Valencia Early Learning Child Care Wonderschool

Our Teachers

Hello! I am Michelle Valencia, the founder of Valencia Early Learning Child Care Wonderschool. I was inspired to start my own program because it has always been my dream to design my own space where children can blossom and grow. I have 8+ years of experience working with young children.

Before opening my program, I was a stay at home mom with three kids of my own. After several years of running my in-home child care program, I decided to go back to school and obtained my Associate’s Degree in Child Development. I believe in the importance of always continuing my education and learning best practices in the field of early childhood.

One of my favorite hobbies is learning new recipes. I enjoy cooking home-made and nutritious meals for my family and the children enrolled in my program to keep everyone healthy and happy.

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Philosophy

At Valencia Early Learning Child Care Wonderschool, children are encouraged to learn through play. I implement the Creative Curriculum to plan developmentally appropriate routines and activities suited for quality early childhood education. I believe that every child learns in their own unique way.

My favorite part of the day is Circle Time where I introduce our weekly theme each Monday and we review a lesson for the day. I love designing my classroom for the holidays and seasons, and also rotate my materials on a regular basis so kids never get bored here. My top priorities are health and safety, so I am constantly sanitizing and organizing my space to keep my learning environment clean.

Parents can trust that their children will be in good hands here. We work hard to follow all licensing rules and regulations and go above and beyond with providing quality care.

Location

Valencia Early Learning Child Care Wonderschool is located near the 101 freeway in a welcoming, beautiful single family home in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. I live in a very family-friendly neighborhood that is walking distance to Dolores Mission private school, Pecan park, and several churches.

Weather permitting, children will spend at least an hour per day in our spacious outdoor classroom. Children absolutely love playing out here!

At Valencia Early Learning Child Care Wonderschool, I want to provide an enriching environment where children feel free to explore and play.

About our program

DAILY ACTIVITIES

Activities for the development of infants, toddlers and school age children are provided inside and outside according to the weather. All activities are intended to help your child develop:

• Self-concept: Identity of self and connection to others, Recognition of ability, Self-expression, Awareness of diversity.
• Social Interpersonal Skills: Empathy, Interactions with adults, Relationships with familiar adults, Relationships with familiar peers, Interactions with peers.
• Self-Regulation: Impulse control, seeking other’s help to regulate self, Responsiveness to other’s support, Self-comforting, Attention maintenance.
• Language: Language comprehension, Responsiveness to language, Communication of needs, feelings, and interests, Reciprocal communication.

Our daily routine includes:

• In the morning - Circle time: welcoming everyone, music, dance activity, story telling (History, legends, poems…) and dramatic play.
• Large motor skills: block construction and playing with boxes; the use of tricycles, ropes (jump rope), balls, dance, jumping, climbing, balancing, and picking-up.
• Early afternoon - Small motor skills: Coloring, painting, threading, touching different textures, molding, Play-dough and the use of sand and water.
• Afternoon/Evening - Lecture: reading stories, singing, visualizing letters, numbers, animals, and analyzing weather, temperature and nature things around us.

Admissions

Join the Valencia Early Learning Child Care Wonderschool community in four easy steps:

1. Explore our website

We’ve provided information about our philosophies and offerings to help you decide if our program may be right for your family.

2. Tour our program

Come see what makes Valencia Early Learning Child Care Wonderschool unique. If we are currently hosting tours, you can request or schedule a tour at the top of this page. If we are not currently hosting tours, you’ll see a “Request Info” button at the top of this page; if you submit your information using this button, we will notify you when we start host tours again in the future.

3. Submit an Enrollment Application

If you would like to enroll, please submit an application – note that we require tours for all prospective families. Please do not submit an application if you have not visited the program.

4. Enroll

After reviewing your application, we’ll send an enrollment invitation. Upon accepting your invitation you’ll pay your enrollment fee, fill out enrollment documents and review our Parent Handbook.