La Casa del Sol Bilingual Daycare, San Rafael

La Casa del Sol is a licensed in-home daycare and preschool in San Rafael, CA. We’re open year round from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday. We accept newborn babies, as well as toddlers and preschoolers up to 12 years old. Our facility is just 5 minutes’ away from the US-101 (Redwood Hwy). Special discounts for CareLuLu (contact us through CareLuLu to get these deals!): 1) Enjoy 2 completely FREE days of care (new families only, free trial days from 8am-12pm). 2) Contact us through CareLuLu and get the $100 registration fee will be waived! 3) Date night special! Free babysitting for enrolled families, 3h every 2 months. 4) 20% discount for potty-trained children who no longer need to wear diapers.

Hello, parents! I’m Maria, originally from Mexico and I've been living in the Bay area for 9 years. I live with my husband and my beautiful daughter Millaray who is 12 years old. Millaray is the main reason I got interested in the Early Childhood Education field, she was in different child care centers since she was 15 months old, however, during this period I noticed that some centers had little information related to early childhood education. Experience is very important in the early childhood field, however, I also believe it is important to have an education because it gives caregivers better knowledge and skills required to work with young children. I took classes in early childhood education at the College of Marin, as well as necessary training. My certifications and units are always available for parents to see. As a mother, I know how difficult is to leave your child with a stranger, which is why we establish open communication to build a strong partnership that will help children in their growth and development. We have an app for parents, where we send photos and videos of their kids' activities, and they can also chat with us through this app.

At Casa del Sol, we want children to learn through play, our curriculum emerges from children’s interests, we often do observations that will help us to meet and assess the children’s needs. We believe that family is essential in child development, and that is why we want the family to be involved and an active member in the program. We do not believe in punishment as Magda Gerber said “All children accomplish milestones in their own way, in their own time.” We believe that punishment will only pause the problem, in this center we acknowledged the problem and look for a solution along with the children’s emotions.

Our program is based on the California Preschool Curriculum Frameworks for children from 0 -3 years old. Every child is unique, so we strive to guide each one of our students using a tailored approach to foster their intellectual development, as well as their physical and socio-emotional growth. In our child care and preschool program, we offer cooking classes, dance classes, science, soccer. In addition to English, we also teach our kids the Spanish language, which is a wonderful opportunity for your child to become bilingual at a young age. Recently, we also incorporated Cucu's PlayHouse (fun and educational music classes in Spanish for babies, toddlers and preschoolers) that will be twice a month We also do tea parties, we go for walks to the park, and much more. We want to make families happy, they are raising children that might be future lawyers, doctors, or maybe a president, children are the future! :)

Raising a child is wonderful but it's also hard, so at Casa del Sol, we want to help you get some alone time to recharge your batteries! Every 2 months, families enrolled at Casa del Sol get to have a date night with their spouse or partner. During the weekend, we will babysit your child for 3h for free so you can go on a date!