Lakes Child Care is a licensed family child care home. We are regulated by the state of California for the safety of the children in our care.  We maintain CPR & First-Aid certification, background checks, staff training, fire drills, safe sleep practices for infants, clean & sanitized surfaces, regular hand-washing and many other health & safety precautions.

I believe that play is a child's work.  Children gain knowledge about the world through play-alone, with others and in groups.  Children are born learners and are naturally curious.   Many life-long skills are developed by seeing, hearing and modeling appropriate behaviors. Every day we work on life-long skills such as table manners, being polite to others, learning to share and waiting our turn. We learn to share meals as a group, which is not always an easy task for a toddler or preschooler. We learn to be patient when it is not our turn or when I'm helping another child.  We learn what is and isn’t acceptable behavior.  Every child has a natural curiosity. I strive to find what interests all of the children in my care. Through a child’s play, one moment they can be a Mommy or Daddy taking care of their “children” and the next they can be a paleontologist, exploring dinosaurs or a doctor treating one of their patients. Their world is open to where ever their imaginations take them.