About This Daycare

Hi, I am Malicah Walsh, ECE (Early Childhood Educator, emphasis on early childhood learning), and I am the Director of Creating Gifted Children. 

 Creating Gifted Children was established in 1983 by Lois Kleint, M.A., Ed. , to implement her unique, experience-based philosophy (read more on our Philosophy page). As an apprentice while acquiring my own education, I worked with Lois until I began operating the business on my own. As an educated caregiver, I continue to implement the same techniques, grounded in a love for children, and support the same philosophy as practiced by Lois.

Regular Hours: 9:00am to 4:00pm, Monday through Friday.

Note: Special arrangements can be made for extended hours.

Meals: We serve morning and afternoon snacks. Please provide a lunch for your child; or, for a small fee, I will provide a nutritious, healthy lunch conscious of special dietary needs.

Food Allergies: We keep special snacks for children with allergies.

Medications: We call parents when a child needs medication.

Potty Training: Your child does not need to be potty trained to enroll. 

Our days are filled with various activities. This overview  describes many of them.

A.M.

Learning toy time: Directed play with a variety of manipulative toys and puzzles. Practice eye-hand coordination and problem solving skills, Develop concentration skills, Experience a sense of achievement through directed individual play, Learn directed and disciplined focus.

Play-based Learning Time: a variety of quick reviews, including calendar, weather chart, ABC song, flash cards (alphabet and numbers, body parts, insects, musical instruments, colors; in English & Spanish), ABC's, Student names, numerals 1-20, informational words, etc.

Music and Movement time: Varied directional activities, creative dance, rhythm, instruments, memorizing rhymes and learning body awareness..

Snack and Share time:  Nutritious snack served; children share toys/items brought from home.

Indoor  and Outdoor Art and Play Time: Use of fine motor skills; coloring pages, painting pages, paper cutting/scissor practice, colored chalk on sidewalks; Legos, Play-Doh. Free play, use of large motor skills.

Clean-up Time: Diapering, learning potty, and hand washing.

Lunch Time

P.M.

Naptime preparation: Clean-up, hand washing, preparing blankets, cots, etc.

 Nap Time: Children sleep and/or rest on their cots.

Going home preparation: Diapering and potty time, grooming, cleanup, and story reading while waiting for parents, parents pick up children.