Frequently Asked Questions
About Precious Angels Learning Center in Sioux Falls, SD
Precious Angels Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, providing early childhood care and education from infancy through Pre-K. Located at 4109 S. Southeastern Ave. in southeast Sioux Falls, Precious Angels offers infant care, toddler care, early preschool, preschool, and Pre-K / Owl Academy programs in a safe, nurturing, educational environment.
Choosing child care is a big decision. Families want a place where their child will be safe, loved, encouraged, and excited to come each day — and where parents can feel confident leaving them. At Precious Angels, our goal is to be an extension of your family while helping children learn, build relationships, gain independence, and develop the social and emotional skills they need for the future.
Use the questions below to learn more about our Sioux Falls child care programs, curriculum, daily routines, parent communication, safety, enrollment, availability, and tours.
Precious Angels Learning Center at a Glance
Location:
4109 S. Southeastern Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57103
Ages:
Infant care beginning at 6 weeks through Pre-K / Owl Academy
Programs:
Infant Care, Toddler Care, Early `, Preschool, PK3, PK4 and PK5
Hours:
Monday-Friday, 6:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Frog Street, Second Step, DIG: Discover, Inspire, Grow, and Project WILD, depending on age and program
Curriculum:
Parent Communication:
Daily Connect app, phone, email, and conversations at drop-off and pickup
Approximately 11,000 square feet with spacious classrooms, a commercial kitchen, teacher workspaces, outdoor play areas, and indoor active-play space
Facility:
Breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack for children eating solid foods, according to classroom meal schedules
Meals:
About Precious Angels Learning Center
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Precious Angels Learning Center is a licensed child care and early learning center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, serving families with infant, toddler, preschool and Pre-K care.
A high quality child care center is so much more than finding someone to babysit your child. At Precious Angels Learning Center, we provide a welcoming, supportive environment where children, families, and staff feel valued and at ease. We take pride in providing a nurturing environment with engaging early education that empowers children to gain independence, confidence, and social-emotional intelligence.
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Precious Angels Learning Center is located at 4109 S. Southeastern Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57103, near the corner of 49th Street and Southeastern Avenue in southeast Sioux Falls.
Our location serves Sioux Falls families looking for infant care, toddler care, preschool and Pre-K education in a nurturing, team-focused environment.
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Precious Angels Learning Center is open Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Families are encouraged to contact our team to discuss their specific child care needs and current classroom availability.
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Precious Angels combines loving relationships, intentional education, safety and cleanliness, family partnership, teamwork, and opportunities for children to develop independence and social-emotional skills.
We want Precious Angels to feel like an extension of your home. Our core values center on putting children first, creating a safe and clean environment, working as a team, supporting families, and providing meaningful education while giving children plenty of opportunities to enjoy being children and having fun!
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Precious Angels has an approximately 11,000-square-foot child care facility in Sioux Falls designed to give children room to learn, play, explore and grow.
The center includes spacious classrooms for each age group, a commercial kitchen, teacher workspaces, office space, multiple outdoor play areas, and indoor space for active play when South Dakota weather makes outdoor play difficult.
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Families choose Precious Angels for a combination of nurturing care, safety, education, communication, social-emotional development, and a strong sense of family.
Our goal is for parents to feel confident about where their children spend the day and for children to feel safe, known, encouraged and excited to learn.
Infant through Pre-K programming in one early learning community - no mid day drop offs for preschool.
Age-appropriate curriculum and hands-on learning
Intentional social-emotional development
Daily family communication
Indoor and outdoor opportunities for active play
A strong emphasis on safety and cleanliness
Kindergarten-readiness experiences that support the whole child
Programs & Ages
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Precious Angels provides child care and early childhood education beginning at 6 weeks of age through its Pre-K program.
Children progress through classrooms designed around their age, developmental stage, growing independence, and educational needs.
Infant Care
Toddler Care
Early Preschool
Preschool / PK3
Pre-K / PK4 and PK5
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Precious Angels offers infant care, toddler care, early preschool, preschool, and Pre-K programming for Sioux Falls families.
Each stage is designed to build on the one before it so children can continue developing language, movement, social-emotional skills, independence, problem-solving, early academics, and confidence as learners.
Infant & Toddler Care
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Yes. Precious Angels offers infant child care in Sioux Falls beginning at 6 weeks of age.
Our youngest infants begin in the Caterpillar Room, where teachers focus on responsive care, trust, comfort, feeding, sleep, developmental milestones, and individual attention. As babies grow, they transition into the Butterfly Room and begin participating in small-group developmental experiences such as art, sensory play, fine-motor activities, gross-motor development, and outdoor experiences when weather permits.
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Precious Angels works closely with families to support each young infant's individual feeding, sleeping, and developmental needs whenever possible.
