How 1Core made The Little Mud Puddles Learning Center a Success!
My dream of opening a Quality Childcare Center began on June 9, 1986. My vision was for all children to receive the highest quality early education that would prepare them for kindergarten and lay strong foundations for the love of learning in their educational journey. We are proud of igniting the love of learning for 40 years.
Posted on:
May 20, 2025
Darlene Johnston
May 20, 2025
The Little Mud Puddles mission is to provide a safe, clean, loving supportive environment that promotes education, diversity, and learning through play. The Little Mud Puddles Learning Center creates a unique setting where children, ages 2-5, discover their own individualism to set a successful foundation for the next stage in their lives. We value our family’s culture; English is our primary language at our school, but we support the home language in many ways, and we promote keeping their home language strong. We believe that the process of doing an activity is a key component for children to learn. We respect children for their unique, individual qualities while establishing and maintaining a love for learning. We are committed to Quality to include making a strong supportive connection with our families, so that we share a mutual respect and understanding with the wellbeing and development to help their child succeed by combining the strengths of family and school. The Little Mud Puddles is a participant of Alameda County Quality Counts which serves families that speak several languages. Currently, we have over 75 percent of our children who are (Multilingual learners).
In 1985 while our school was being built, I decided to belong to a state organization in California (Professional Association for Childhood Education), where I would meet other childcare professionals and educators which gave me many resources and opportunities to help me run my childcare center more efficiently. It wasn’t until 20 years later when I was introduced to Simon Ho, who was the founder of OnCare, now 1Core solutions that I received the best Center management System which has continued to keep The Little Mud Puddles successful by providing continued services to the growing industry of Early Care for Education.
Darlene Johnston
Director/Founder | The Little Mud Puddles
Darlene Johnston is the President, Founder, and Director of The Little Mud Puddles Learning Center in Fremont, California, with over four decades of experience in early childhood education.
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