My Granddaughter has been attending here since her parents moved into the area in November 2015. She attends 3 days a week and I share drop off and pick up duties with my daughter. I therefore spend time with My Granddaughters teacher Ms Maria. I have found Ms Maria to be very caring and shows a genuine interest in her children. Ms Maria has helped with potty training and encouraged us to persevere with the process with pleasing success. Ms Maria shows a lot of love towards her children and seems to get the best out of them. There is always a sense of discipline and calm in her classroom at all times. read more

This place is amazing i take my son there he loves it his teacher are amazing the directors and teachers are on top of every need and chagr for the kids my son matteo v. read more

Been at this location since my Daughter was 3 months old. She will be 3 years old very soon and she LOVES it. All the teachers from her baby class until now have been so wonderful as well as the Director Holly and Assistant Director Alex. We have always felt welcomed and communication has been great! My daughter sometimes gets upset when I pick her up to go home because she is having too much fun playing with all her friends! We love it! Thank you to all the staff and teachers for being like family! read more

My precious son has been attending since infant to toddler now, and he absolutely loves it at Irvine KinderCare! The teachers love him and he loves the teachers!! At 23 months he already knows his abc's and 123's!! Awesome and caring teachers!! I felt really guilty bringing him to school at 4 months, but it was the best decision I had made, and I know I am giving him a bright future!! Thank you to all my teachers and caring staff!!! read more

Love this place! My husband and I have been touring facilities since December and we could not find one that we felt comfortable with. At first we did not want to tour here due to some of the other reviews, but we decided to give it a shot. Best decision ever. Not only did they take us without an appointment, but their Assistant Director also took the time to introduce us to the various teachers and explained to us how each class program worked. She was very informative and answered all of our questions. We enrolled two days later. It's been about a month now and our son loves it there. We get updates everyday and pictures at least once a week. The only drawback is that their Director doesn't seem to close that often. She's there each morning, but tends to be gone by 3 each day. This would probably concern me if it weren't for the friendly staff, but really that would be my only complaint. read more

I had been to Day Cares before, especially a KinderCare under another a different management, and this is the best ever!! Miss Holly works real hard to get the best attention and programs for all the kids. And so does every staff, in taking care of the children. I do not think there is any perfect daycare anywhere in the world. Managing so many children is not easy, and they do their best to keep the children occupied. The quarterly/half yearly milestones are really good, which has helped my child a lot. We are made aware in time of all changes coming into the institution. The cost is really expensive for me, but still I think it is worth it, looking at the progress my child makes... I recommend this Kindercare to anyone who wants to see their children grow to be great US Citizens, ready for school!! read more

So the other day my nephew and I were looking at Yelp reviews and he wanted to see his school's. We were surprised, especially by the latest one. So today we decided to write our own. First, he Loves it there. His teachers Ms. Niki and Ms. Emy are awesome! They're always playing music and having a ton of fun. He especially likes story time because Ms. Niki lets them pick the books. As to their school having "sick kids", every school has that. The teachers are proactive and they have a tight illness policy. Simple as that. My sister loves it. It keeps her child from getting sick, AND the teachers don't lie to you. Ms. Alex and Ms. Holly are great as they always tell the parents whats happening and they don't try to fluff it. They're professional, caring and always say hello even when they are in fast paced mode. Plus, my nephew always has to give them hugs goodbye when I pick him up so I know it's legit. Now, because it blew my mind, we read a review over the fact that the school got Hand Foot and Mouth and it spread. The reviewer said that she was never notified. Well, I can attest that a notice had been posted on the parent board, and when I told my sister, she said that she received the school email about it. She also said that she gets constant email updates. So, all in all school has tight illness policy, teachers are fun, but attentive and administration works hard to keep things awesome. read more

Beware of school age bus pick up and drop offs. My kid was left at kindergarten 25 mins after it ended and dropped off 20 mins late and the kindergarten ended up calling me to see where the bus was. Not cool when I have to work. Twice so far - and it's not even the first month of school. One of the days she had to walk up to the school by herself - drenched in rain. She's 5. Really? As confirmed by a kindergarten staff member. read more

