Both of my daughters attended Montessori Way and had a wonderful experience. My first was there…read morefrom 2017 to 2020, and my second attended from 2023 to 2025. Each of my girls thrived in their own way. The teachers took the time to understand their unique personalities and learning styles, creating a space where they felt both supported and challenged. Ms. Nisha was fortunately there for the full preschool term of both of my daughters, and I couldn't be happier about it. I fully trust her, and I know that both of my children learned so much thanks to her and the preschool director, Ms. Betty. One of the most valuable things Montessori Way taught my children is the ability to focus on a task. I saw this firsthand when my first daughter started kindergarten during COVID, with school fully online. While many children struggled to concentrate, she was able to stay engaged and work independently--and I truly credit that to her time at Montessori Way. I have no doubt that my second daughter will transition just as smoothly and thrive when she starts kindergarten in fall 2025.

This school is so wonderful. My daughters have been coming here since 2021. I feel like we are part…read moreof a family! The teachers take care of kids as if they were their own. One of my daughters has special needs, and I am so thankful for all the attention and care that they have given her. The director, Miss Betty, is a kind lady, and I am impressed by how she runs the school. She helps the kids find their way while providing a warm and fun environment for them. They also put fun performances/activities for the families when it comes to Christmas, Mother's Day, Eastern, and other holidays. It's vey easy to drop my daughters off every morning knowing that they are in a great place.

We've had an overall wonderful experience at Empire Montessori Preschool. My daughter has been…read morethere for almost two years, and we are so grateful for the care and dedication of all her teachers and the principal. Ms. Jas, Ms. Yuen, Ms. Lori, Ms. Janet, and Ms. Edith have all been incredibly patient, supportive, and intentional in helping my daughter grow. She started off quite resistant, but they helped her feel comfortable, safe, and truly at home in the classroom. A special thank you to Ms. Jas and Ms. Yuen, who have put so much effort into nurturing her interest in desk work and helping her develop positive classroom behavior in the Montessori style. I genuinely appreciate the environment they've created--one where I feel completely confident leaving my daughter each day. I also really appreciate the strong security measures in place, including the two code-locked entry doors before entering the school. When my in-laws have picked up my daughter, staff have always checked their ID cards and matched them to her authorized pickup list before releasing her, which gives me great peace of mind. She now runs in with big hugs every end of day, which says everything about the loving relationships she's built with her teachers.

We love Empire! Our daughter started at 2y old here and had Ms Lori and Ms Edith as her teachers…read more We had a great experience in the 2y old room with them. They were so loving and kind towards our daughter. Even now that she's moved up to the preschool classroom, she finds them to say bye to at the end of the day. Ms. I-Ling is her teacher now and we love her too! Our daughter is excited to go to preschool. She has learned a ton and I feel she will be ready for kindergarten next year. Ms. Mei, the director, is great and communicative with parents. I love the special events the kids do, like Parents Day performance and Lunar New Year celebrations. The school also offers extra curriculars, like tennis and dance class. These are a separate fee but are paid directly to the class provider and offer kids a chance to try something new while at school. We will be sending our six month old daughter here soon as well.

My son started here at 18 months, he's 21 months now. Honestly didn't expect this much growth this…read morefast. His teachers are so patient with him -- like genuinely patient, not just professionally patient. He's a toddler, so that means a lot to us. He's picking up new words, learning to do small things on his own, and actually happy to go in the mornings. That last part says everything. The environment feels calm and intentional. Highly recommend for families looking for a quality Montessori start.

My daughter started when she was 21 months old and was enrolled in the infant class. Within 2 days…read moreshe got use to the new environment and within a week she started enjoying going to the daycare. She was extremely attached to the teachers specially Miss Martha. The teachers are really loving towards the kids and genuinely care. She has now transitioned to the 2year toddler class and we are really grateful for all the love and care the teachers give.

We enrolled our son to Evergreen Montessori last fall and could not be happier with our decision…read more The teachers are very kind and nurturing, the lunch menu and snacks are very well balanced, and we really appreciate how the curriculum is tailored to the individual child's progress. In the short amount of time, he has learned a tremendous amount, made many friends, and developed social skills. He is making incredible progress in his reading and maths, and comes home curious and full of questions about the topics he's learned at school (such as geography or science). We wish we had sent him sooner as he will be graduating to Kindergarten this summer! We can't wait to start our younger son at EMS this fall.

