Southeast Portland Childcare
Childcare in the serenity of Sellwood
We love the Sellwood community and know that your child will love it too!
Life moves a little slower in Sellwood. Our SE Portland location is tucked between craftsman homes and small shops at the southern edge of the city, giving it a homey, suburban feel.
We’re just a few blocks from Johnson Creek Park to the east and the Portland Puppet Museum to the west, with adventures, discoveries, and new friends on all the blocks in between. We embrace the fact that our small school is part of a global community and encourage the children to experience the world—to wave at our neighbors and get to know the shop owners on 17th Avenue. This sense of place helps foster a feeling of school as a home away from home and deepens their instinct to be curious about people and celebrate what makes each of us unique.
Different environments for distinct stages
Magnolia Room
6-weeks to 1-year-old
The world is so new and amazing to baby. In the first year of life, infants begin to understand who they are and how they relate to the world—whether objects truly disappear when they close their eyes and who those toes belong to. They learn how to roll over, sit up, and communicate. They take their first steps toward becoming themselves.
Your toddler is on the move and ready to pick up the pace. They need space to explore and toys and books that spark their imaginations. They’re eager to play and laugh and want to try new things. They’re also developing self-control and can sit at a table and follow directions. They like to do things “by myself” such as putting on coats and shoes and are exceptionally motivated to be helpers.
Oak Room
1 to 2 years old
Cedar Room
2 to 3 years old
Your child is gaining confidence and their curiosity is growing. They’re able to dig deep into new concepts and retain an incredible number of new facts. Their emotional world is also expanding. At this age, they’re good at cooperation and building community. Their sense of empathy is stronger than ever and they’re able to communicate complex emotions as they learn how to play together and develop friendships.
Willow Room
3 to 5 years old
Your capable preschooler is a creative force now. Their play is more imaginative than ever and they now have the skills to make elaborate and surprising art projects. They’re also able to make connections—between people and ideas—that they weren’t able to see last year. (And that maybe you hadn’t seen them before either!) Your preschooler is fully becoming their own unique self and will soon be ready for the independence and delight of kindergarten.
Drop-off starts at 7:30 AM, M-F.
Pick up available until 5:30 PM, M-F.
Easily accessible location for parents who work in downtown Portland but live in Happy Valley, Clackamas or Oregon City.
8722 SE 17th Ave, Portland OR 97202
Phone: 971-302-6139
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“Our daughter loves it here. Her eyes light up when she sees any of the caregivers, and especially Miss Raghad! If her mood at dropoff and pickup is any indication, then we picked the right place.”
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Wow and Flutterville rests on traditional lands and villages of the Cowlitz, Clackamas, and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and many other tribes who made their homes along the Columbia and Willamette rivers. We recognize that this land was taken from tribes through United States federal policies such as the Land Donation Act and numerous broken treaties. We recognize that the Indigenous Peoples of Oregon have faced disease, forced relocation, forced cultural assimilation in the form of boarding schools and loss of language, discrimination, and tribal termination.
As a childcare community, Wow and Flutterville commits to do our part to make it right and to ground our work in the awareness of place, presence, perspective, power, political nationhood, and partnerships.