Sunny Day Care Staff
We are blessed with a wonderful, loving staff whose average time working with with Sunny Day Care & Montessori is now over ten years. And, it is also a major reason why over a hundred families have entrusted their children to Sunny Day Care & Montessori from their early, infant years through our Montessori program. Families of one, two, three and even four children have been with Sunny Day Care & Montessori from the oldest being born until the youngest goes off to first grade. Families are what we are all about!
Sue Casey
Owner/Director
Before founding Sunny Day Care & Montessori with a friend in 1992, Sue worked as a System's Analyst for Ford Motor Credit Co. for ten years until she had her second child. Sue took training from the Michigan Montessori Teacher Education Center and became a certified Early Childhood Montessori teacher. Sue has two grown children, Joe and Megan, who started out as toddlers and worked with the children on and off through the years before getting married and starting families of their own. And her husband, Mr. Mike, helps out with all the maintenance and enjoys livening up the kids when the teachers aren't looking. Now running the business on her own, Miss Sue often sneaks out of the office and can be found playing with her granddaughter!!
Infant Room and One Year Old Room Teachers
From six weeks through strong walking, the infant room and the 1's Room have a 3:1 ratio. The "best mom besides mom" philosophy helps our new moms go off to work knowing their baby will be loved all day long (but many still leave in tears the first few days). Most of our infant and 1's teachers are moms and treat each baby exactly how they would have wanted their own baby taken care of. Lots of love to go around.
Infant Room
Miss Laura
Miss Laura joined the Sunny Day Care & Montessori
staff in the summer of 2013. She came with a lot of experience from another Center. She joined Miss Emily in the one year room and they have been there ever since. Her son, Sammy, started out in our preschool then and is now in our neighborhood elementary school.
One Year Room
Miss Gina
Miss Gina joined the two year room Fall 2013. She enjoys the babies too, so moved over to the infant room with Miss Suzie. Gina's daughter, Amber, has helped out our summer program and loves playing with the all the kids.
Two Year Old Room Teachers
Our Toddler Room is the bridge between babies and preschoolers. The toddlers begin their days with circle time which can be music, calendar, action songs, animal sounds, ABCs, shapes or colors. The main focus of the day is "potty training". With a tiny toilet, the toddlers are able to get on and off by themselves. The goal is to send them off to preschool toilet-trained and up to speed on colors, shapes and calendar.
Miss Laura
Miss Laura has been with Sunny Day Care & Montessori
Care since 2005 and is back running our toddler room after spending some time in preschool. She is a graduate of the University of Mississippi, and married Roger Wobig (former high school classmate!) in 2010.
Miss Sherry
Miss Sherry joined Sunny Day Care & Montessori after New Years of 2015. On non-schools days, she brings in her daughter, Brie, who the children adore. Miss Sherry had a beautiful Fall wedding in 2019 and is now married to Mike.
Miss Keri
Miss Keri hired in the spring of 2018. She brought her 3 year old daughter, Ella, with her and has the added benefit of working while spending time with her daughter. Miss Keri also has an older son, Porter, who joins us from time to time.
Preschool Teachers
The children in our Montessori Preschool rooms range from 2 1/2 years through 6 years. Our goals are to develop a positive attitude, self-confidence and independence, while fostering curiosity, initiative, persistence, security and sense of order. By working with the senses, we are helping develop sensory-motor skills, ability to discriminate and judge, yet encouraging social development and creative intelligence and imagination. We want the children to have fun while learning in a setting of basic ground rules.
Miss Jenny
Miss Jenny has been a part of the Sunny Day Care & Montessori
family since 2000. She was just 16 when she started working the 3 - 6pm shift after school. Jenny completed Montessori training and graduated from the Michigan Montessori Teacher Education Center in 2007. She is now a Lead Teacher and loves having her own classroom. Miss Jenny enjoys helping the children to learn while having fun at the same time! Miss Jenny has two daughters, Zoey & Taylor, who spent their early childhood with us and are now in elementary school.
Miss Usha
Miss Usha has been with Sunny Day Care & Montessori since we moved to this building in 1999. She began as a Montessori Aide, then completed Montessori training and graduated from the Michigan Montessori Teacher Education Center in 2007. She has the knack to make everything a child does into a lesson! Miss Usha grew up in England and has raised three daughters (Bhavisha, Gemini and Sapna) here in the U.S. Miss Usha enjoys going back to England and to visit her daughters who live all over the country (even Alaska)!!
Miss Omea
Before joining the Sunny Day Care & Montessori team in 2000, Miss Omea attended Ross Medical School where she received her certificate for Medical Insurance Billing. She has worked with the toddlers and is currently a Montessori Aide to Miss Jenny. Miss Omea enjoys being a mom to her daughter, Ariana, and making no-stitch blankets in her spare time.
Miss Zofia
Miss Zofia has been with Sunny Day Care & Montessori since 1996. She cared for the infants and toddlers at the former building site before we added the Montessori Preschool. Zofia has been a Montessori Aide for several years now and has been assisting Miss Usha since 2007. In addition to being co-workers, they are also very good friends! Miss Zofia is married with two grown boys. In her free time, she loves to cook and bake.
Sunny Day Care & Montessori
Phone: (248) 476-1414 | Email: info@sunnydaycare.com | Address: 33200 Slocum Rd. Farmington, MI 48336