Our baby boy has been going to Yvonne's for a little over two months now, and we are very happy…read more She suggested starting with a few hours per day initially to help him get used to it, especially as he was 11 months old then, and it can be challenging to start at that age. It has been really helpful as it gave him time to transition. He's now always happy to go and reaches for the door when we arrive in the morning. Yvonne is always calm and calming, smiling and welcoming to the babies. Her energy is very positive and reassuring, especially as we are first-time parents. Our baby eats well, naps well and plays well, and that's what we want! It's obvious she's experienced and knows what to do with kids. Simply a pro. We highly recommend her.

I had a horrible experience with Yvonne's day care service. I was charged a full week price for…read morejust 2 hours. My baby looked miserable when we went to pick her up. I felt like Yvonne did not care at all about my child, and she picks her favorites because she gave me an ew look and made comments that she thinks my child has an issue. She also said my child was gross because she had a little runny nose on that day and she was left on the corner and being ignored. Overall, we had bad impression that she was very rude and just takes kids for money. She kept taking about her boyfriend and we felt low class vibe on our first day unfortunately. We will never go back to her and still make us feel sick by remembering this experience. My baby is safe and enjoying her new daycare everyday and now we sure know that Yvonne has an issue not my baby.

Little Sprouts is such a well organized and communicative daycare. Elizabeth, Vicki, and the rest…read moreof the staff do a great job of updating the parents on any issues your child may be having or anything going on within the daycare. They're super friendly to parents and very instructive to children, especially when your child is 2 or under. Both my son and daughter went here and they learned a lot and made quite the progress when it comes to social development. They learned some bilingual skills in the process while also understanding how to communicate with adults and their peers. Little Sprouts is very clean too, and despite it being a smaller sized daycare that didn't matter. The kids got to release some energy while also engaging in a regimented schedule that included healthy and nutritious food and arts-n-crafts to bring home. To top it off, they even have a parents date night the first Saturday of the month; where for an extra fee they'll watch your child from 4-8pm. I don't know any daycare centers that offer this perk. I highly recommend Little Sprouts.

Our daughter was always be excited to go to Little Sprouts…read more * They do lovely little crafts to bring home for holidays (best Father's Day gift ever). * They served the tastiest and most nutritious food. * Communication is on point with the Brightwheel app. * Elizabeth is the best!

Our family has had such a wonderful experience with this day care. From day one, the staff made us…read morefeel comfortable and confident that our son, Ryan, was in caring and capable hands. The environment is nurturing, safe, and welcoming, and it's clear how much thought and effort goes into caring for each child. We truly appreciated the patience, kindness, and dedication shown by the entire team. Knowing Ryan was supported and cared for each day gave us great peace of mind, and we could see the positive impact this place had on his growth and development. We are very grateful for our time here and will always look back on it with fond memories. Thank you to the entire staff for the wonderful care you provide. We highly recommend this day care to any family looking for a safe, loving and dependable place for their child.

We have been with Artadi Family Childcare since 2020 with our two daughters, and we are so…read moreconfident that our girls had the most loving and caring daycare experience! Being away from your kids to go to work, you want them to be in good hands and not have to worry about them at all, and I promise, you will not find someone with a bigger heart than Ellie Adtadi, and we are so grateful for her and Yolanda throughout the years - they have truly become our family!

Highly recommend this place!!! My daughter started go here…read morewhen she was less than a year old. She used to go to another daycare in the area, where she used to cry. Angie and team took her in, and once she got settled, started enjoying and eager to go and play with friends. I would like to thank all of the providers; Angie, Marcella, Rebecca, for taking care of her.

We couldn't be happier with our experience here. Our son attended for about a year, from ages 1 to…read more2, and we always felt he was in the best hands. Angie and her team are incredible -- it's clear how much they genuinely care for the kids. Every teacher on the team is warm, loving, and patient. Communication was always great, which gave us a lot of peace of mind. Angie is always quick to respond to questions, and we really appreciated how easy she made the initial transition to daycare feel. We felt really confident in her and her team from our first day. The facility itself has a lot of space for the kids to play outside and explore, and our son always had a great time. It was often hard to convince him to come down from the slide to go home at the end of the day. We're so grateful to Angie and the whole team for creating a wonderful place for our son. We were very sad to leave when we moved out of town.

We are so thankful we found Mariama and this new daycare. To keep it short, we drop off our son to…read moreMariama in the mornings and we have absolutely no worries for the rest of the day. Mariama sends us updates and pictures throughout the day to let us know how our boy is getting on. You can clearly tell she is devoted and loves what she does. She is amazing with kids - comes up with creative ideas of stuff for them to do. Her assistant, Céline, is just as sweet and great with kids. They're just really genuine people. You'd like to think your child is in the best of care when you send him off to daycare, but you can never really know. However, with Mariama, when we go pick our son up at the end of the day, we always see her being very hands on and interactive, sitting down playing with our son before they notice we are even there. So we know! And we appreciate you so much, Mariama! I want to tell every mom in West LA how amazing she is and what an amazing daycare she has started, but then again we want her all to ourselves! The French aspect is also a huge plus for us. The daycare is clean and lots of toys for the kids to play with and an outdoor area with slides etc. Lastly, Mariama prepares a variety of healthy food for our growing boy! Couldn't rate this place any higher!

