About Us

Love What You Do, Do What You Love

Operating for more than 20 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
Operating for more than 20 years, The Early Learning Center of Milford (ELCM) is a respected and admired early learning center. We are a State of NH licensed facility established in 1996.

ELCM is owned and operated by two State of NH certified teachers:

Deb Winslow Carol Lydon

In addition to their NH teaching certification, Deb & Carol have both attained highly qualified status with the NH State Board of Education and each have over 30 years of teaching experience.

Excerpts From Our 2017 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 2018 – 2019 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
Mercedes Jones
Roann Rubin
Rebekah Floyd

Preschool Team
Linda Erb
Laurie Curless

Pre-K Team
Emma Dean Wotton
Mary Harrigan
Deb Winslow
Molly Desmond

Kindergarten Team
Carol Lydon
Sara Larabee

Excerpts From Our 2017 Parent Survey…