About Me

My name is Karen Lebens. I am the owner/childcare provider at Karen's Colorful Childcare. I received my child development associates degree in 2011 from the council for early childhood professionals. I have been working as a childcare provider since 1996. My favorite part about being a childcare provider is loving to see the children grow physically and through our educational program.

My husband and I have one child and are grandparents. In our spare time, we enjoy going to Canterbury and Elko Speedway to watch the races. My husband has been a part of the team since 1999. He recently decided to take another journey and start working outside of our childcare. Our team was formally known as Karen and John's Daycare.

Education

I take between 50-100 hours of training each year in various areas of early childhood. Some educational courses I have taken include:

• Authentic Child Observation and Assessment

• Child Development

• Creative Curriculum

• Development Disabilities/ Special need/ Behavior challenges

• Minnesota early childhood indicators of progress

• Nutrition/ Food Program

• Obesity prevention / physical activity

• Physical Development

• Social/ emotional, language, literacy and mathematical thinking

• And much more...

Memberships

I am a member of the Scott County Family Child Care Association. I also volunteer as the membership coordinator.
This keeps me busy, but I enjoy doing it and getting to know other providers. My other memberships include:

• Center for Professional Development

• Minnesota Licensed Family Childcare Association

• Providers Choice (USDA Food Program Sponsor)

• National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)

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