About Us

Love What You Do, Do What You Love

Operating for 23 years, The Early Learning Center of Milford (ELCM) is a respected and admired early learning center. We are a State of NH Licensed Plus* facility established in 1996.

* Licensed Plus is a quality rating system that recognizes NH child care programs for efforts to improve the quality of care for young children and rewards programs that strive to improve their practices and staff qualifications. It also allows families to identify programs with higher quality. Levels build from a foundation of minimum standards for licensing to full national accreditation.

The Owners
The Early Learning Center of Milford is owned and operated by Deb & Rich Winslow.
Deb, Director of ELCM, is a State of NH certified teacher who has attained highly qualified teaching status
with the NH State Board of Education and has over 30 years experience as an early childhood educator.
Rich is a State of NH certified School Counselor K-12
who recently retired from school counseling to help facilitate the vision of ELCM.

Deb & Rich Winslow

Excerpts From Our 2018 Parent Survey...

“The teacher’s patience, excitement and pure love for the children and their work show every day!

Our ELCM Vision

Every child will experience success.
Every child will feel they are part of a community.
Every child will have the opportunity to explore a rich of learning environment.
Every child will be able to learn at their own pace in their own way.

Every parent will be encouraged to share in their child’s experiences.
Every parent will have opportunities for communication with teachers.
Every parent will have flexible options for the care of their children.

Every teacher will nurture and encourage the development of the whole child.
Every teacher will be committed to professional growth and development.
Every teacher and staff member will model respectful behavior.

Every classroom will be safe.
Every classroom will be rich in materials.
Every classroom will be a stimulating showcase of the children’s accomplishments.
Every day will be fun and interesting.

Meet our 2019 – 2020 Teaching Teams

Our certified and credentialed teachers provide enriching learning environments and creative activities that allow the children to explore, all in a nurturing, well-supervised environment. At ELCM we believe every child learns differently so we provide a wide array of activities to foster this growth academically and socially. This helps to create a love of learning, and overall success for children of ages.

Early Learner Team
Allison Rheaume
Haley Davis
Laura Murphy
Roann Rubin
Nicole Pack

Preschool Team
Laurie Curless
Linda Erb
Jamie Pixley
Sara Larabee
Jen Hamilton (missing)

Pre-Kindergarten Team
Kiley Doughherty
Emma Wotton
Mary Harrigan
Kaylee Stewart
Hannah Clough

Excerpts From Our 2018 Parent Survey…