About Ashbourne Tiny Tots

Family-run, Family-centred

We pride ourselves on being a family-run and family-centred service, who have worked closely and in partnership with thousands of children and their families in Ashbourne across four decades.

Some of the children who attend our service, their parents also were Tiny Tots at one stage too! Also some of our staff, are past pupils.

We are proud to offer an excellent standard of Childcare, Montessori Pre-School and After-School services in 3 locations in Ashbourne, Co. Meath.

Our Mission

At Tiny Tots Childcare, our mission is to create a happy, nurturing, and engaging environment where young children feel safe, valued, and inspired to learn. We are dedicated to supporting each child’s holistic development, providing high-quality care and education in a child-centered and secure setting. Through strong partnerships with parents and staff, we strive to maintain the highest standards in fostering children’s growth, well-being, and lifelong love of learning.

Our Ethos

Our early years setting is a warm, welcoming, and supportive space where children can learn, explore, and thrive. We are committed to delivering high-quality childcare and early education, tailored to each child’s unique needs.

We believe in:

• Providing a nurturing and inclusive environment where every child feels secure and respected.
• Encouraging independence and creativity through age-appropriate activities that promote curiosity and learning.
• Fostering strong relationships with parents and families to support each child’s overall development.
• Promoting emotional, social, and intellectual growth, ensuring children reach their full potential.

At Tiny Tots Childcare, we are passionate about laying a strong foundation for children’s future, helping them develop the confidence and skills they need to flourish.

Inclusion & Integration

In Tiny Tots, we hold dear the right of every child to access education and to be supported in realising their unique skills, attributes, and individual potential. We believe in the rights of children with additional needs to access quality childcare and preschool education within their community, alongside their siblings and peers.

Through the Access and Inclusion Model (AIM), we can deliver an inclusive pre-school experience for our children with additional needs and diagnosed disabilities. AIM allows us to support these children to meaningfully participate in the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme alongside their peers. Visit https://aim.gov.ie/ for more information.

We also offer an ASD Preschool class, for children who have a diagnosis of Autism. This class is funded by the home tuition grant. Visit https://www.education.ie for more information.

A Child-centred Approach

Tiny Tots adopts a child-centred approach. Using our play-based curriculum, we facilitate play in both our indoor and outdoor environment and the role as educator is structured to facilitate and draw out and extend what children learn through play.

Our Montessori curriculum recognises each child as an individual with a unique personality and ability. The combination of quality care and loving attention in our prepared classrooms, encourages the natural rhythm of learning and development.

Our combined preschool programme will further enrich the children’s lives by providing a multitude of specially designed, developmentally appropriate activities for children within the play-based/Montessori curriculum.

We combine these curriculums with following Aistear and Siolta, to support and guide us in planning for and providing enriching, challenging and enjoyable learning opportunities in our service. These frameworks also provide the guidelines we incorporate to support children’s learning through our partnerships with their families, interactions, play, and assessment.

Aistear: the Early Childhood Curriculum Framework (2009) and Síolta, The National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education (2006)

Learn more about Aistear & Síolta here or visit their website https://www.aistearsiolta.ie/en/

We are delighted to use TeachKloud as our means of communication, keeping you up to date on how your child is throughout the day, and to show what they are doing and learning about through photos. Parents can be part of our curriculum and their child’s learning.