unforgettable summer packed with adventure and learning! We combine education with exciting activities to ensure your child retains their academic progress throughout the summer break. Designed to help working parents when school is out, our summer care program offers fun and enrichment for school-age children from kindergarten through 12 years old.
Using an engaged learning curriculum, Active Minds, Healthy Hearts, Lessons for Life, our program blends learning with fun to nurture the “whole” child—their physical, emotional, social, and intellectual well-being. We also help them delve into science and technology, unleash their creativity through the arts, connect with nature, and embark on explorations of the world around them through excursions to local parks and museums and by connecting with community speakers.
Our Summer School age Programs for ages Kindergarten through 5th grade is offered Monday-Friday from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm, located at Poulsbo Elementary and Cougar Valley Elementary.
Our child care locations
Poulsbo Child Care and Learning Center
Serving infants to Pre-K, the CCLC is easily accessible to Downtown Poulsbo. Open Monday through Friday, 5:30 AM- 5:30 PM.
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Silverdale Early Learning Center
Serving infants to Pre-K, our ELC is centrally located in Silverdale. Open Monday through Friday, 5:30 AM – 5:30 PM.
MM KIDS School Age Before and After Care
We offer before and after care at Cougar Valley Elementary (CKSD) as well as Poulsbo, Vinland, Pearson, and Suquamish Elementary Schools (NKSD). Our Summer Program is held at Poulsbo Elementary & Cougar Valley Elementary.
Enrollment Information
Thank you for your interest in Martha & Mary KIDS! If you are interested in enrolling with one of our programs (either 4 weeks through 5 years, or school age care), please visit the link below to submit a registration. Once submitted, a director at your preferred location will reach out to you regarding availability and wait list status.
Discounts and Subsidies: We happily accept Working Connections DSHS child care subsidy payments, MCCYN Military Child Care, ICW, and other state/federal child care subsidy payments We also offer tuition discounts to families with multiple children enrolled in our programs, active-duty military families, and employees of North Kitsap School District, Central Kitsap School District, and Martha & Mary.
Please note that submitting a registration does not guarantee a space with our programs. We currently have a wait list at most locations.
Early Learning Programs
For our infant through pre-K programs (ages 4 weeks through 5 years), in Poulsbo or Silverdale, please complete the M&M Kids Center New Registration below
Before & After Care
For Before & After School Care (ages 5-12 years) in North Kitsap elementary schools, or at Cougar Valley in Central Kitsap, please complete the M&M Kids B&A New Registration below
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