What families ask us

We take children from 2 to 5 years old, in three rooms. Mornings run from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., and the school day ends at 3:00 p.m. The farmhouse doors open at 8:00 a.m. and close at 3:30 p.m.

A tour takes about an hour in the morning, while the rooms are working. You see all three rooms, the yard and the garden, and you can ask the guides anything. Children are welcome to come along.

The room, the days a week and the length of the day. We don't print figures here; they are on our enrollment page, and we go through them with you. The page called How tuition works explains each part.

Your enrollment form and first month's payment hold a place. When a room is full, you can join its waitlist, and we offer places in the order families joined. We tell you where you stand.

Yes. Skein is licensed as a child care center by the Tennessee Department of Human Services. The license, the number of children each adult looks after and our safety routines are on the Safety page.

A child with a fever or a contagious illness stays home. If a child becomes ill at school, we call you right away, and a guide stays with the child until you arrive.

We ask your written permission before we share any photo of your child, on this site, in newsletters or on social media, and you can change your answer at any time. We never put a child's name with a photo.

A water bottle, a spare set of clothes in a labeled bag, and lunch on school days. Indoor shoes stay at school, and children wear shoes they can put on themselves.

Children in the Porch room are still learning, and that is fine. Bring spare clothes, and the guides help each child at their own pace and talk with you about how it is going at home. From the Parlor on, we ask children to use the toilet on their own, with help when they need it.

Every child has hard days. A guide stays close, says in plain words what is happening, and offers a quiet place and something to do with the hands. At pickup we tell you what we saw, and we ask what you see at home.