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ABOUT MamaAhrens

I am a wife and Mother. Married 39 years. Lived in Lakewood for 34 years. I have three grown children; four grandsons and a new granddaughter.

Children have been the center of my life for about 40 years. My first job as a teen was babysitting two children during the summer while their mother worked. I did that job for three summers and loved every minute of it.

After high school I worked in an accounting office for 6 years until my first son was born and chose to stay home with him. I started doing childcare the October after my youngest child started school. One child led to another and my 26 year old business (MamaAhrens) was born.

Professional Affiliations:
  • Member of National Family Child Care Association
  • Member (Partners in Child Care Association)
  • Member (California Family Child Care Association
  • Member of National Association for Education of Young Children.
    I was:
    • Licensed for 6 in 1987.
    • Licensed for 14 in 2001
    • Past President (Greater LB/Lakewood Family Childcare Association) served 4 years.
    • Referral person (TGLB/LKWDFCA) for the last 10 years.
    • Membership person (TGLB/LKWDFCA) for the last 10 years

    Formal Education:

    Classes (Long Beach City College) (Child development early childhood education) 5.5 units. Classes were: Music for Children, Best Arts Music and five conferences worth 1/2 unit each.

    • (Classes) UC Davis: Making the connection with infants and toddlers, Building blocks of learning, Giving children a health start, Managing difficult behavior, and Keys to serving children with special needs 
    • Second Helpings ( A Four-Part Enrichment Course for Experience Family Child Care Professionals created by Windflower) The topics were: The Provider, The Business, The Family, & The Children.
    • Heads Up! Reading/ Completed 37.5 hours of training.
    • PITC (Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers) 55 hours of training.