About Us
The “Grammies Way” is defined as the love, respect, and generosity toward each and every child and family. We have been and business for 23 years.
Grammies Daycare and Learning Center is committed to promoting the most resourceful and gratifying environment for families, children, and employees. Our program aims to facilitate a partnership between teachers and families to gain trust and knowledge to make our world better for our children. Grammies Daycare and Learning Center is designed to support one another and build an environment that recognizes individual effort and demands respect for GDLC employees and the families we serve.
Graciela Frescas (Grammies), founder and owner, is caring, gracious, and generous. She gives unconditional love and opens her heart to any person that enters her life. She is patient, compassionate, and exudes a positive energy that is infectious. Grammies was the fifth of eleven siblings growing up in the Lower Valley of El Paso Texas. She married Jose Frescas (Pop) in October of 1975. Together they successfully raised four children who are now adults with families of their own.
She began her journey as a childcare provider with the birth of her first grandson. In May of 1998 she began caring for him at home. This became the motivating factor for opening a home daycare. In 2001, with the support of her husband, Grammies Daycare was established. In the four years of her home daycare, Grammies had come to realize the difficulties that working parents face in pursuit of a trusting, reliable and safe haven for their children.
Established in November of 2005, Grammies Day Care and Learning Center has become a second home for all children and families that we serve. We provide a learning environment that promotes social-emotional, cognitive and physical development.
The success of her home daycare demanded a larger center and enabled her to spread her service further. Having prior experiences in several other family owned businesses, she sought advice from the Small Business Administration and examined the steps to becoming a licensed daycare and learning center. She also sought the advice of two of her children who had extensive experience in childcare and child development. Having researched the need for childcare in the area, the location of the new center was decided and construction began. Grammies Daycare and Learning Center opened its doors on November 9, 2005 with 9 children enrolled. By word-of-mouth, GDLC became the fastest growing childcare center in El Paso.
Utilizing the Child Observation Record, we have developed the Learning About My World curriculum Program which bases its foundation on the child’s individual needs. The program encourages parent and family involvement to help implement personal and family values and techniques to maintain consistency between the home and the daycare.
