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Notes

Notes from the studio

Written by the people in the rooms, mostly about the parts of early years that are hard to explain on a tour.

A provocation laid out before arrival: pinecones, shells, magnifying glasses, small mirrors and a sketchbook on a low wooden table

Approach · May 14, 2026 · 6 min readWhat a provocation actually is (and what it is not)Reggio-inspired schools talk constantly about provocations. Here is what one looks like on a Tuesday morning in the Twos room, and why the word is doing real work rather than decorating a craft table.Rosa Iglesias

Safety · 7 min readHow we practise safe sleep, in plain languageAlone, on the back, in a crib, every time. What safe sleep means in practice in our infant room, what we do about the fifteen-minute checks, and the one thing that can change any of it.Marisol Vega · April 2, 2026
Outdoors · 5 min readOutside in the rain: our all-weather policy, and what it costs you in laundryPortland has around 150 rainy days a year. Treating them as indoor days would mean children barely went outside between October and May. Here is what we actually do, and where the line is.Ellie Hartmann · February 19, 2026
Approach · 6 min readHow to read the documentation on your child’s wallThe panels by the door are not a display. They are the school’s thinking made visible, and there is a way to read them that gets you far more than "lovely, is that a bird".Dr. Anita Raval · January 8, 2026

Come and see the light in the rooms

Tours run Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30am, deliberately while the rooms are full and working. Bring your child if you like. Allow an hour.

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MeadowEarly Learning

A Reggio Emilia-inspired centre in Southeast Portland for children from six weeks to five years. Five rooms, an outdoor classroom, a kitchen, and a great deal of daylight.

(503) 555-0142
[email protected]
1412 SE Larkwood Street
Portland, OR 97214

Licence, hours and ratios

Not brand — never recoloured

Licensing authority: Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care, Office of Child Care
Licence type: Certified Child Care Center
Licence number: CC-000000 (placeholder)
Licensed capacity: 62 children across five rooms
Accreditation: NAEYC accreditation — placeholder status shown for demonstration

Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 7:30am – 5:30pm
Closures: Closed weekends, federal holidays, and for five professional-development days a year (published each August).
Tours: Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30am, by appointment
Subsidies accepted: Oregon ERDC · Multnomah County Preschool for All

Staff-to-child ratios and maximum group sizes, held continuously through the day
Room	Ages	Meadow ratio	Group size	Oregon maximum
Infants	6 wks – 12 mo	1 : 3	6	1 to 4 · group 8
Toddlers	12 – 24 mo	1 : 3	6	1 to 4 · group 8
Twos	2 – 3 yrs	1 : 4	8	1 to 5 · group 10
Preschool	3 – 4 yrs	1 : 7	14	1 to 10 · group 20
Pre-K	4 – 5 yrs	1 : 8	16	1 to 10 · group 20

Ratio is counted per room and is not averaged across the day. Oregon maximums are set by the Office of Child Care for certified centers and are revised from time to time — check the current rule with the state rather than relying on any centre's website, including this one.

Allergies and medication. Every child with a diagnosed allergy or chronic condition has a written care plan signed by their physician before their first day. Epinephrine is stored unlocked and at room temperature in the child's own room. All medication requires written authorisation and the original labelled container, and every dose is logged. Nothing is given on a verbal instruction.Full policy
Authorised pickup. Only adults named on your written, signed pickup list may collect your child. We ask for photo identification from anyone we do not know by sight, every time. Changes are made in writing, and a phoned change is confirmed by calling you back on the number in your file before it takes effect.Full policy
Safe sleep. Infants sleep alone, on their back, in their own crib, on a firm flat mattress with a fitted sheet and nothing else in the crib. Checks are logged every fifteen minutes.Full policy

Demonstration site. Meadow Early Learning is a fictional centre built to demonstrate this website template. The licence number, capacity and accreditation status shown are placeholders and describe no real facility. Nothing here should be relied on when choosing care for a child.

© 2026 Meadow Early Learning. A demonstration website.