Our Team

As a locally owned and operated child care agency we strive every day to uphold our vision of what Home Child Care should be. By creating a culture of kindness, enthusiasm and respect we hope to make a difference, one "Little Lamb" at a time.

Meet Our Office Team

Kristina Schwartz

Founder/Director
email: littlelambshomedc@gmail.com
phone: 613-827-1441 ext 101

Kim Rodger

RECE Home Visitor
email: LLHDC.agency@gmail.com
phone: 613-827-1441 ex 102

Child Care Providers

At Little Lambs our goal is to provide caring, respectful and developmentally appropriate early years programming. By consistently learning and growing ourselves we hope to only better our programs. While each program is individually run by one Provider we like to emphasize that we are a team.

Note: for the safety of our child care providers and the children in their care we now use generalized area "pins."
We no longer post pictures and bios of our educators on this website.

We have many amazing women partnering with our agency across Hastings County. The "blue pins" on the map show the general location of each licensed child care program. Little Lambs has built a strong and positive reputation in large part, due to the incredible hard work of our educators.

Our child care providers receive intensive background checks and are supported through ongoing oversight to ensure the child care they provide meets/exceeds expectations. We foster continued professional learning through agency hosted workshops, online resources, and individualized mentoring.

To become a licensed child care provider they must:

submit up-to-date VSC police checks for themselves and everyone residing at their premises over 18 years old.
submit up-to-date Children's Aid Society checks for themselves and everyone residing at their premises over 18 years old.
complete a home fire inspection with the local fire authority
complete a full home inspection with our staff
hold a valid First Aid/CPR level C certificate
provide up-to-date immunizations for all persons residing at the premises or notarized exemption form.
have a recognised medical professional complete our health assesment form to ensure they are healthy/safe to provide child care services
provide proof of rabbies vaccines for qualifying pets.
complete provider application
review and understand all policies and procedures
sign our service agreement
comit to accepting support and guidance from LLHDC

Child Care Sector Partners

"It takes a Village" is a common phrase in the child care sector. Without the support of community and provincial partners our agency would not be possible.

Children’s Services provides child care and early years services such as: fee subsidy (for qualifying families), wage enhancement, and professional development workshops.
To apply for subsidy call 613-771-9630 or 1-866-414-0300.

Little Lambs works with MBQ to support Off Reserve fee subsidy to parents who qualify. A needs assessment is required to support costs off territory. An appointment can be made with the Program Manager at the centre to fill out assessment forms.
1391 Ridge Road
Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory,
ON K0K 1X0
Phone: 613-967-4401
Fax: 613-967- 3789
daycaremanager@mbq-tmt.org

We are licensed by the Ministry of Education. With their support we ensure quality child care options are available to families in our communities.

Little Lambs works with The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) to support the MNO Child Care Subsidy Program to help Métis families access safe high quality child care.
To learn more or to apply for subsidy visit their website here.

Early Learning and Child Care team elccsupport@metisnation.org

Children’s Services provides child care and early years services such as: fee subsidy, wage enhancement, family resource centres, and, special needs resourcing.

53 St. James St.
Stirling Ontario
(call to schedule an appointment)

Tel/Fax: (613)-827-1441

littlelambshomedc@gmail.com