As children grow and prepare for older classrooms, teachers gradually help them adjust to more structured meals, nap, and daily schedules. Communication between families and teachers is especially important during these transitions.
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Yes. Precious Angels offers toddler child care designed to help children build communication, independence, friendships, motor skills, and confidence while continuing to receive nurturing care and consistency.
Toddlers participate in developmentally appropriate experiences involving language and vocabulary, art, sensory exploration, fine- and gross-motor development, music and movement, social-emotional development, early problem-solving, self-help skills, and friendship building.
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Yes. Precious Angels works with children and families on potty training as children reach the appropriate developmental stage.
Children do not need to be fully potty trained to enter the preschool program. Teachers encourage independence and consistency while recognizing that every child develops at a different pace. Communication between parents and teachers is an important part of the process.
Preschool, Pre-K & Kindergarten Readiness
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Yes. Precious Angels offers preschool in Sioux Falls with purposeful learning balanced with play, exploration, movement, creativity, relationships, and hands-on experiences.
Preschool learning supports literacy, language and vocabulary, writing, early math, science and STEAM, art, sensory learning, fine- and gross-motor development, problem-solving, social and emotional development, manners, respect, and independence.
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PK3 is Precious Angels' preschool experience for children moving into a more intentional early-learning stage before Pre-K.
Children continue learning through developmentally appropriate routines, teacher-guided experiences, hands-on exploration, play, language, early academics, social-emotional learning, and growing independence.
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Precious Angels' PK4 and PK5 experiences are designed to prepare older preschool children for kindergarten and the routines of elementary school.
Children participate in intentional learning involving literacy, math, science, social studies, writing, creative exploration, and social-emotional development. They also practice routines, group learning, independence, communication, and classroom expectations.
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Precious Angels prepares children for kindergarten through a combination of academic learning, social-emotional development, independence, communication, routines, problem-solving, and confidence.
Kindergarten readiness is about much more than knowing letters and numbers. Our goal is to help children enter school ready to learn, participate, communicate, build relationships, manage age-appropriate challenges, and feel confident in what they can do.
Follow classroom routines
Communicate their needs
Interact with other children
Work through emotions
Listen and participate in a group
Solve age-appropriate problems
Build friendships
Develop independence
Explore, ask questions, and stay curious
Feel confident as learners
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Yes. Precious Angels celebrates PK5 children with a spring Pre-K graduation ceremony, including caps and gowns and a diploma.
It is an opportunity for children, families, and teachers to celebrate what students have accomplished before they head to kindergarten.
Curriculum, Learning & Development
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Precious Angels uses age-appropriate curriculum resources including Frog Street, Second Step, DIG: Discover, Inspire, Grow, and Project WILD, depending on the child's classroom and time of year.
Our curriculum grows with children's developmental stages and is complemented by teacher-created learning experiences that help concepts come to life through play, movement, conversation, exploration, creativity, and hands-on learning.
Infants and toddlers: Frog Street
PK3, PK4 and PK5: Frog Street plus Second Step for social-emotional learning
PK5: DIG: Discover, Inspire, Grow as part of the Frog Street curriculum
Summer PK4 and PK5: Project WILD nature-based learning
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Learning at Precious Angels includes both play-based and structured experiences.
Young children learn through play, relationships, exploration, repetition, movement, conversation, and hands-on experiences. As children grow, teachers gradually introduce more structure and intentional educational experiences to help prepare them for school.
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Social-emotional development is an important part of the Precious Angels experience and is intentionally supported throughout the day.
Teachers help children learn to recognize and communicate emotions, build relationships, develop confidence, practice self-regulation, share and cooperate, work through conflict, build friendships, develop empathy, and become increasingly independent. PK3, PK4 and PK5 classrooms also use Second Step to support intentional social-emotional learning.
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Precious Angels recognizes that every child develops at their own pace.
Teachers observe children's growth and provide opportunities appropriate to individual needs and developmental stages. When a child needs additional support or a different approach, the team works intentionally with the child and communicates with the family. The goal is to support progress rather than compare children to one another.
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No. Precious Angels supports the whole child, combining early academics with social-emotional development, relationships, independence, creativity, movement, play, communication, and problem-solving.
Our goal is not simply to teach children information. We want children to develop a genuine excitement for learning and skills they can carry into kindergarten, school, relationships, and life.
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A child's day at Precious Angels varies by age and classroom, but typically includes a combination of learning, play, relationships, movement, meals, rest, and age-appropriate routines.
Children may participate in teacher-guided learning, small-group experiences, learning centers, art, sensory exploration, music and movement, outdoor play, stories, social-emotional learning, meals and snacks, rest, and child-led play.
