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BIOGRAPHY: Merary Moreno

September 28, 2023
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My name is Merary Moreno. My family consists of my husband and 4 children. I have been married for 27 years, and I have a daughter and three sons. My story of the beginnings of child care is a story of perseverance, effort and above all, gratitude to God for all his goodness.

Before working with children, I worked in a vegetable packing company for 20 years. I always had the desire to work with children, but I didn’t know who could advise me in this area until one day my sister-in-law told me that they were giving classes in Spanish and decided to go look for information. In the 4C department they helped me and advised me on taking the classes and how to open my own daycare in 2018.

In a period of 7 months I was already opening my family day care. When I started I only had one child, for those 7 months, it was difficult, but I persevered, with the faith that more children would come to me. I began to prepare myself academically, and thanks to the TEACH program and the scholarships, I managed to finish a center administration credential in a period of one year. I continued studying and finished my associate’s degree in early education, as well as a preschool credential in 2020.

All the academic preparation helped me offer a better service in my daycare. I first started with 2 stars in the young star program rating and now I am at 5 stars. It is a very nice job to be able to work with children and families, and also to be able to reach goals and achieve purposes is a very satisfying job.

Let’s never stop dreaming, and persevere in all our goals, because in the end we will have the reward and it will be worth it.

– Merary Moreno

My family has helped me and we have continued to make progress in expanding child care, and we began with the dream of opening a center. Now our dream came true because in 2023 we opened the center which is now located in Sheboygan County.

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Activity for children 2 years and older

September 28, 2023
397

Activity: Jumping

Materials:

  • Geometric figures of different colors

The figures are placed on the floor about a foot apart and the children are asked to jump from one figure to another. You can just say the colors or the geometric figure or both depending on the age of the child.

This activity helps children in the cognitive area (colors and figures), Health and development: Gross motor and likewise the social/emotional area because children learn that they have to wait to take turns.

Contribution of: Marisela’s Family Day Care

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BIOGRAPHY: Marisela Carpio

September 28, 2023
347

My name is Marisela Carpio, I am originally from Mexico and I have lived in the United States for more than 30 years, 5 of which I lived in the state of California where I got married and a year after getting married my husband and I moved to Wisconsin where my four children were born. One of my goals when I came to the United States was to obtain my GED so that I could eventually study Early Education since I always wanted to work in the field of education. It was not easy since initially I did not speak English well and many of the classes I took were in that language. In 2011 I obtained an associate degree in Early Childhood Education and in 2012, I opened my daycare: Marisela’s Family Daycare.

Years later, I was able to learn the language and that helped me earn my Bachelor’s degree in Human Services with a concentration in Early Childhood Education. My daycare currently has 4 stars according to the Young Star rating and my goal is to reach the maximum level of 5 stars. Although working with children can be very demanding, it is a career that brings many rewards: when you see a baby take their first steps, say their first words and then leave your daycare ready for kindergarten you know that all the effort was worth it. My next goals are to open a group daycare and also offer childcare related training.

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