Our Story
It started over 20 years ago with a hard-working homeschooling Mom who had a great vision. With four children in elementary grades, she thought there should be more opportunities to meet other homeschooling families in the Sacramento area and have hands-on activities that met state standards. She knew each hands-on activity needed to be designed around the children's interests, it needed to be meaningful
and most importantly, it needed to be enjoyable!
Kid Creative successfully paved the way for small-group classes to be enjoyed by charter school families in Sacramento, CA. Today, Kid creative has reached more than 25,000 students in the past decade alone and has expanded into the greater Sacramento area. We are proud of the foundation that our company was built on; Bringing families together who are looking to make homeschooling education MEANINGFUL, impactful and enjoyable! We are so excited to see the expansion of inspired education as we continue to reach-out to many more students in the future!
Our Mission
Our mission is to bring exceptional learning experiences that uplift and strengthen students in our community. We aspire to consistently provide the highest quality education in every subject we teach for every student in our classrooms. We provide a safe and happy learning environment where excellent teaching inspires a love of learning and a curious mind. Individual strengths and talents are nurtured, encouraged and celebrated.
Our Pillars of Education are:
I Creating learning environments that best serve students
II Developing teacher-student relationships
III Using developmentally- appropriate methods of teaching
IV Gentle teaching practices using Non-Violent Communication
V Striving to cultivate a deep enthusiasm for learning
Our Team
We have a wonderful group of enthusiastic teachers who are passionate about the subjects they teach and experienced in the classroom. Our teachers are thrilled to have the opportunity to work with the Homeschooling community in the Sacramento Area. Our lead teachers and teacher's assistants work together as a team to create curated learning experiences and provide students with a supportive environment.
We absolutely LOVE our work and enjoy each step of the process in providing your family with inspired enrichment resources.
Our Wish for our Students
We believe curiosity and learning is a skill that begins developing in the earliest years of a child's life. Our sincerest wish for our students is that they will continue to nurture those skills and endeavor to achieve what they set their mind to do. We wish for our students to feel accomplished in their efforts as learners in all areas that they dabble in or dive into.
We have had the joy over the past 25 years of keeping in touch and seeing our student's graduate college, begin meaningful careers, and share their talents with the world in many ways. We consider it our greatest privilege to have a meaningful and memorable part of a child's education.
We know that a wonderful education shapes a child's heart, perseverance, self-confidence and joy, life-long.
Locations
We offer our classes and programs in Elk Grove, CA. The Elk Grove Regional Park's Sports area and White Pavilion.
Meet your teacher!
Jeanette Clamp
Teacher, Artist, Book Worm
Jeanette Clamp has taught in the Greater Sacramento area for over 30 years. She has 4 children that she homeschooled, and 8 grandchildren that inspire her. She founded Kid Creative and pioneered educational enrichment programs for homeschooling families in the 90's but has also enjoyed working with public school students in after-school art programs and adult classes.
She has always shared her philosophy that learning is a lifelong skill and is available to anyone who wants it. Jeanette has been called a modern renaissance woman with almost countless valuable skills and gifts that she loves to share with others. She has been a mentor to many families and organizations looking for guidance in how to create successful educational experiences for students of all ages and continues to find ways to serve her community.
In 2019, Jeanette closed the Kid Creative Urban Farm in Sacramento and moved to Washington state where she could enjoy nature and cooler weather! We were lucky enough to have Jennette visit us monthly and offer her unique classes this past year! She lives with her husband, and many fury and feathered animals that she takes care of at her home, The Stellaria Moutain Learning Center in Entiat, WA. The Mountain school is her newest project and aims to bring students closer to nature on the 15-acre forest orchards and gardens, to learn lost wilding skills, gardening, animal husbandry, art and much more.
Jeanette's other interests include world travel, herbalism, garden architecture, authoring and illustrating children's books, reading historical fiction, organic gardening and food preservation, and baking. Her favorite colors are chartreuse, mustard yellow and pink.