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An ordinary week at our daycare in Silver Spring

Real days, real rooms, nothing staged. Superhero training included. Want more? The castle walk-through has a second album.

About these photos: every child you see here is a real EduCastle child, shared with written permission from their families. If a family ever wants a photo taken down, one message to the office is all it takes.

Our daycare classrooms In the classrooms

Letters, easels, capes and one very good birthday.

Preschoolers in superhero capes and masks sitting around a yellow table in an EduCastle classroom — Superhero training

Ms. Trina leads preschoolers in writing practice at a red round table in an EduCastle classroom — Writing practice with Ms. Trina

Preschoolers painting cats on small tabletop easels around a yellow table in an EduCastle classroom — The painting studio

An EduCastle teacher gently guides a toddler’s hand as she traces letters on a worksheet — One letter at a time

Preschoolers hopping between paper letter cards spread across a colorful alphabet rug at EduCastle — Alphabet hopscotch

EduCastle teachers with toddlers at a birthday party, under blue balloons and a Happy Birthday banner — A castle birthday

Preschoolers in aprons paint with watercolors around a red table in an EduCastle classroom — Watercolor hour

A teacher leads preschoolers in writing practice with pencils and paper at a round table at EduCastle — Writing practice, round two

Two smiling preschoolers in dresses pose together on the colorful rug of an EduCastle classroom — Dressed for the occasion

Two cheerful preschoolers proudly hold up their character lunchboxes in a bright EduCastle classroom — Lunchbox pride

Outdoor play at EduCastle Out in the courtyard

Trikes, seesaws and serious yard work.

A laughing toddler pedals a green tricycle across the EduCastle playground while another child rides behind — Full speed on the trike

A smiling preschooler stands on the grass with arms stretched wide in the fenced EduCastle play yard — Airplane arms

Two preschoolers relax in child-size lawn chairs on the grass near the EduCastle outdoor play structure — A meeting of two

Two smiling children ride a green spinning seesaw on the grass in the EduCastle outdoor play area — Seesaw diplomacy

A toddler kneels in the grass and closely examines a small clover flower during outdoor time at EduCastle — A flower, thoroughly inspected

A toddler steers a yellow-and-blue ride-on toy car across the lawn at EduCastle while another child watches — Morning traffic on the lawn

A toddler in a blue shirt pushes a toy yard tool across the grass in the EduCastle backyard play area — Yard work, taken seriously

A toddler rides a green wiggle car across rubber play mats in the fenced EduCastle playground — The wiggle-car commute

A laughing toddler driving a ride-on toy car on the grass of the EduCastle playground — The morning commute

Two smiling children relaxing in orange lawn chairs on the EduCastle playground lawn near a play tunnel — Recess diplomacy

EduCastle open house photos The open house

The day we threw the gates open and the treats table did not survive.

The treats table

Four smiling EduCastle teachers in matching white shirts and ID lanyards posing in the front office — The welcome committee

Four EduCastle teachers seen from behind in matching “Creating Knights of Knowledge” open house shirts — Same shirts, same team

Our castle-themed building The castle walls

The building takes the theme seriously: armor on the stairs, torchlight in the corridor, and a resident order of Knowledge Knights.

A life-size knight cutout stands beside a gated staircase with stone-wall murals at EduCastle — The knight on the stairs

EduCastle corridor with stone-wall murals, a painted torch, an arched window and a knight cutout by the door — Torchlight in the corridor

A toddler steps through EduCastle’s painted castle-gate entrance into a stone-themed hallway leading to a classroom — Through the castle gate

“The Knowledge Knights” wall display at EduCastle, with children’s photos tucked into paper storybooks — The Knowledge Knights

EduCastle classroom with an alphabet rug, circle time chart, colorful storage bins and world flags along the ceiling — A classroom with battlements

Classroom glass door at EduCastle with a “Welcome” banner, giant crayon and pencil decorations and children’s artwork — The welcome door

EduCastle Learning Center sign on the brick building, with a sunflower welcome plaque and an open-house snack table below — The castle from outside

Letterboard reading “Welcome to EduCastle’s Open House, Thursday 09.10.2026” — August 10th, gates open

Classroom photos from our Silver Spring center The rooms, ready and waiting

Taken before the children arrived, which is the only time they look like this.

Circle time area at EduCastle: an alphabet rug ringed with colorful cushions, beside a calendar and weather chart — Circle time

Infant room at EduCastle daycare in Silver Spring, MD, with four wooden cribs under moon, star and cloud wall decorations — The infant room

Toddler room at EduCastle with a play kitchen, rainbow storage bins and cubbies below nap-time and emotions boards — The toddler room

Younger preschool room at EduCastle with a yellow kidney-shaped table, small blue chairs and a math center board — The younger preschool room

Preschool and Pre-K classroom at EduCastle with a reading corner, book displays, a writing desk and an easel — Preschool & Pre-K

School-age room at EduCastle with group tables, a chalkboard and a United States map among learning posters — School-age room

Art center at EduCastle with a three-sided easel, art supplies and a color-mixing chart on a polka-dot mat — The art center

Reading wall at EduCastle with a “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader” banner beside positions and verbs posters — The reading wall

Keep walking the castle

Ms. Trina Martin, Preschool Lead Teacher at EduCastle Learning Center

Ms. Sana Ali, Owner and Director of EduCastle Learning Center in Silver Spring

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