About Us
My First Steps Day Care,
My name is Maritza Argueta, provider of My First Steps Daycare. We would like to welcome you! We provide a secure, nurturing and an educational environment for your child. Our mission is to promote your child's development and growth by using planned activities and games. Helping your child achieve all the exciting milestones in his or her early life.
Our philosophy in the education for the children is based on giving them a constructive education with solid fundamentals to help them to be good people in society. We believe that one of the best and the most important stages of a human being is childhood. This is why we focus on providing them a secure, nurturing and an educational environment. Early development is the base of a child's life which is why we want to put our part in today's generation, because we know that when our children learn young their futures are brighter.
As the provider of My First Steps Daycare I will transmit lessons to the kids so that they can develop their basic skills such as physical, social, intellectual an emotional skills. I believe that it is very important to give kids different activities so that they may learn about the various cultures.
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Maritza Barios de Argueta has big dreams. The Guatemala native, who was an elementary school teacher in her home country, took a factory job after arriving in the United States in 1989 with her husband and two small children. Eager to return to the classroom, she earned her associate's degree in early childhood education six years ago and began teaching preschool in a Chicago day care center.
But that was just a start. “All the time I had this in mind, to open my own business,” says Ms. Barios de Argueta, 49. “I love working with kids, and I love teaching.” Three years ago, she opened her own center, My First Steps Daycare, out of her Portage Park house. At first, she cared for one young student. She now cares for 12 children who range in age from 11 months to 7 years.
As neighbors spread the word about her services, the children and her teaching materials began taking over more space. To expand, she needed a dedicated area in her home where she could create teaching nooks and store shelves of books, puzzles and toys...