Small Hands Big Dreams Learning Centers
Bainbridge Child Care Center, 8505 Tanglewood Square, Chagrin Falls, OH 44023
About
Small Hands Big Dreams Learning Centers includes nature exploration with time outdoors for nature lessons, art, and music. Children use an indoor motor skills room for physical activities and have outdoor play with access to scooters.
• Ages: 0–12 years old
• Schedule: 6:30 AM–6:00 PM, Monday–Friday
Lead teachers at Small Hands Big Dreams Learning Centers have higher learning degrees and certifications. The program uses an indoor motor skills room, child-safe, age-appropriate playgrounds with large play structures, and a Zono sanitizing cabinet that uses ozone and water to sanitize items. Families can view live-stream video of children’s days through PB&J cameras with secure access, available in 5-minute intervals at the Bainbridge location. The center provides diapers, wipes, formula, sunscreen, pureed baby food, breakfast, lunch, and snacks, and offers hot, healthy meals with fresh produce and whole grains, with vegetarian options available upon request. The program offers all-inclusive childcare with flexible scheduling for days and pickup/dropoff times, and all-inclusive childcare provides diapers, food, formula, and sunscreen at the Bainbridge location.
Small Hands Big Dreams Learning Centers is locally owned and operated as a family business. Owners Jennifer Sprafka and Brian Sprafka co-founded the program, and Jennifer Sprafka developed the Collaborative Curriculum©, a play-based approach that explores different themes and projects. The owners take a hands-on approach and stay open and available to calls, questions, and concerns. The program offers specialized art and music as an introduction to culture, including classical music and teaching about famous artists and museums. Transportation is provided for before and after school at Kenston Schools, and transportation to and from Kenston Schools is available. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Small Hands Big Dreams Learning Centers states the mission: “Strengthening the future by giving your child the best start today. Building strong relationships fueled by empathy and respect creates the best early learning environment for your child–because learning is more than just ABCs and 123s.” The program has offered “Exceptional Early Childhood Education Since 2001,” and owner Jennifer Sprafka has early childhood education experience since 1992. The program holds a Gold Step Up To Quality Rating in Ohio’s Step Up To Quality program, which is the state’s highest recognition for early childhood programs, and is a proud recipient of the 2025 Business Rate Award for Excellence in Childcare, along with two additional prestigious awards.
Parent testimonials describe the program as a place that has “helped develop [children] educationally and socially” with “the perfect balance of play and learning activities,” and note “incredible care and pride in the work they do for our family.” Another parent mentions “great management, flexible, caring teachers, smiling staff, reasonably priced, close to home, small enough to make everyone feel special, big enough to know what they’re doing.”
Last updated July 3, 2026.
• Ages: 0–12 years old
• Schedule: 6:30 AM–6:00 PM, Monday–Friday
Lead teachers at Small Hands Big Dreams Learning Centers have higher learning degrees and certifications. The program uses an indoor motor skills room, child-safe, age-appropriate playgrounds with large play structures, and a Zono sanitizing cabinet that uses ozone and water to sanitize items. Families can view live-stream video of children’s days through PB&J cameras with secure access, available in 5-minute intervals at the Bainbridge location. The center provides diapers, wipes, formula, sunscreen, pureed baby food, breakfast, lunch, and snacks, and offers hot, healthy meals with fresh produce and whole grains, with vegetarian options available upon request. The program offers all-inclusive childcare with flexible scheduling for days and pickup/dropoff times, and all-inclusive childcare provides diapers, food, formula, and sunscreen at the Bainbridge location.
Small Hands Big Dreams Learning Centers is locally owned and operated as a family business. Owners Jennifer Sprafka and Brian Sprafka co-founded the program, and Jennifer Sprafka developed the Collaborative Curriculum©, a play-based approach that explores different themes and projects. The owners take a hands-on approach and stay open and available to calls, questions, and concerns. The program offers specialized art and music as an introduction to culture, including classical music and teaching about famous artists and museums. Transportation is provided for before and after school at Kenston Schools, and transportation to and from Kenston Schools is available. This institution is an equal opportunity provider.
Small Hands Big Dreams Learning Centers states the mission: “Strengthening the future by giving your child the best start today. Building strong relationships fueled by empathy and respect creates the best early learning environment for your child–because learning is more than just ABCs and 123s.” The program has offered “Exceptional Early Childhood Education Since 2001,” and owner Jennifer Sprafka has early childhood education experience since 1992. The program holds a Gold Step Up To Quality Rating in Ohio’s Step Up To Quality program, which is the state’s highest recognition for early childhood programs, and is a proud recipient of the 2025 Business Rate Award for Excellence in Childcare, along with two additional prestigious awards.
Parent testimonials describe the program as a place that has “helped develop [children] educationally and socially” with “the perfect balance of play and learning activities,” and note “incredible care and pride in the work they do for our family.” Another parent mentions “great management, flexible, caring teachers, smiling staff, reasonably priced, close to home, small enough to make everyone feel special, big enough to know what they’re doing.”
Last updated July 3, 2026.
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