We pulled our child from the school. No daily updates or letting us know how she is doing. Dropped…read morea behavior bomb in our lap at parent teacher conference. How are we supposed to know how our child is doing or address the behavior with no communication ? Barely 4 words to say at pick up. No notes are being sent home. Nothing like this. She is coming home with dirty underwear constantly. Is she potty trained, yes does she need to make sure she is doing a good job, also yes. Called us disrespectful for bringing our concerns to their attention. Said this is how they learn: "They are itchy and uncomfortable and it helps them learn to wipe better" Not one good thing to say about our child at parent teacher conference. They asked me what she liked, and I listed some things. That was the most positive part of the conversation. They didn't even prove to me they have gotten to know my child by telling me what she really likes at school. Only bad things. Only focusing on things she isn't doing well. Nothing good to say about her behavior or their favorite things about her in the classroom. Nothing. They said our child harmed someone with her hair clip. They removed her hair clip from her hair every day at school and re did her hair daily but never notified me of the problem till parent teacher conference. I don't know when it happened. No incident report nothing. When I was concerned about this being brought up at the parent teacher conference their story changed. She didn't hurt anyone. Like they will lie to cover their backs. Their stories changed. Trust is lost. No incident report. Didn't let me know what's going on when it happened. Nothing. They brought up many concerning things that have not even been introduced to my child at home yet like she is learning it from there and acting out They aren't doing their job at this school and the director is the main problem. Of course it trickles down. Extremely negative environment. I wouldn't recommend this school to anyone. Take your money somewhere else. This school is only set up for babies who start from the beginning. They want their students to act like robots and expect a 2-3 year old to sit at their desk for 8 hours a day. As if this is normal for this age and it is not. They expect your 2-3 year old to change their shoes when getting to school and at pick up. As if a three year old can grasp this concept. And they cannot understand fully why they need to wear shoes to school then change into school shoes. They were very annoyed about my child using the bathroom so frequently but she is learning and doesn't want to have an accident. Everything seems like a bother as if they do not want to do their job Good luck having your 2-3 year old start here at this program. Not realistic at all. Extremely disappointed I was never notified of behavior. I would like to know how my child is doing so I can be consistent addressing the behavior at home. How do you let things go for a month and a half and just wait till the parent teacher conference to notify of an issue. This is not proactive behavior or professional. Extremely happy to not have my child going to this school anymore. My child cried every day for a month at drop off saying she didn't want to go here. It is a daily thing to convince her to go. Other kids struggle greatly at drop off too. Maybe this is a HUGE RED FLAG!!!!!!! None of the kids look happy here. Not one.

To parents considering enrolling their children here, we highly recommend this place…read more Ms. Katie is a very kind person and respectful ,Mrs. Choi and Mrs. Cho genuinely care about the children and Ms. Alison who is new is clearly adored by the kids and is delightful with them. The children love the teachers.

Santa Clara Montessori has been such a great value for our daughter, who has enrolled in this…read moredaycare since she was about 9 months old. Now that she is a month away from being 2 years old, our daughter has grown and learned so much since being in this school. I remember my first day dropping her off and she cried for about two weeks before she was able to finally transition, and man, that was rough for a first time mom. But the school provides an app with updates via messages and pictures of their daily activities (arts and crafts, sharing day, circle time), which helped settle those nerves especially in the early days. Now, my daughter walks up herself to daycare and waves mommy goodbye. It's definitely a proud mommy moment to see her grow to be independent, while also giving her the gift of learning early in a school setting and making friends along the way. I also have to add - the teacher to children ratio here also makes me feel confident my daughter is getting the attention and care she needs from the teachers - and you can also tell the teachers truly care about the children at the school. I love working with Ms Katie on the admin parent side, and I could tell Mrs Cho and Mrs Choi both adore my daughter. Santa Clara Montessori also provides summer school activities for two weeks, which included some water activities which my daughter absolutely loved! Finally, I have to admit, while childcare in the Bay Area is expensive, Santa Clara Montessori provides flexibility and options which works for our family. Rather enrolling our daughter in the full time program, we have been enrolled in the part time program, first with three days and then expanding to the four day program. This works great for our family financially, and we're happy Santa Clara Montessori provides this option for us. We're so happy we found a place we could trust leaving our daughter while we're at work, while also being a place that helps our daughter continue to learn and grow.

Our kids went to Children's World for 3 years. We always felt supported by the staff. They helped…read moreus navigate toddlerhood as first time parents, and provided the most loving and warm learning environment for our kids. Here we watched our kids learn how to make friends, how to love and respect them, and also felt the joy of seeing them being loved back by their peers. They fell in love with problem solving, art, language, and got exposed to geography, botany, and different cultures. We started during the pandemic, and the work Ms Michelle and the teachers put into keeping the children healthy was and still is extremely effective. CWBM is the safest school community, health and emotional-wise, we had the pleasure to be part of.

This review is for Children's World Bilingual Montessori (CWBM). My daughter (7 years old) and son…read more(5 years old) both recently graduated from CWBM, spending their preschool years here and my husband and I feel so fortunate to have found this school. CWBM has been like a second home for my children. Just a few of the many things I love about the school: 1) The school itself is a true Montessori school. CWBM is observed by an Association Montessori International (AMI) representative yearly and continues to be recognized as a member of the Association Montessori International. 2) The school itself is so clean and bright inside. This was one of the main reasons I chose CWBM for my children. The children are also taught to help keep the school tidy and neat. 3) The teachers are loving and attentive. On the weekends when he is not in school, my son has often called out his teachers' names while trying to call out to me (his mother). This is just a small indicator of how fond my son was of his teachers. 4) My children were happy in school while learning math, how to read, participating in singing, soccer, dancing, class. 5) Chinese culture and language was introduced during school, which I appreciated, especially living in this global society. 6) I think what I really appreciated most recently with covid, is the precautions that are taken to keep the children and teachers safe. From the very beginning of the pandemic, I felt safe sending my kids to school here and I was on the paranoid side (my kids were one of the first to comfortably wear masks during the pandemic). My children and I will always think of our time at CWBM fondly and continue to recommend this preschool to others. Thank you CWBM!