Mariama has been working for me at Alouette childcare for almost 3 years. She has been such a great…read moreaddition, she was loved by everyone. She has never hidden her wish to have her own chiildcare one day. Well, that day has come. I am so happy she opened her own, my loss your gain! Mariama is patient, warm, caring, fun and passionate about early childhood education. With her, your child is not only in a safe environment, but as well in a great learning environment. I wish Mariama the best for this wonderful journey and will continue to send her families that are looking for child care as I trust her.

Our daughter started in the Seedling room at MyFirstPlace on 22nd St. when she was just 4 months…read moreold, and we've had a wonderful experience ever since. It's a full Spanish immersion program and they have very flexible options. We opted for full time M-F 8-5:30pm. Maria and her entire team are amazing: communication is clear and prompt, teachers are engaged and caring, and the school is clean, safe, and offers wonderful enrichment activities like soccer, capoeira, and music. We always feel listened to, and the teachers send updates throughout the day. One of my favorite parts of the workday is getting the cutest photos and videos of her and her friends engaged in all sorts of activities like outdoor play or reading books. The biggest testament to the program is our daughter herself. Now 18 months old, she's excited to go to school every morning, happily jumping from my lap into her teachers' arms, and she's calm and happy when we pick her up. Teacher Gabby V. has been incredibly caring and thoughtful. We feel so lucky to have had her help care for our daughter over the past 14 months. She consistently goes out of her way to provide thoughtful, individualized care, whether that means adjusting nap schedules or giving a little extra attention when needed. We couldn't recommend MFP more highly!

We loved MFP for our daughter and it truly was our daughter's first place. They were incredibly…read moreflexible, attentive, and caring for our little one. Being a first time mom, I was nervous to let go and have someone else take care of my daughter. But as I watched her start to get accustomed to the schedule there, I noticed how the staff is educated and friendly. It was emotional for me to watch her learn to be independent at MFP and Maria and Cinthia were very accommodating to helping my daughter transition from homecare to daycare. There's plenty of extracurricular activities dancing, music, soccer, including all the planned crafts to keep her engaged. I always found that they updated ProCare with plenty of updates and pictures to keep me informed of her daily activities. Cinthia, Teacher Karen, Teacher Veronica, Zohra are just some of the friendliest faces who helped take care of her. I also witnessed a very smooth transition between classrooms from the Cherry Room to Olive Room. Cinthia was always available to chat through any of my questions and provided input to best support her. We were so sad to have to leave MFP but primarily did so because of moving (needing to reduce the daycare pickup commute). What was also so sweet was how thoughtful they were to provide her a wonderful experience for both her first birthday at school and her last day. I would recommend MFP!

Like most parents, we were very cautious in looking at the available options for childcare of our…read morenewborn and interviewed a lot of daycare centers before finally choosing Lighthouse. We are very happy to have made that choice - they provided excellent care for our newborn from six months to 18 months and provided a safe, mentally-stimulating environment. In particular, we appreciate the multiple updates over the course of the day which they upload on their app during the day to provide information on the status of meals of our toddler (whether untouched, partially-eaten, or fully consumed), diaper changes and nap times. Lighthouse also hired conscientious, compassionate staff and we are grateful for their clear and excellent communication when they took care of our child. Jenny runs an excellent and well-organized service in a chaotic industry and we are grateful for the time we had together. Our baby misses you all, and so do my wife and I. Thank you all so much. NOTE: Photo is not representative of the care at Lighthouse, but my attempt at humor. All babies remain 100% on the ground!

This review is long overdue! Let me start by saying I cannot recommend this center enough! My first…read moreson was here for almost a year in 2019 (from age 4 months-1 year) before we moved and I was so happy with the care he received here! Like most moms I was nervous about placing him in daycare and did a lot of research to find a place that would be a good fit for him. He was always well-cared for, learned so much, and the teachers were all so kind. We were so sad to leave! Fast-forward to a few months ago we moved back to LA and our younger son (8 months) was lucky enough to secure a spot here. The place has stayed true to all I remember it to be in the best ways! I have such peace of mind knowing my baby is in a safe and loving environment. The teachers all communicate so well with the parents and genuinely feel like they enjoy caring for the babies! All of the same teachers that cared for my older son are still there, which to me is such a good sign of a great work environment and the dedication of the teachers. Specifically Jenni, Dee, X and Esther have a special place in my heart for all the love and care they have shown each of my boys! If you are looking for a warm, loving, safe place for your child this is it!