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Yes. Precious Angels provides meals and snacks throughout the day for children who are eating solid foods.
Children are provided breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack according to classroom meal schedules. Menus are available to families through the parent communication system and/or within the classroom.
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Families should communicate all food allergies and dietary needs with the Precious Angels team before enrollment and whenever a child's needs change.
A food-allergy plan is required for allergies, including information from the child's physician and any necessary accommodations. If a child cannot eat a menu item because of an allergy, dietary restriction, or family preference, staff will make accommodations when possible, but may require the family to provide an alternate meal.
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Yes. Outdoor play is an important part of children's physical development, exploration, movement, and overall well-being at Precious Angels.
Children have outdoor experiences in the morning and afternoon when weather conditions allow. Because South Dakota weather does not always cooperate, Precious Angels also has indoor active-play space for movement when outdoor play is not appropriate.
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Yes. Nap and rest routines at Precious Angels vary according to children's ages and classrooms.
Young infants follow individualized sleep patterns, while older infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and Pre-K children gradually transition into more predictable nap/ rest periods. Teachers communicate nap information with families through the parent communication system.
Daily Life at Precious Angels
Parent Communication
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Precious Angels uses the Daily Connect app as its primary parent communication tool and also encourages direct communication between families and staff.
Depending on a child's age and classroom, families receive information about meals, bottles, naps, bathroom activity, and other important parts of the child's day. Every family can expect daily photos through Daily Connect.
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Yes. Families can communicate with Precious Angels staff by messaging through the Daily Connect app, by phone, by email, and through conversations with teachers during drop-off and pickup.
We believe child care works best when families and teachers communicate openly and work together.
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Precious Angels views family relationships as an essential part of quality child care.
Teachers and administrators work to keep communication open, understand children's routines and needs, support developmental transitions, and help families feel informed about their child's experience.
Safety, Cleanliness & Staffing
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Safety and cleanliness are core priorities at Precious Angels Learning Center.
We want families to have confidence that the environment where their children spend the day is cared for intentionally and that children's safety, health, and well-being remain a priority.
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Precious Angels meets or exceeds South Dakota's required child-to-staff ratios based on children's ages and classroom requirements.
We recognize that ratios are not simply about compliance. Appropriate staffing supports the attention, supervision, interaction, and relationships young children need. Families can ask about the current ratio for their child's specific classroom during a tour.
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Yes. Precious Angels Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Families with questions about licensing, classroom requirements, or their child's specific program are encouraged to speak with the Precious Angels team.
Tuition, Availability & Enrollment
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Tuition at Precious Angels varies based on a child's age and enrollment status.
Because tuition and availability can change, families should contact Precious Angels directly for current tuition information. Our team can explain the program options available for your child and answer enrollment questions. We offer full time and part time enrollment options.
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Availability varies by classroom and age group throughout the year.
Infant and other high-demand child care openings can fill quickly, so families are encouraged to contact Precious Angels as early as possible, especially when they know they will need care several months in the future. Our team can provide current availability and information about anticipated openings.
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Families who know they will need infant child care are encouraged to begin their search as early as possible because infant openings can fill quickly.
Contacting Precious Angels early gives our team an opportunity to discuss your expected start date, current availability, anticipated openings, and the enrollment process.
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A great first step is to schedule a tour of Precious Angels Learning Center.
During the process, our team will learn about your family and child care needs, answer questions, show you the center, and discuss availability. If Precious Angels feels like the right fit, we will walk you through the next steps. Much of the enrollment process can be completed online.
Tours & Next Steps
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Absolutely. Precious Angels encourages families to tour the center before making an enrollment decision.
During your tour, you can see classrooms, learn about programs, meet members of the team, ask questions, and experience the Precious Angels environment firsthand.
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A tour is an opportunity to learn whether Precious Angels is the right fit for your child and family.
Our team will learn about your child care needs, show you the center and classrooms, explain age-appropriate programs and routines, answer your questions, and discuss availability and next steps.
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Parents should look for a child care environment where they feel confident in the relationships, safety, communication, learning approach, routines, and overall experience their child will have each day.
A tour can help families understand how teachers interact with children, how classrooms are organized, how learning and play are balanced, how communication works, and whether the center feels like the right fit for their family. The right child care center should feel comfortable and leave you feeling confident your child will be loved and cared for.
Finding the right child care center is an important decision, and the Precious Angels team is here to make the process easier. Come see the classrooms, meet our team, ask your questions, and experience Precious Angels Learning Center in Sioux Falls.
SCHEDULE A TOUR
Precious Angels Learning Center
4109 S. Southeastern Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57103
Phone: 605-339-1083
Email: info@preciousangelslc.com
Hours: Monday-Friday, 6:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.