Hello, my name is Tammy Card.  As I was growing up my mother ran an in-home childcare while my father was a schoolteacher.  I used to help my mother take care of the kids she watched every day and I really enjoyed it.  I created life long friendships as a result.  I grew up and left home to attend college, working towards my psychology degree.  As a requirement for my degree, I studied young children in a local day care facility.

I noticed that I really loved working with kids, and that I got a sense of fulfillment helping them to learn about the new world around them.  I also learned why my mother was so happy all the time…it was the kids!  I met and married my wonderful husband “Todd” and we had two beautiful daughters of our own “Kathryn and Kristyn”.

We looked for a great place to raise our children and my husband had lived in Carmel for a while in his youth.  We came up, fell in love with a beautiful house in “The Woodlands”, and we bought it!

We moved in 1998, and I opened “Little Bear Child Care”.  Over the years I have taken care of many children.  I have had parents who already had one child in my care ask me…”We are having another baby, do you have a spot for us?”  So I have had the privilege of helping these young ones grow from 6 weeks to school age.  Both of my daughters are now in Carmel Middle School, and one of them will be attending Carmel High School next year.  I am very proud of them both!

Both of my daughters not only help me after school, but have expressed interest in not only childcare…but teaching as well!  Working with children has been my passion since I helped my mother when I was young, and I have spent many years doing what I love.  If you are looking for childcare, and you want your child or children to spend their days having a great time, while truly being cared for…I invite you to click the "My Location and Contact Information" button to the left, and send me an email!