Mission Statement
At LilyPad Learning Center, we believe in the value and uniqueness of each child we serve. Our childcare experience is designed to promote each child’s own individual social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development.
As caregivers and educators, our mission is to provide a safe and developmentally appropriate learning environment which fosters a child’s natural desire to explore, discover, create, and become a lifelong learner.
For the 15TH year in-a-row, LilyPad Learning Center, has been voted the Best in Story County!
LilyPad Learning Center was voted "Best of Story County" for 2023. We want to take this opportunity to say thank you to our loyal customers. And as always we will continue our strive for excellence in fostering your child's natural desire to explore, discover, create, and become a lifelong learner.
Ames location now open in the research park and accepting children birth-5 years
Iowa State Research Park - 3500 University Boulevard
LilyPad will be CLOSED the following holidays:
New Year's Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Thanksgiving
Friday after Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
Ballard District 4 year old preschool registration
4 yr old preschool registration is up and running for our Ballard Program. This program has limited spots and is filling up quickly. The cost for this program is FREE!! Days and hours of the preschool program are Monday-Thursday 8:30-11:30. If you are needing transportation we also provide that for our 4 year old students. For more information please contact Sara or Jocelyn at 515-597-5437.
SMART Curriculum now used in all preschool classrooms!
We are very excited to announce that will be adding an additional program to our preschool rooms. LilyPad Learning Center will be piloting the S.M.A.R.T. program with in all of our 3 and 4 year old preschool programs. The focus of S.M.A.R.T. is to incorporate movement and academics so that both sides of the brain are working simultaneously. Unfortunately kids are moving less and less through out their days and spending more time in front of digital screens and less time running and jumping. The affects of this are now starting to show up in our academic success. We had the opportunity to tour a program in Dyersville, Ia that has been running the program for 2 years and the results and personal stories were amazing. We will be piloting the program through the summer with full implementation by the start of the 2016 school year.
LilyPad Learning Center was voted "Best of Story County" for 2023. We want to take this opportunity to say thank you to our loyal customers. And as always we will continue our strive for excellence in fostering your child's natural desire to explore, discover, create, and become a lifelong learner. 
