Thank you so much!
We have had her about a week and the crate training isn't going too well. We have had puppies that have turned into outdoor dogs and we have never heard yelping an crying like we have heard from her while trying to crate train, it distresses her greatly. We thought maybe she is just simply too young for crate training but maybe she isn't? We weren't sure.
We brought Watson home at 5 weeks...very very young. He slept with us in our bed the first night, the one and only time we've allowed that. After that we moved him to his kennel. Two things that can help - a warm water bottle (not hot, obviously) wrapped in a tshirt or something for her to snuggle up with. Also, a loud ticking clock (also wrapped in something soft) can help them relax, apparently it will remind them of their mother/littermate's heartbeats.
For the first several nights, any time he would cry I would get up and take him out to try to potty, and then I would snuggle with him on the couch (usually me laying there half asleep with him on my chest) until he fell asleep again, and then I would move him back to his kennel. It didn't take long until he would only cry if he needed to go out. However, this technique led to me not getting much sleep.
Anyway, my point is that it's not too young to crate-train, it will just take a lot of time and patience and probably some lost sleep.