Ms. Crystale obtained her Early Childhood Education Associate Degree in 2012 from American River College, and she also has earned a State Teaching Credential. Working with children has always been her passion, and she worked for a center before she decided to open up her own to the care of children. She loves creating her own curriculum and being able to work with children in their own special ways. Ms. Crystale and her teachers help her school flourish, as she strives to hire the best and trains her fellow teachers to give the best care. She shares knowledge with her teachers from her years of teaching, and shares knowledge she gains from the Placer County of Education Workshops that she regularly attends.
Crystale’s Little Scholars is here serve children and their families. As our success in working with families depends on the valuable feedback parents provide, we value your thoughts and ideas and are open to hear any suggestions you have for us. Every family comes to us from different circumstances and with different points of view, and our parents and staff are partners in learning to work together. By being supportive and working together to nurture your children, we can create a caring community for all who walk through our door.
Here at Crystale’s Little Scholars your child will learn though play, a crucial part of development, especially for toddlers. We focus on social emotional development and teaching children to work out problems through communication and reasoning, and we use positive reinforcement to correct behavior. We will help your child learn to be independent and clean up their own messes, serve their own meals, put their own belongings away, and take care of daily routines on their own. They will also learn team work and how to work with peers and communicate their wants and needs effectively.
Our setting is preschool-style and we follow the same routine daily: children two and up are in the main group and will play and learn in a structured preschool-style setting. This is so that the children will be ready to move on to kindergarten after attending our in-home childcare. On a typical day we will eat breakfast, do AM group time, free play, have an AM snack, conduct art or sensory play, have outside play, lunch, nap, have a PM snack, free play inside or out, and finally conduct PM group time.
Children under age two have their own room and have a more on-demand schedule. Their schedule includes educational songs, flashcards, puppet play, story time, art, and free play activities. When the weather is nice we bring the little ones outside to enjoy fresh air as they have their own safe play area as well.
Our program uses an app that will allow you to see constant updates for you child. You will know what your child ate, when they slept, and how many times they used the bathroom, and you will see pictures throughout the day. This app also allows two-way communication, so you will see notes, incident reports, and reminders for monthly events, and you can message teachers directly through the app. This is used well to let us know about early or late pick-ups or drop-offs, or just to follow up with questions and requests.
Our semester starts in September and ends in May, although a benefit to our in-home childcare is we still provide care throughout summer, winter, and spring breaks. We also provide care all day long whereas most preschools provide care for half-days only. We are partnered up with the CA Childcare Food Programs, so your child will always receive nutritious and well-balanced meals. We also reward our families with a complimentary date night. This is hosted one Friday a month and will allow you to enjoy a Friday out while your child has dinner, snacks and watches a movie with us.
We look forward to building a relationship with our families!