I cannot say enough good things about Maple Tree Santa Monica. Our oldest was with MTA from 4…read moremonths to 3 years old, and our youngest was there for a few months in the infant classroom before we moved away. We always felt safe leaving our kids at MTA, which is so invaluable for two working parents. The teachers are warm and caring, and were always flexible to work with us on things like naps, feeding, and potty training. Our oldest made so many friends and grew into a wonderfully inquisitive child, no doubt thanks to the curriculum of child-led exploration and learning. We will miss MTA dearly and will be forever grateful to have spent some time there!

We love MTA! My baby has been going there since he was 7 months. As first time parents, we were so…read morenervous. But MTA is great. Before you start, the administrator personally come to your house for a meet and greet, and goes over everything, explaining what to bring etc. All the teachers are super sweet, I don't know how they remember each kids' parents, even when the non-primary parent picks them up, but they do. They ask you every morning if there's any specific instructions for the day. My baby had eczema and they were good about applying the lotion we gave them. Because they also speak Spanish to the kids, he was saying 'agua' before he could say 'water'. I like that they don't only do play, but they have a curriculum and teach the kids too. They're really good with communicating through the app. One day, he saw another kid eating apples and he said he wanted some, so the teacher msged us "he wants apples". My baby really loved all his teachers. Whenever there are situations such as when there was a earthquake, or the Palisades fires, they were really good at communicating and giving us updates on how the kids are safe. The owner is a fire chief and designed all the emergency protocols. We really really love MTA, the only reason we left is because we moved to a city that's 2 hours away, otherwise, we would've stayed. On his last day, they gave us a booklet where they printed out pictures of his time there, and all the teachers wrote a little message. It's so sweet and you can tell they truly care about the kids. Thank you MTA for taking care of our lil one, and providing such great early education and fun. Definitely enroll early as the wait list can be long.

We sent both of our daughters to Pages Family Daycare, and we absolutely love it -- I would 100%…read morerecommend Erika and her team! Our older daughter started around 1 year old, and our youngest began at just 5.5 months. From day one, we've had a wonderful experience. I'm a very schedule-oriented parent, and I truly appreciated how willing Erika was to follow my children's individual routines and needs rather than making them fit into a preset schedule. Through every transition -- from adjusting nap times to introducing solids to transitioning from breastmilk to formula -- Erika was always happy to implement my requests and made the process smooth for our family. She has also been incredibly flexible with us. We only send our daughters part-time, but whenever we needed an extra day, Erika always did her best to accommodate. It's clear that she genuinely cares for and loves the children. You can see it in the way the kids respond to her, in how many of her little ones stay with her from babyhood onward, and in how many families trust her with multiple children. Sending your children to daycare is a big decision, but for our family it has been such a positive and supportive environment. We feel very lucky to have found it!

We are so grateful to have found Pages Family Child Care! We started our son there when he was 7…read moremonths and they were so flexible and accommodating as we weaned and started him on solids. They helped him adjust to a better nap schedule too. He's now just over 2 and we have so many amazing memories there-from birthday and holiday pajama celebrations to music classes to watching butterflies transform, it truly is a special place! We loved how nurturing and caring everyone at Pages was. They treated our son like their own and it really felt like an extended family. They're also very detail oriented, always communicating with us to make sure we were on the same page about schedules, behavior or even if there were tiny bumps and scrapes. When our kid inevitably got sick, they would send texts checking in or would be available to talk on the phone even in off hours. We recently moved and are at a new center across the country, and we are now especially grateful for the high adult/child ratio at Pages and the healthy and fresh meals they provided. Honestly, pulling our son out was one of the hardest parts of our move and he still talks about his friends and teachers there. If you're lucky enough to grab a spot there you won't regret it!

My daughter loves stepping stone! We chose this daycare for the facility and that they also teach…read morein Spanish. We have been very happy with the teachers. There are always at least 2 teachers and they develop a bond with the children. The outdoor facility is stunning and they do activities like water play in the summer. The inside facilities have the right balance of not being a large daycare center, and not being too small. Pickup and drop off are very easy, they are organized and have their holiday schedule in advance (better schedule than most and no closures if someone's sick, since there is ample staff). I highly recommend!

My daughter has been at this daycare since she was 4 months old and it has been the biggest…read moreblessing! Maria, Ana and Marisol are incredible teachers, I love being able to watch circle time and day time activities via the day care's social media page. The backyard is the best feature - there is grass, flowers and beautiful greenery. During Covid they have been very safe, making sure the kids are masked up (if they are over 2) and frequently washing their hands. They make delicious food for the kids, all home cooked! Another major plus is their bilingual (English/Spanish) program, our daughter's first work was "agua" for water!