Busy Bees Heritage Square Child Care Center

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Busy Bees Child Care Center in Heritage Square is set to open in Spring 2025, offering exceptional daycare programs where children are encouraged to explore and learn both inside and outside the classroom. Serving children from 6 weeks to 12 years old, our center is meticulously designed to incorporate the BeeCurious Curriculum, a child-led learning approach that fosters curiosity and creativity.

Our BeeCurious Curriculum spans a broad range of educational areas, including STEM, literacy, and creative arts, tailored to support each child’s developmental stage. This innovative curriculum ensures that every child’s cognitive, social, and physical needs are met, promoting a lifelong love of learning.

At Busy Bees Heritage Square, we provide a nurturing daycare environment that blends

  • 21467 S Ellsworth Rd, Queen Creek, AZ 85142, United States
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  • Open 6:00 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  • Call for Enrollment: 480.405.9585

Center Programs

Infant

Infant (6 Weeks - 18 Months)

Our infant program provides a warm, nurturing environment where caregivers form close bonds with babies, ensuring a secure and trusting relationship. Each infant follows their own schedule, with individualized care routines for feeding, sleeping, and play. Our educators support early development through sensory exploration, attachment-based play, and language-rich interactions, including the introduction of basic American Sign Language (ASL).

Key Focus Areas:

  • Building secure attachments with primary caregivers
  • Encouraging free exploration and movement
  • Facilitating play that supports sensory and cognitive development
  • Respecting each infant’s natural rhythms and routines

Toddler

Toddler (18 Months - 3 Years)

Toddlers are naturally curious, energetic, and eager to explore. Our toddler program fosters independence while encouraging language development and social-emotional growth. Through hands-on activities, play-based learning, and structured routines, toddlers gain foundational skills for future learning.

Key Focus Areas:

  • Supporting independence (self-feeding, dressing, potty training)
  • Expanding language and communication through ASL and verbal expression
  • Encouraging social-emotional growth through cooperative play
  • Sensory experiences, music, and movement to enhance cognitive development
Pre-Schooler

Preschool (3-4 Years)

Preschoolers are eager learners, exploring their world with curiosity and excitement. Our preschool program builds upon their natural interests, incorporating early literacy, math, science, and creative expression into their daily routines. Play-based learning helps children develop problem-solving skills, creativity, and social connections.

Key Focus Areas:

  • Developing early literacy and numeracy skills
  • Encouraging creative expression through art, music, and dramatic play
  • Building independence and confidence in learning
  • Enhancing social and problem-solving skills through group activities

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Center Offerings

Subsidy
Music
Parking
Healthy Meals & Snacks
Qualified Educators
Yoga
Dance & Movement
Military Discount

Our Center Directors can provide more information regarding financial assistance and they can assist you with the process as well.

Our music program offers a researched, systematic approach to nurturing children's social skills and musical development, including singing in tune and rhythmic coordination.

Conveniently nestled amidst ample parking, our center ensures stress-free drop-offs and pickups for our valued families.

All our centers are completely nut-free, and we work with families with children who have other food sensitivities and allergies to ensure their safety and well-being.

Our Educators are passionate about delivering early years education that empowers and inspires children to create their futures.

Our Yoga program enriches our preschool curriculum, fostering young minds and bodies for lifelong mental and physical well-being through fun, themed sessions.

Our dance programs blend solid technique with fun and creative choreography, fostering both technical skill and expressive, individualistic style in our little ones.

We're proud to offer a standard 10% U.S. military discount for families in active duty as our way of saying thank you for your service!

Center Director

Valerie Shippy has dedicated the past 27 years to the child care industry, with a longstanding tenure at the Chandler location of Busy Bee before moving to Heritage Square. She holds a deep passion for making a significant impact on the lives of children and their families, an endeavor she cherishes daily as a director.Valerie's favorite aspect of her role is the opportunity to influence and support the early educational experiences of children, helping to lay a solid foundation for their
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