Our daughter joined this school when she was about 26-27 months old. She was still figuring out how…read moreto talk, not a big talker, she was still in her diapers , but did know to go to the bathroom by herself. For the first few weeks, she would cry every single day at the door, not wanting to leave mommy and daddy, and go to a place where she did not know anybody. She was not overtly social at the time, and took time to make friends / interact. Within a couple months, we had her going from not wanting to go to school, to cant wait to go to school. Ms Cecilia and Ms Karina both of them took care of all the kiddos with a lot of love care and affection. Ensuring they eat their food on time. Initial month or so was tough, as she was used to be fed at home, but over time she figured out that nobody is going to feed her and she needs to finish her lunch box by herself. And she did start eating over time. She was always a picky eater so we had take care of that but otherwise it was all good. The schedule of schhool is good, with a circle time in the morning, followed by some play time out side, a class, and then lunch, a nap time, followed by another playtime, artwork and then finally its time to go home. This is high level - it does change a bit. They have a Monday bring a book (on a specific theme) and Friday bring an object (starting with letter of the week) and those objects are needed to share. They use an app called ProCare for checkin and checkout, and for sharing any special moments/photographs. As well as any notices. Kids celebrate their birthdays in class with a special ritual and its fun. Parents are allowed to be in school during the kiddo's birthday too. They have parent teachers conference where your childs progress is talked through in a Montessory based style. In the second year, Ms Elaihi - we were told by many friends was on the stricter side. And we were like YES, we do want a strict teacher :). Our daughter at 3 definitely needed one. But honestly Ms Elaihi is one of the most loving and caring teachers, and my kiddo loved her a lot. Finally you go into third year, and we have Ms Coleen, we now are into the big kids area where Ms Collen helped our kids with academics, and very soon we had these babies who could not talk or eat on their own, or go to bathroom, now learning about math, and learning to read by themselves, and finishing 2-3 workbooks. She really is an Ace teacher with an decade+ experience and we were truly blessed to have her teaching the 3rd year and my 4-5y daughter loved being in her classroom learning all these awesome things. Overall all these 3 years, we also had Ms Varsha who is every parents confidant to help in matters big and small. And finally Ms Sheetal was also always there to support us all through - esp in times of need. We had lots of gatherings on Easter, Mother/Father days, Chinese new year, Diwali, Halloween, Christmas and many more. They also have a fun summer program where kids are asked to come with diferent clothing/objects. Overall we loved being part of this school for the three years we were here, we never felt like a school - parent relationship, and it was more of a small close knit family. And we would highly recommend to any parent trying to find a school for their baby in this neighborhood.

My son recently graduated from OTRM (Over the Rainbow Montessori) after spending 3 years at the…read morepreschool. We are very glad we decided to send him to OTRM. The staff is very friendly and extremely caring yet focused on building right characters in the students. The school also excels in early education that helped my son be ahead of his kindergarten curriculum (alphabets, 3 letter word/sight words, addition/subtractions) My son joined OTRM right in the middle of COVID after spending almost 2 years at home without much social contact. Ms. Cecelia (2's class) and Ms.Yira (currently Ms. Karina supports Ms. Cecelia) helped my son get over his fear and social-anxiety and he is now leaving Ms. Coleen's class (4-6 class) as a so-called "Social Butterfly". In between, Ms. Elaheh (3-4 year class) tremendously helped him build social skills and he still has a special bond with her. Ms. Varsha (Director) oversees the school with Ms. Sheetal (owner) with a strict-yet-kind touch of her own. For all these reasons, when it came to making a decision about where to send our second son, the choice was easy for us. It's OTRM for 3 more years for us. :)

Our son loves this 7 Magic Flowers Preschool (on Erin Way). The teachers here are really good and…read moreattentive to the kids. The facilities are basically brand new since they moved here late 2024 and the outdoor play area is quite nice with a HUGE tree providing shade for the kids to play under. Their app is also quite useful as the teachers send a few photos each day and you can message with them quite easily. If I had to say something negative, it's the parking. As this location is in a more residential neighborhood, parking is a bit limited so pickups and drop offs can be a bit of a car shuffle.

We're convinced this daycare is run by actual superheroes in disguise. We dropped off a high-energy…read moretoddler who thinks naps are for the weak -- and picked up a happy, smiling, tired child. Every. Single. Day. Amazing. The teachers have the patience of saints and the energy of caffeinated squirrels. They somehow manage to teach, entertain, and herd a room full of tiny humans like it's no big deal. Our son comes home with new songs, fun facts, mystery glitter, and lots of craft. In our house, we don't have any Chinese speakers, but we love the routine and school ethic at 7 Magic. It really builds a challenge for our son and teachers him another language. If you want your kid to be loved, cared for, and gently worn out by 6 p.m., this is the place.