Little Knights Program
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Little Knights Program Pink & Aqua Dragons is for children 18 months to 2.5 years of age.
Program Options:
Little Knights Morning Program | 8:30am - 12:00pm
Little Knights Afternoon Program | 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Full Day Program | 8:30am - 4:30pm
Your Little Knight will have two “Discovery Rooms” to explore while they learn to be independent for the very first time with the guidance + care of our dedicated child development specialists. Each room offer a warm, safe and nurturing environment with an indoor/outdoor play area, sandbox, and colorful corners to explore.
It is here that we will help guide you and your child during their early years, working together to create your “Path To Preschool”.
View the schedule at-a-glance here.
Additionally, activity centers + outdoor play are based on observations of each child and are planned to provide a daily balance of the following: indoor/outdoor, active/quiet, individual/small group, gross motor/fine motor, child initiated/teacher initiated. The curriculum includes play experiences that foster growth in the Personal/Social, Cognitive, Sensorimotor and Language/Communication domains.
Ms. Miracle
Teacher
Aqua Dragons
Ms. Miracle is a southern California native- born in East LA, moved to El Monte when she was four years old, and raised there. She attended the University of California, Irvine and earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychological Science. Ms. Miracle is attending Pasadena City College to earn her Associate’s degree in Child Development with a certificate in early childhood education. Her future plans are to transfer to the University of La Verne to earn her teaching credentials. Ms. Miracle is passionate about teaching young children- she strives to help children grow and nurture her students to be their authentic selves.
When not studying or working, Ms. Miracle is taking care of her animals in her self-built animal sanctuary! Currently she is caring for 4 lizards, 3 dogs, 2 frogs, 1 tortoise, 4 guinea pigs, and 1 crab. In her spare time she also loves traveling and hiking.
Ms. Denise
Teacher
Aqua Dragons
Ms. Denise was born and raised in Lincoln Heights, LA. After graduating from Smidt Tech Alliance, she attended Cal State University Los Angeles. She is currently working on her Bachelor’s degree in Child Development. Her passion for early childhood education started at a young age. Ever since helping raise her first nephew, seeing him reach his milestones and watching him grow, it has given her inspiration to help guide other young children as well. As a role model to her young nieces and nephew, and someone they can always count on, Ms Denise is determined to be that same kind of role model and guide for her students. Her nieces and nephew inspire her to go above and beyond herself. Ms. Denise strives to have a positive impact on their lives, helping students reach their developmental goals, along with being able to help express their emotions and ideas.
During her free time, Ms. Denise loves spending time with her family & enjoys going on boat rides, off-roading, the movies, and loves trying out new foods in new places.
Ms. Christy
Co-Teacher
Aqua Dragons
Ms. Cristy was born and raised in Elysian Valley, L.A. Ms.Cristy currently attends Pasadena City College, where she will soon receive her Associates degree in Early Childhood Development. Ms. Cristy’s passion for teaching began after coaching a T-ball team at her local park! Ms.Cristy has experience in several childcare settings- from coaching sports to babysitting, and eventually to working at various child development centers. In fact, Ms. Cristy even opened a home daycare with her mom, learning all the technical ins and outs of running a child care facility, but soon realized that she wanted to teach in the classrooms to work directly side by side fellow teachers and students!
During Ms. Cristy’s free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, especially her two nephews! A social being that she is, Ms. Cristy likes going out to dance and meeting new people. Ms. Cristy loves traveling to Mexico to visit her family. One of Ms. Cristy’s favorite past times includes going to Los Alamitos to watch live horse races.
Ms. Melody
Co-Teacher
Pink Dragons
Ms. Melody is an LA native and has grown up in the Silver Lake neighborhood. Currently she is finishing her Child Development Associates along with an Animation (story boarding) and Psychology degree to have her license in Trauma Therapy & Counseling. Always having a soft spot in her heart for children, she has volunteered with preschool age children since she, herself, was in elementary school and continued to work with children. With strong beliefs in advocating for children, Ms. Melody is passionate in making sure that children can enjoy and keep their innocence while nurturing their imagination for as long as possible. Children make her world go round, keep her on her toes, and teach her something new every day.
When Ms. Melody is not working, she is devoting her time at her church nursery on Sundays where she leads the 0-18 month room. Ms. Melody has a performing arts background so she loves creating art. She’s dabbled into various forms such as realistic portraits, paintings, caricatures, face Paint and more! Ms. Melody likes to sing, plays the guitar, the piano and dances- anywhere from Latin to cheer leading! She loves to travel and explore new places to eat both locally or a little further up the coast.
Little Knights Schedule
The pace and flow of the day for Little Knights is based on the individual needs of each child, in each class. We understand that each child has their own schedule for sleep, eating, and diaper changes, and that they are all at different developmental stages. We have designed a schedule that attends to the caring needs of each child. View details of daily schedule here.
