Palo Alto · Licensed family home

Amor Terrazas Family Child Care

What these mean, and where they come from

Full-size means licensed for 14 children, the most any Bay Area family home holds; 442 of Bay Area’s 466 licensed family homes are. Small is 10 to 13.

Source for who runs it

ccld.dss.ca.gov

How they teach

Play-based and nature and outdoor

“Our curriculum is Play based and Nature focused.”In their words, July 2026.micasitadeespanol.com

“100% Outdoors We have an outdoor classroom certification. All locations have been designed following the outdoor classroom principles.”In their words, July 2026.micasitadeespanol.com

One of 82 Bay Area providers that describe a play-based approach, out of 164 that describe any approach at all.

Who cares for your child

Ratio not published

Amor Terrazas (Founder & Director) since 2013 and Maestra Amor (Founder & Director) since 2013.

Of 905 Bay Area providers, 29 publish how long a named staff member has been there; the longest tenure at each of those has a median of sixteen years.

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What the state has found

The state lists 3 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

California CDSS Community Care Licensing records this provider’s license as “Closed, Change of Location”, closed October 20, 2025. That is the state’s own wording, quoted as published. The record below is one the state published, and the state still publishes it. Check with the provider or the state directly.

Last visit
September 27, 2024
On file
3 visits since October 2022
Most serious
No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.

California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.

Sep 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · September 27, 2024

HSC 1597.622(a)(1) · Type B

(1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a family day care home if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as 2 of 3 staff files reviewed by LPA did not have proof of immunization for MMR and 1 of 3 staff files reviewed did not have proof of immunization for Tdap, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Sep 2023 Licensing visit report not read
Oct 2022 Licensing visit report not read

A day here

Outdoors
100% outdoors, outdoor classroom-designed campus
Hours
8:30 AM to 4:00 PM, 5 days a week, year round
Schedule
full-day, half-day

Details

(650) 468-1788

Website
micasitadeespanol.com
Area
Palo Alto, 94306
License
434413653
Ages they serve
ages 2.5 to 5 years old
Established
2013

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How they teach

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Who cares for your child

State record

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A day here

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