Our Nurturing Educators
At Little Prairie Learning Center, we want your child to feel nurtured and appreciated. One of the best ways we know to do that is to make sure our educators feel the same way. We provide ample opportunity for skill development and career guidance. By reaching their fullest potential, our educators are empowered to provide a high-quality early education experience for every child in our schools.
Our Nurturing Educators
At Little Prairie Learning Center, we want your child to feel nurtured and appreciated. One of the best ways we know to do that is to make sure our educators feel the same way. We provide ample opportunity for skill development and career guidance. By reaching their fullest potential, our educators are empowered to provide a high-quality early education experience for every child in our schools.
Administration
Lindsay Miller
Owner/Director
Lindsay is owner and founder of the Little Prairie Learning Center. With a bachelors degree in Organizational Management from Bluffton University, Lindsay quickly realized the need for childcare in the Waynesfield area and filled that need! She is happily married with 5 kids at home that keep her on her toes!
Olivia Abner
Daycare Administrator
Olivia was a former toddler teacher with Little Prairie and is excited to be back as an administrative assistant. She attended the University of Cincinnati where she received her Associates of Arts and a major in Pre-Athletic Administration.
Megan Barden
Preschool Administrator
Megan has been working in childcare since 2019. She began her journey with school agers at the Wapak YMCA and then after obtaining her CDA Megan became a preschool teacher at Little Prairie right as they opened. She is now the administrator of the preschool program.
Teachers
Heather Cook
Infant Teacher
Heather has been married to her husband Jon for 7 years. They have 5 loving children together. Heather has been with the Little Prairie team since almost opening day. She truly loves working with infants and counts it as a blessing in her life each day.
Sandy Riemesch
Infant Teacher
Sandy grew up in the Elida area and then spent several years in Columbus while obtaining her bachelors degree at OSU. Sandy and her husband have been married 33 years and moved to Waynesfield in 2000. They have been blessed with two daughters and a son and now are blessed with 3 grandchildren. Sandy has joined the Little Prairie team as part time, but grew to love it and is now working full time with us!
Wendy Gossard
Infant Teacher
Wendy is a 1986 Waynesfield Goshen High School Graduate. She is still local in the Waynesfield area. Wendy loves spending time with her family of 4 children and 8 grandchildren! Wendy has been a part of the Little Prairie Family since June of 2022.
Kira Birchfield
Preschool Teacher
Jammison Etzkorn
Toddler Teacher
Jammison took an Early Childhood program in highschool and quickly realized her passion for children. She has been working at Little Prairie Learning Center for about 6 months now! Jammison loves seeing the children learn and excel each day!
Alyssa Leonard
Toddler Teacher
Alyssa has been with Little Prairie for about a year now! She was always babysitting relatives growing up and spent a lot of time helping out in the kindergarten class throughout free time in highschool. Doing that is when she realized she wanted to work with kids once she graduated.
Schedule a School Tour
Check out the daycare and preschool for yourself to see all the exciting things going on!