Mickey Guggenmos, Jennifer and Jessica Barene
– Stone Soup Preschool and Child Care
License No.
426209626
Capacity: 14 children
Ages served:
18 months and up
Hours of Operation: Monday–Friday 7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Location:
Goleta (near Fairview Ave.)
Phone: 
455-7170
Education, Experience, and Certifications
Jennifer holds an AA in Communications, BA from UCSB in Sociology, and a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential. Mickey has an AA in Psychology, along with 19 years experience in early childhood education. Jessica holds an AA in Liberal & Chicano Studies, a BA from UCLA in History & Chicano Studies, and is bilingual. We are certified in first aid & adult, child, infant CPR and are members of the S.B. Family Child Care Association. We have completed many Early Childhood Education courses and have spent countless hours attending workshops, conferences, and classes.
About Our Staff
Stone Soup opened its doors in August 2001. It's a family affair which includes three
generations! Mickey, Jennifer and Jessica remain committed to providing a high quality
program in a positive, enriching, and nurturing environment. We realize the importance of early childhood development. Aside from raising our own children, between the three of us we have many years of experience working with and learning about young ones.
Philosophy
We take a "well-rounded" approach at Stone Soup. We offer an environment which stimulates growth in the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional areas of development. We believe it is important to foster each child's natural curiosity and love for learning by offering a fun, loving, and supportive environment in which to learn and grow. We respect each child as an individual and adapt our teaching to meet their varied ways of learning. We want every child to feel important and successful. We also want each child's culture to be validated as part of the Stone Soup community and do so by celebrating, as well as learning about, each other's cultures.
Program Description
Our program consists of both a toddler and preschool component. Although we do spend meal time and other parts of our day together., at group time we separate so that our centers, project and circle times are age-appropriate. 
The children learn about their world through thematic units in which we incorporate literature, math, cooking, art, music, science, occasional field trips, and of course play! In addition. Jessica teaches Spanish and creative movement once a week. If you'd like to check out our place. Give us a call!