UPDATE: I received a call from the new director who called to empathize with my experience at her location. We had a very good discussion and she strikes me as someone who "gets it". Based on our brief conversation I'm confident she'll rectify the issues we encountered. She indicated she has noticed some of the same issues I mentioned and has already initiated trainings to address these issues. She didn't call to get me back as a customer or have me change my review, simply to express her sadness regarding the experience I illustrated in my review. I wish them the best. read more

Not sure where all the low reviews are coming from but we placed our son (two years old) and daughter (7 months) in Kindercare and we've had a lot of positive experiences. I think Holly is a great director - she's engaging, focused and very communicative on all the issues, Coni is a great assistant director; she's young but has a great head on her shoulders and definitely looks to be management material, the infant teachers are amazing; Natalie, Tania and Heather. On the infant side, we know Heather the best since she closes, so, we chat with her a lot; she's very professional and takes the time to explain our daughter's activities for the day, feeding habits, nap times and mile stones and such, thoroughly engaging. Our son was in the toddler section until be moved to the two's recently and that toddler group is a trip - Barbara is as different as Sonia who is far different from Kevin who is different than Meghan, but, all of them are absolutely great and our son loves them all, he babbles their names on and off at home. I can't say much about the two's yet since my son just started, but, from what little I know of teacher Jackie, Indika and Taylor (sp?) I think my son will learn as much and have as great of a time as he did in infant and toddler's. If you're looking for a daycare you gotta give this place a try, whatever bad reviews they have are in the past, this place has new management and new teachers and while we could transfer our kids to a cheaper, closer location to home, we choose to keep them at this Kindercare. read more

I do not recommend this KinderCare to anyone. This daycare has kids only because of the daycare need in Irvine. There is a huge difference between this one and the other Irvine KinderCare. read more

My daughter has been going to this school for a year now, and she absolutely loves it! The teachers are very nice and nurturing starting from morning drop offs until evening pick ups. My daughter wants to go to the school even during weekends. The director is very kind and understanding. My little one is 3 years old now, and I am planning on sending her to this school until elementary school. read more

My daughter is almost 3, has been there 3 months now and she loves it! Food is healthy and they teach her to follow instructions. She doesn't speak English but still the teacher encourage her to talk, which is exactly we like to see how she growing up. Miss Emy, Nikki and Alex are wonderful teachers that help both kids and parents. If u live in this area this is the one you should come. read more

I would highly recommend this Kindercare. Let's face it, when it comes to our kids, we need to completely trust leaving them with somebody else. This Kindercare absolutely does that!! My wife and I looked at several places to send our son (including other Kindercares), and this location has: - very friendly and knowledgeable staff and Director - great teaching for students - drop off/pick up at our local elementary school - great activities to teach kids socialization, alphabet, writing, math, etc. Thanks Kindercare!! read more

My son started here when he was 4 months old full time and he loves every teacher. Yes sometimes there are different teachers in the rooms because of vacations, lunches, staffing changes, but it's pretty consistent every day as I drop him off at the same time. They did have an incident of confusing another baby's bottle with his, but it was addressed immediately. Because he got to watch the toddlers sometimes, he strived to be like them. We moved him to Children's Village in Santa Ana due to changes in my work and now we are so glad to be back here even though it's totally out of our way. He eats and naps with regularity and we get pictures weekly of him reading and doing arts and crafts. We really feel like he's learning here and being cared for. read more

