Ranked #1 overall across all 11 quality dimensions among every licensed childcare center in Arcanum. This is the highest recognition we award in the city.
Best for Safety
Earned the highest safety score in Arcanum. Our safety dimension weighs inspection history, deficiency records, and parent-reported safety culture across reviews.
Most Compassionate
Earned the highest compassion score in Arcanum. This dimension captures how families describe staff empathy, how concerns are handled, and the emotional environment of the center.
Best Infant Care
Earned the highest infant care score in Arcanum. This dimension focuses on caregiver ratios, responsiveness, feeding and sleep routines, and parent feedback specific to infant rooms.
Best K-Ready
Earned the highest kindergarten-readiness score in Arcanum. This dimension reflects pre-literacy, pre-math, and school-readiness preparation reported by parents and visible in the curriculum.
Best Management
Earned the highest management score in Arcanum. This dimension reflects director responsiveness, communication, operational consistency, and the overall tone families experience from leadership.
Full Ranking Detail
childcare
Little University-Faith Campus, located at 101 E South Street in Arcanum, is a SUTQ Bronze-rated childcare center serving infants through 4th grade in a home-like environment. Part of the Little University multi-campus network since 2018, the center emphasizes balanced development through hands-on activities including dramatic play, blocks, creative learning, and outdoor engagement with yoga, dance, and calisthenics. Director Kathleen Pearson leads operations under Ohio license #2210024346 with capacity for multiple age groups. The center lacks public parent reviews, so prospective families cannot independently verify parent experience beyond the curriculum and programming outlined.
Safety6.0
Curriculum6.0
Art / Music6.0
Infant care6.0
Kindergarten readiness6.0
Teacher quality6.0
Compassion6.0
Management5.0
Culture5.0
Extracurriculars6.0
Programs & curriculum
Curriculum & approach: Balanced educational approach focusing on hands-on activities. Children participate in dramatic play, blocks, Legos, books, puzzles, and creative learning experiences.
Programs & activities: Outdoor play, yoga, calisthenics, dance, tumbling, experiments with plants/animals/body, counting, shape recognition, creative activities with playdoh, crayons, and paint.
What sets it apart: Home-like environment treating each child as one of their own. Serves infants through 4th grade. Director: Kathleen Pearson. License #2210024346.
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Best for Safety
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Most Compassionate
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest compassion score in Arcanum. This dimension captures how families describe staff empathy, how concerns are handled, and the emotional environment of the center.</span>
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Best Infant Care
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest infant care score in Arcanum. This dimension focuses on caregiver ratios, responsiveness, feeding and sleep routines, and parent feedback specific to infant rooms.</span>
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Best K-Ready
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest kindergarten-readiness score in Arcanum. This dimension reflects pre-literacy, pre-math, and school-readiness preparation reported by parents and visible in the curriculum.</span>
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Best Management
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<strong style="display:block;font-size:15px;color:#1A1A18;margin-bottom:5px;">Best Management</strong>
<span style="font-size:13px;color:#4A4A46;line-height:1.5;">Earned the highest management score in Arcanum. This dimension reflects director responsiveness, communication, operational consistency, and the overall tone families experience from leadership.</span>
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