Free To be Me Preschool and Childcare

Lysa and Chelsea handled our two-​year old with remarkable warmth and skill. From the time we walked through the gate, our baby was welcomed, and she even took Lysa’s hand right away. Our Amelia does not do this to strangers! She needs to analyze every situation before making a move to get involved, and her analysis was instant.
This is a place that parents can truly feel at ease with when leaving children for the day. Not only were updates provided daily, Lysa made sure to update throughout the day via text message, and she always made sure to make parents feel really comfortable that their children are safe and in a positive and productive learning environment. The curriculum involves lots of play (with a great space, a back yard, and a full sized playground), music, art, alphabet, numbers, and monthly learning themes (i.e. reptiles, mammals, planets, etc…). Your children will learn and grow here.
We miss Lysa and Chelsea dearly, and I can say that Lysa’s pre-​school and childcare is first-​rate all the way.

I agree with all the other reviews! Free to be me Pre-​school is a great place, and my daughter is really enjoying it. Teacher Lysa and Teacher Chelsea do fun educational activities with the kids, and my daughter always comes home with artwork and new knowledge. The classroom is warm and inviting, and to me this felt like a perfect ‘bridge’ from a home daycare environment to full on school environment. I think they have really got this right, and I would highly recommend Free to be Me to anyone.

So happy I found Lysa!!! After just moving to Santa Cruz I needed to find a preschool/​daycare for my 1 and 3 yr old right away before school for me started. I came across Free to be Me Preschool on Unilocal and set up a tour right away. Both my girls wanted to stay right away and I took that as a good sign. We enrolled and the girls started the very next week. Now school is all my oldest ever talks about and every morning she wakes up asking if it’s time to go to school yet. She loves it there so much that the only time she throws a fit is when I show up at 5pm to take her home. I’d say my girls are well taken care of if they are wanting to stay longer! My oldest is also in love with arts n crafts and I know she gets to do plenty of it at school with all the art work I get to take home.

If ever there was a «Greatest Teacher in the World» award it would go to LYSA! She understands kids, is a great communicator and handles all types of behaviors… no problem. She is organized, clean and has a great personality. And as a bonus… she can teach your child to read! We miss her greatly!

I am a single mother of two (ages 3 & 5). Teacher Lysa was recommended to me through a friend of a friend and I decided to use her «drop-​in» services on a day when i just really needed a break. I was impressed by the cleanliness of the Free to be Me Facility. Teacher Lysa was really personable and knew just how to talk to my kids in a way that made them forget their anxiety about being left somewhere unfamiliar. After a few hours of «me» time, I returned to retrieve my kids who caught me completely off guard by demanding that I go away, they were not at all ready to go! I have used Teacher Lysas services four or five times since then and both my kids have come home every single time raving about what a great time they had. In my opinion, that says more for Teacher Lysa than I ever could. She really has a way of getting on their level and I wouldnt even consider taking them anywhere else.