Chikiland Daycare
Community SubscriberRichmond, CA
Chikiland is a licensed Daycare specialized in providing high-quality care to Infants and Toddlers. We provide quality bilingual instruction in English and Spanish in a warm, safe, loving, and stimulating environment.
Our daughter (who is my second child) is at Chikiland Daycare, located in Richmond near the DelNorte Bart Station. Not sure of the availability in the timeframe you asked for but this place has been amazing for us. It's a small home daycare and the proprietor, Maria, is a wonderful, warm, caring person and our daughter has thrived under her care. Most places have you pay for a full time spot, based on my understanding.
Our preschool (The good earth school) has part of day and part time options, but they don't start til 18 months.
Maria and Espi were the most incredible caretakers for our daughter. Their warm, loving, and respectful personalities really made us feel like we found a truly special place for our child. We watched them navigate all the phases of infancy to toddlerhood with kindness and so much knowledge.
We were also amazed by how much our daughter learned at Chikiland from the thoughtful daily routines with Espi and Maria - my husband and I often said we felt like we had hired a private tutor for our daughter! Our daughter recently transitioned to pre-school and her time at Chikiland made it a very easy transition - the small group environment, the learning, and the routines are a fabulous stepping stone into the world of pre-school.
We are so grateful for our time with Espi and Maria - they are like family now and we plan to keep them involved in our lives forever!
Maria cared for our daughter from 6 months of age until she turned 2 years old as part of a nannyshare. It's been about 6 months since our daughter transitions to preschool and I still miss the daily ritual of dropping her off and watching her run to Maria for big hugs when she opened the door, she loved her time with Maria and still talks about her all the time. Maria is so organized and thoughtful in her approach. She prepared food daily and was really on it for all the essentials (food, sleeping, development). I highly recommend Chikiland daycare!!
Maria currently takes care of our nearly 8month old baby at Chikiland, and these months working with her have been amazing. Our baby girl took to Maria right away and immediately started taking long naps in her care (she has yet to nap so long at home!). Maria helped us start introducing solids at 5 months old and has since introduced our baby to a number of new foods. Our baby eats and sleeps so well in Maria’s care that she started sleeping through the night sooner than I was expecting. Maria has a lovely space set up for the babies that is clean, bright, and provides ample engagement, both indoors and outside. We are so happy with our choice to have Maria care for our baby and highly recommend her daycare!
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