Tiny Seeds Daycare & Preschool

Our Teachers

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Our Teachers

Katerine Valderramos

Director & Head Teacher

Hello! I am Katerine Valderramos, the founder of Tiny Seeds Family Daycare . I was inspired to start my own program because I saw a need for high-quality care in my community. I have 5 years of experience working with young children.

I am a journalist and a motivational speaker from Honduras. I have worked taking care of children and supporting young people in my community since I was 16 years old. All this has been through the church I attended in my country. I have two stepdaughters; they are half Latinas half Asians. Because of their ethnicity, I have been working on the language skill and improving their Spanish language.  

Because of their Asian and Latino background, our kids have become trilingual and we have noticed the benefit and development they have had at such a young age. They learned how to interact and communicate with the majority of the people in our community, all this is due to their English, Spanish and Mandarin language skills.

We have seen the benefit from learning a second or third language and we want other children to enjoy, and benefit from it. We want our kids to be able to immerse themselves in the fascination of multiculturalism through language.

ESPAÑOL:

Soy hondureña, de profesión periodista y expositoras de temas motivacionales. Desde los 16 año he trabajado en el cuidado de niños y el apoyo a jóvenes en mi comunidad, esto a través de la iglesia a la cual asistía en mi país. Tengo dos hijastras de descendencia Asiática y Centro Americana a quienes he motivado desde hace algunos años a apreciar y desear mantener el idioma español en su diario vivir. 

Por sus raíces asiáticas ellas se han vuelto trilingües y hemos notado el beneficio y el desarrollo que ellas han tenido a tan corta edad, logran comunicarse con la mayoría de personas que viven en nuestra comunidad, ya que hablan en un gran porcentaje el inglés, el español y el mandarín. 

 Queremos que otros niños puedan gozar de ese beneficio y puedan sumergirse en lo fascinante qué es la multiculturalidad a través del idioma por esa razón agregaremos pronto enseñanzas en el idioma mandarín. 

Teacher: Yolanda Isabel Amador

Nuestra fabulosa asistente de maestra Yolanda nació y creció en Honduras, ella es hablante nativa de español. Yolanda ha adquirido mucha experiencia con niños pequeños en Los Angeles y en el Area de la Bahía, Ha trabajado con recién nacidos, niños pequeños y niños de entre 3 y 6 años, ella al igual que nuestra directora se mantienen en constante aprendizaje.

Yolanda es muy amorosa y paciente con los niños, todos los niños que ha cuidado le tienen un cariño similar al de una abuela.

Chinese tutor: David G. Wu

Educator, Sports Coach, College Consultant, Private Tutor

“Chinese is spoken by 25% of the global population. Language bridges our cultures and connects people.”

A fun-loving Millennial Asian-American with advanced fluency in Mandarin, Cantonese, English and conversational Spanish. David studied economics, political science, and asian studies(emphasis on Chinese) in university. He has 10+ years of experience working with children, teens, and adults on various subjects around education and human development. Spends his free-time outdoors climbing mountains. His favorite challenge is to help others learn and grow.

Testimonials

Katerine is a very sweet person and it is obvious that she cares very much for the children in her center. She does communicate menus with the food she will be feeding through the week, which is nice to see in advance. Tiny Seeds is 100% Spanish Immersion, but Katerine communicates efficiently via text in English if needed. 

-Christine 

I would like to take this time to thank Katerine for a wonderful job she has done in teaching my daughter in her early development. I have seen so much improvement since she stared attending Tiny Seeds Family Daycare. One of the things I love about this place is that it is in a safe location,fun,clean and provides healthy meals for the kids. My daughter has been attending Tiny Seeds since she was a baby. Now she is a toddler I couldn’t be more happier with the choice we made in making Tiny Seeds Family Daycare the number 1 choice for our daughter.

-María

Tiny Seeds Daycare has been amazing for our family! Our 14 month old daughter has been at the center since April 2021. She is always happy at dropoff and pickup. Katerine is in constant communication with us and she has an energetic, warm and caring personality. Tiny Seeds really knows our daughter and cares for her overall wellbeing, development and nutrition.  

There are so many little touches that put this center above others - weekly menus posted on the website, individual quarterly reports of what they have observed and what they will help our daughter develop in the next quarter, regular updates with pictures and videos to cute little themed birthday and holiday parties for the children. We are also very pleased with the Covid protocols at the center. 

Lastly, we love that our daughter is immersed in Spanish throughout the day! Her third word was ‘agua’ and now she’s also saying ‘leche.’ We have had no issues communicating with Katerine even though we do not speak fluent Spanish.

~Mike and Michelle

Katherine and the Tiny Seeds crew are the best.  We were so nervous about sending our son to daycare earlier this year due to the pandemic but after we met Katerine and learned about the steps she has taken to provide a clean, safe and warm environment, we knew that he would be in good hands.  It has been 5 months now, and the only thing we regret is not sending him there sooner. The growth he has shown in the last few months is incredible; taking better naps, learning to communicate and walking.  My favorite part of the day is getting updates from Katherine and seeing our son and the other kids happily playing together, eating together or doing activities together. You can tell everyone at the daycare is loved and cared for. We can’t thank the Tiny Seeds team enough for enriching our son.

Thank you!

Karen and Justin

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Philosophy

At Tiny Seeds Family Daycare , we believe that children grow, learn, and thrive by following their own unique style of discovery. It is our goal to provide an environment that helps each child to feel confident and capable. In our program, children will feel supported as they engage with new ideas and learnings.

• Our goal and motivation to our kids is to educate them, to value every activity, to explore their curiosity, and to overcome any challenge them might have.

• Respect them in all the possible ways is fundamental in our program; the search for their gifts and talents will be part of our goals.

• Our ultimate goal with the fusion between English, Spanish and Mandarin, is to work in their socio-development, their early independence and awareness of all people with ifferent backgrounds in our communities. Above all, we will teach them with our example the values and love that makes a person a wonderful being.

• Visit our website for more information www.tinyseedsdaycare.com

ESPAÑOL:

Nuestro fin es educar y valorar cada actividad, curiosidad, sentimiento o desafío que los niños realicen. El respeto hacía ellos es un elemento fundamental de nuestro programa; la búsqueda de sus dones y talentos serán parte de nuestros objetivos. Con la fusión del inglés, el español y el mandarín trabajaremos en el socio-desarrollo de los niños, en su independencia temprana y en la concientización hacia los demás seres vivos.  Y sobre todo, enseñarles con nuestro ejemplo los valores y el amor, que hacen a una persona, un ser maravilloso.

Location

Tiny Seeds Family Daycare is located in a spacious, cozy single family home in the Westwood Park neighborhood.

We’ve designed our care environment with play and learning areas that allow children to explore various developmentally-appropriate activities based on their interests. Some of our favorite areas include reading / cozy area (for literacy, relaxation, and respite), sensory area (for spatial awareness and learning through the five senses), and nature area (for discovering nature and science concepts).

Children will have some outdoor time everyday at mix of both my private yard and local parks and playgrounds. Connecting with nature is vital to a child’s happiness and growth.

At Tiny Seeds Family Daycare , I want to provide an environment that supports the cognitive, social, and emotional growth of each child.

Admissions

Join the Tiny Seeds Daycare & Preschool 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 Tiny Seeds Family 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 at www.wonderschool.com/tiny-seeds-family-daycare-5800/apply – 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.