In 2015, Tonya and Bryan, along with their three children, decided to make the move from Kentucky to Lakewood Ranch. Anxious to get involved in their new community and start achieving their dreams, they set out to open Little Geniuses LLC.
Lakewood Ranch preschool specializing in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
Lakewood Ranch preschool specializing in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
Green Family Story
In 2015, Tonya and Bryan, along with their three children, decided to make the move from Kentucky to Lakewood Ranch. Anxious to get involved in their new community and start achieving their dreams, they set out to open Little Geniuses LLC.
STEM activities provide hands-on and minds-on lessons for the student. Making math and science both fun and interesting helps the student to do much more than just learn.
STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering and mathematics
At Little Geniuses, we believe all young people should be prepared to think deeply and to think well so that they have the chance to become the innovators, educators, researchers, and leaders who can solve the most pressing challenges facing our nation and our world, both today and tomorrow.
What separates STEM from the traditional science and math education is the blended learning environment and showing our little geniuses how the scientific method can be applied to everyday life. It teaches computational thinking and focuses on the real world applications of problem solving.
STEM activities provide hands-on and minds-on lessons for the student. Making math and science both fun and interesting helps the student to do much more than just learn.
Challenges, mistakes, and problems are inherent every day in learning activities and social interactions. We use these challenges to help preschoolers develop a framework for approaching problems.
Director | Founder
Qualifications -
First Steps Certification 2007
Florida State mandated training 2015
National Child Development Associate (CDA) Credential 2015
National Director Credential 2015
Tonya Green is a graduate of Cumberland College, with a Bachelor’s of Science in Social Work with a minor focus in Psychology. Tonya started her career assisting adults with physical or intellectual disabilities. Soon after, she began her pursuit of helping children through foster care and adoption within an independent agency in Northern Kentucky. Through this experience she obtained certifications such as First Steps Kentucky early intervention system – a certification specializing in developmentally challenged children from birth to 3 years of age. Since her move to Lakewood Ranch Florida in late 2015, Tonya has been a committed volunteer to B.D. Gullett Elementary assisting with the ESE (exceptional students with Down Syndrome, Autism etc.) preschool classroom.
Our new monument is up! This makes us more visible in the community. Thank you to everyone for continuing to support our family business and being a part of our mission. We love you all!
We love Little Geniuses! ❤️
Interesting article to help explain our current situation. We hope to see this end soon with our Little Geniuses back in full exploration!
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This is why you are still paying for childcare while its closed
How we live and work today is different than how we did it a week ago. So how we manage childcare has changed, too. I’m trying to make sure I talk about your biggest questions – the things that ke...COVID-19 Update:
As of yesterday, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a 'stay at home' order for Florida. Please be aware that we are still OPEN.
Little Geniuses is considered an essential business and will continue to serve our community of workers and families as long as our funding allows. Please note that we are not a publicly, federally, or a franchise funded facility so we are in this together (in every sense of the phrase). Our family is making the best effort to virtually meet each family and assist where possible.
We have a great partnership with the Early Learning Coalition Of Sarasota County. They are aiding in keeping centers like ours as a resource for displaced children or families with essential employees relocating to help fight this virus.
We are continuing our efforts to keep a sanitary facility with our enhanced CDC required cleaning measures and limited contact rules in place.
Lastly and most important, please remain safe and healthy! Essential businesses noted in the executive order are grocery store, gas station, health care facilities, pharmacies, child care centers and more. Please limit your activities to these essential needs and we will all be better after this subsides. If you have concerns related to our hours of operation matching your work schedule, please reach out as we will make every accomodation to meet your individual need.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis issues 'stay at home' order for Florida
Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a sweepingThank you!
As of this week of 3/30, we are still OPEN. We started the week by doing a deep cleaning with our friends and wonderful family of Little Geniuses. They own Crystal Clean Green Cleaning. One way we can continue to keep our little geniuses safe and support another business and family in our community. We added in a couple notes of the solution used to "fog" the center. Thanks to everyone for the continued support! We will all get through this together and be stronger for it. Please visit their page for a deep cleaning of your facility or home.
Little Geniuses is the best!!! Our family misses the Little Geniuses’ team!! Thank you for all that you do for our kids. ❤️
Thank you for going above and beyond to keep everyone healthy, and taking such good care or our "little geniuses"!
Jackson says he misses everyone!
Really appreciate this!! Thank you!
COVID-19 UPDATES - WE ARE STILL OPEN
We have all been learning more about this crisis that is affecting much of the U.S. and of course our family as well. Today we internally discussed how we can continue to keep our doors open amid the current economic climate. We understand the challenges faced with being out of work, lack of food on shelves, mortgage payments looming in the next month, and kids at home during school closings. We are in the community shopping at the same stores for supplies and sharing in the same scary stories of understanding what happens next. We feel that Little Geniuses needs to remain an integral part of our community and our families we service. We are already receiving calls from the Early Learning Coalition of displaced children due to closures so we are open and on standby for our local healthcare staff and others remaining in the workforce. We are in this together and will do what we can. We are continuing our mandated cleaning procedures required by the Department of Health to ensure your little ones are safe.
Due to the numerous messages sent of the economic hardships paired with the pleas to stay open from our wonderful families, we have decided to implement the following on March 30th.
1. We are changing our hours of operation from 8AM to 6PM EST. If you need special accommodations, please reach out to Katelyn at [email protected] as soon as possible.
2. Due to limited staff, please call ahead of arrival if you anticipate an early pickup as we need time to sanitize and bring your child to the lobby.
Thanks,
Little Geniuses Management
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Childcare remains critical as parents navigate through COVID-19 shutdowns
Despite shutdowns and ordered shut-ins, essential businesses are still operating across most of South Florida.Little Geniuses Info
We would like to welcome you to our center and invite you to become better acquainted with the world of STEM and our development philosophy. We can’t wait to meet your Little Genius!
Our Contact Phone
(941) 200-1213
Our Office Location
7041 Professional Parkway E
Lakewood Ranch, FL 34240
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