First Choice Licensed Daycare

📚 Independent reading time is one of our favorite parts of the day!

It builds a love of reading, language skills, and confidence — one page at a time.

Every day at First Choice Licensed Daycare, we create space for children to explore, discover, and grow. 💛

Big news — after 25 years of running my licensed family daycare in Oakland, I’m excited to share something I’ve been quietly building behind the scenes. 💛

I’ve launched a Daycare Business Starter Bundle on Etsy — editable templates I built from real, in-the-trenches experience:

📘 Editable Parent Handbook
📄 Enrollment Contract
📅 Daily Schedule Template

If you know anyone opening a daycare, working in childcare, or just thinking about it — please share this with them. It would mean the world. 🌿

https://www.etsy.com/shop/DaycareTemplateStore

💗 Little hands making big love! 🎨

Our little artists have been busy creating something extra special for Mother’s Day — handprint cards and painted heart jewelry boxes, made with so much love and concentration.

There is nothing more precious than a handmade gift from your little one. Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms we get to serve every day! 🌸

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🔵 Who’s brave enough to go through the tunnel?!
Spoiler: ALL of them. 😄 Developing our gross motor skills — building strength, coordination, and courage while having the BEST time doing it. 💙
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Little hands bringing our felt Christmas tree to life!
Decorating, creating, and learning through play—holiday magic in action 🎄❤️

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We Love our new listening station 🤩 📖 🎧

They have no idea they are learning so many different things all while having fun with puzzles🤩 development

Doing one of their favorite activities 🤩

Summer art projects