I have waited two weeks since leaving Irvine KinderCare to leave a review: About a month and a half ago I walked in on my toddler's teacher picking him up by the sides of his arms and yelling at him telling him he was bad. Although, she denies it now, she turned around and saw me and immediately apologized saying she was sorry I had to see her get angry with him. I spoke with management and was told that it shouldn't have happened and staff will be retrained. I was also told that the teacher's husband was dying of cancer, this made me feel horrible for making a complaint. Following this issue, I was told weekly what was wrong with my son, at a year he is throwing toys, cups and food and not picking up after himself. I started working on these things at home and was told he was improving. On the last day we were there I left him at 7:40am and he was in a tiger cloth diaper, I went to check on him and help him on the potty at 2:15pm and he was in the same diaper! He ran to me from his nap cot and his pants were soaked! When I mentioned this it was denied, she said that it was a different diaper and I told her no, it wasn't I put him in that one this morning. She then admitted to looking at it and it was dry the first time and the second time it was only a little wet, so NOW he was soaking wet. This hurt my heart so much, they put my son back in a wet diaper! :( The management waived my 2 week charge fee and they said they would retrain, but I did not feel comfortable there at all anymore. I felt like a terrible mother for leaving him there every day and not knowing this was going on. While there, I always felt like he was starving when I picked him up and had a snack ready or was able to nurse there. Two weeks later and I don't feel that way at his new place. Two weeks later, his attitude has completely changed. I waited two weeks to post this to see if it would change while at his new care center and all of our family has noticed a difference in him. He is so much happier, talkative, and energetic; this makes us all wonder what were they doing or not doing there for him. I felt like there was no love or caring from our main teacher, I saw on several occasions my son hugging her legs and her just walking or turning away from him. I would not recommend this place at all. read more

Both of my two sons come here and I seriously love bringing them here! Ms.Alex is super amazing she has always helped me! As a single parent I'm so grateful for her and Mrs.Holly. It's hard doing it on your own. I'm also so thankful for all the staff here for always keeping me updated about my two boys. The staff here are so helpful and are caring. My two year old started coming here since he was six weeks old and he has developmental delay and had to do special exercises and his teachers in the infants were so helpful by helping him do his exercises everyday! They would always ask me how he was doing with his therapy and his improvement. They really cared for him. My four year old loves coming here so much! His teachers in the twos helped me potty train him and By the time he was three years old he already knew his abcs and was learning to write his name thanks to his teacher in the fours! She even taught him Spanish! He loves doing the arts and craft when he's here. He has learned so much thanks to all the wonderful teachers here. Im so grateful for finding this daycare! read more

There has been a virus going around for three weeks among the youngest groups and still I have yet to receive a call or a letter from the director about this illness. I would like to know what is going on with my child's class and if my child could get sick. And this virus is extremely contagious and keeps the children home for a whole week. It is just unbelievable that it is going to be a month that it has been going around. Just last week I found out that it is still infecting children. I am very upset because this is not okay for the director to let happen especially when its babies and toddlers. This just tells me that the director doesn't care about the children and only cares about enrollment and about your wallet because they charge a pretty penny to have your kids there. read more

I have a 3 1/2 year old and a 1 year old. We have been coming here for over 2 1/2 years and my boys love it. The teachers are very patient with my boys, and are always interested and enthusiastic about my older son's stories and shower the baby with affection. I am always impressed by how much the kids are learning. This kindercare is 8 miles round trip out of my way in the morning, but we keep going here because my boys are so happy. read more

These people gave my child the wrong milk... The staff is unfamiliar with the children, I only sent my daughter here for one month and it broke my heart every day. This is one of the worst day-cares I have ever had the misfortune of walking into. read more

I have been researching and touring preschools in the area. I hadn't been to pleased with some of the tours I experienced so far until I walked into this KinderCare. I wasn't sent away and told to come back another day because they were to busy. The center director stopped what she was doing in her office to attend to my needs. I had a full tour of the center, all the daily routines and curriculum was explained in detail down to the teachers education and experience. I was introduced to the teacher's each time we walked into a room which was very professional and made me feel part of the school already. I was even asked what was important to me for my child's care and education. This director wasn't only warm, friendly and knowledgeable, but you knew she enjoyed her job. It was nice to see also each time we went into a room or on the playground, so many of the children where running up to this Director telling her hi calling out her name. Very Cute! You new the children loved her. That was nice to see as well. We will be enrolling soon and I finally feel a peace of mind on having to leave my child for the first time. This school, especially the director, got where I was coming from and acknowledged all my needs, reservations on leaving my child and I walked away feeling excited about my child's first time in a school setting rather than nervous, sad and unsure. I recommend that anyone going through the hard task of finding the perfect school to entrust their child with, visit this one!!!! Management, my husband says, is a reflection of the businesses. And so my husband feels confident that if I felt this good about it, then he does too. read more