Solecitos Preschool

Community Subscriber

Oakland, CA

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Type:
Home-Based Daycare/Preschool
DSS Facility License #
Owner:
Yalin Miller
yalin.e.miller [at] gmail.com
Location:
Oakland
Maximum Capacity:
8
Language(s) Spoken:
English
About the Program:

Spanish immersion preschool and daycare 

Parent Reviews

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Solecitos is a top-notch daycare, and I'm SO glad I found it! Yalin and all the teachers are incredibly caring, generous, and patient with the kiddos.  There are always well thought out, age appropriate activities and my daughter loves going there each morning.  Yalin goes above and beyond, organizing family gatherings and celebrations to help the families get to know each other.  There are healthy snacks each day, lots of updates via Brightwheel, and many hilarious art projects.  I couldn't be happier with our daycare situation and I think you can't go wrong choosing Solecitos.  

Attending Solecitos has been a fantastic experience for our son.  He started there when he was a year and a half old, and while we were nervous about the transition, Yalin’s welcoming and nurturing approach helped him fit right in, and it was no time before he was excited to go to school every day.  We saw him grow and learn so much at Solecitos.  He became more social, more talkative, and more active through the daily activities, lessons, and topics of the month.  He learned to express his emotions, improved his counting, and was always bustling with new songs, games, and ideas he had picked up at school.  And he learned Spanish, of course!  It was amazing to have him teach us words, or to watch him conversing with the teachers or students in a new language.

Solecitos was great for us as parents as well.  Yalin was incredibly flexible and accommodating, and always willing to work with us on any issue.  She created a loving, familiar environment, while using her extensive experience in child education to provide structure, including detailed reports on our son’s development.  We were able to follow along closely with the activities through Brightwheel, and always felt welcome at Solecitos, whether during pick up and drop off or at the parties and events planned for families throughout the year.

We truly felt like part of the family in our time at Solecitos and are so thankful to Yalin, Laura, and the rest of the crew for the wonderful memories and skills our son built there

Yalin Miller is the perfect blend of professionalism, enthusiasm and sincerity. From the moment we met her after visiting 5 other daycares, we were firm believers that this was the place for our daughter. 
 

Yalin does all the little things right. She updates us using the brightwheel app of the daily news at the daycare. We can even see photos of our daughter which gives us joy throughout the day. Yalin is very communicative and will spend time with us after we arrive to pick our daughter up to go over things. She has a lot of wisdom that can only be gained with experience. She feeds our daughter delicious, healthy snacks. Frankly, we love her and feel like she is family after only a short period of time.

The educational aspects of her lessons are seen daily when our daughter comes home with new words, new expressions and ways to interact with us. Our daughter has grown from a shy, careful baby into a confident and social toddler. Yalin has charisma and a powerful presence that espouses a positive, loving home. She is willing to spend the extra time to do the right things and every morning when we show up, the house is immaculately clean. 
 

I can go on and on about how wonderful Solectitos is and how Yalin Miller has positively impacted our child. Just consider yourself lucky if you come across this page on BPN and are in need of daycare. We wish we knew about her sooner. 
 

Peter Bolton