I never went to this pre-school, but my sister and brother did in the late 80s/early 90s. This was…read morea great little preschool. They both enjoyed their time and learned a lot. They have so many great memories about preschool. The teachers were nice and caring. Not sure if the preschool has any correlation to my brother and sister getting into law school, but I'm pretty sure it has had some help. St. Edumnd's the stepping stone to a future in law.

We love St. Edmund's Nursery School! Our family has been a part of this wonderful nursery school…read morecommunity for years! The teachers and staff are amazing-so warm and kind! Can't imagine sending our little ones any place else!

Both of my children have attended Clairbourn School for over 6 years, and they have thoroughly…read moreenjoyed their time there. I am immensely grateful that they have developed leadership skills and become proficient public speakers during their time at the school. The supportive and kind staff have played a crucial role in nurturing their confidence. Additionally, Clairbourn offers ample opportunities for students to explore various interests, making it an ideal choice for parents seeking a well-rounded education for their children.

We were very fortunate to have our daughter join Clairbourn's Junior Pre-K Class led by Mrs Rankin…read moreand her TA, Ms Macchi. My daughter was attending a Montessori school prior to our looking into Clairbourn, and I felt that she needed more opportunities to perk her growing curiosity in life. Clairbourn School definitely has an abundant resources and opportunities to provide! What really made me so happy about switching over to Clairbourn was their strong emphasis on teaching and instilling kindness and respect for one another. Clairbourn also really felt like a family, a very caring and welcoming community. Every event they put on is so carefully thought out. Their back-to-school STEM event was amazing, the Grandparents/Parents Appreciation Days were so special, their Entrepreneur/Family BBQ was so much fun and their Christmas Show production was so well put-together. Unfortunately COVID hit us all by surprise in March 2020. I applaud how quickly Mrs Rankin learned and adapted to providing a virtual learning setting for the remainder of the school year. She personally dropped off weekly activity kits for my daughter and surprised us with a photo book at the end of the year with snapshots of our daughter's remote learning journey. We were looking forward to joining Ms Rubio's Pre-K class this past year, but due to LA County's Safer at Home mandate, their preschool was not able to open for in-person learning for Fall 2020. In the meantime, their head of school, Dr Patzlaff, and their lower school director, Mrs Paciorek, were very attentive and provided guidance on age appropriate activities our kids could engage in and continue in their development. They've been very communicative throughout this past year and very flexible and understanding of each family's situation. Your child will be loved at Clairbourn School--200%! You will have no doubts.

My daughter started in Nov/Dec 2024, around the age of 2. Her development from 3 different classes…read morereflected at home and having a fun, chatty, artistic, emotional, and intelligent characteristics. Each class taught and developed her skills and growth. She has been attending daycare since 6 months but her major milestones happened at Evergreen. The teachers are great with the leadership from a caring and professional director. I personally will miss Evergreen but what my daughter gained from there no one can take away but build upon it. I couldn't ask for a better group of people that just cared and were realistic with life. My wife found a great school, my daughter learned valuable lessons and I have great memories because of them. Thank you Evergreen!

I cannot praise Evergreen Montessori Academy enough -- Ms. Gladys, Ms. Lizet, and Ms. Rosi are the…read morebest. My daughter has gone here since she was 10 weeks old, and she's learned so much while there, and is also so happy to be dropped off every day! Their ratios of staff to students exceed the California standard, and it is clear how much they genuinely care about her. It is also amazing that all staff are trained in childhood development in some capacity. The flexibility that the longer hours provide is also amazing, and I love that I've been able to pop in to take her to doctors appointments or to have family visit her mid-day. I also love the activities they provide the parents to foster a strong parent- and parent-teacher community. I cannot say enough good things. You and your infant/child will be lucky if they get to attend!

We love this daycare! Our daughter started here at eight months old, and she is now almost two. The…read moreteachers are kind, caring, and treat every child like family. She has learned so much, made great friends, and always runs inside with a huge smile every single morning. Highlights: Teachers give warm updates and care deeply for the kids. Ms. Jasmine the director also establishes a clear line of communication and keeps parents updated with reminders of activities or days closed. I love how in the summer, the older toddlers have a water day! They also get to participate in music and sport enrichment activities. My daughter came home so proud of herself for learning how to jump and kick a ball! Safe Space: The rooms are clean, secure, and very well-organized. I love how all of the artwork is what the children produce, and not put together by the teachers. The teacher to student ratio is also a plus! Peace of Mind: She's always smiling and laughing when I come pick her up because she's had an amazing day! Lately, she has started naming the friends she looks forward to seeing. Watching Her Grow: This incredible daycare has seen our daughter through every major milestone. They watched her progress from crawling to standing, walking, and now running. Today, she is quite the talker with a large vocabulary for her age. At 22 months old, she can already recognize some letters in the alphabet, count to 10, solve puzzles, and follow directions. Final Thoughts: We are truly sad to leave this amazing place. We are moving away from the Pasadena area, and saying goodbye is so hard. Leaving your baby with others is tough, but this team made it easy and wonderful. We are so grateful for them!

10/10 recommend! The directors and staff do an incredible job providing a safe, nurturing, and…read moreeducational environment. My first daughter just graduated from BOD after being there for 2.5 years (she started at 5 months). And there was no question we would enroll our second daughter at BOD, who is now almost one, and we started her at 3 months! We have gotten to know all of the teachers throughout the years and each one of them truly cares about what they do to ensure every single child is properly cared for. My younger daughter had feeding/OT issues around the time she started at BOD, and the staff helped accommodate OT exercises and feeding practices to help her overcome her issues while away from home. BOD treats their students as if they are their own children, and my daughters have absolutely loved attending this daycare. THANK YOU BOD!!!

My daughter just graduated from SMCC Preschool, and she was so sad to leave! Both of my children…read moreabsolutely loved this school. The teachers are wonderful, the campus is well maintained, and my kids learned so much during their time there. When we first moved from the Westside to the SGV, we enrolled my son in another preschool, and he cried every day for a month. I frantically searched for a new school and feel incredibly lucky that I found SMCC. From the beginning, there were no tears from either of my children. They were happy and excited to go to school each day. We're so grateful for the experience they had here!

We feel so fortunate to have stumbled upon this school in our search for a preschool for our 2 year…read moreold daughter. Our daughter is a very sensitive child who has had difficulty separating from parents since infancy. To see her go skipping into preschool without so much as a look back at drop off warms our hearts and speaks to the nurturing, caring environment that the teachers and director of this school have fostered. Things we love about this school: the small size of the school (only 3 classrooms, each with no more than 15 kids), the longevity/retention of the teaching staff, the child-centered curriculum which combines a great deal of outdoor time, open-ended play, and developmentally appropriate opportunities for the honing of pre-academic skills. Things to note: there is no use of an app (we love that the teachers' full attention is on the kids, but we miss getting photos/updates throughout the day), there are a few weeks off throughout the year (planned well in advance- and likely helps with the teacher retention I mentioned above, as these teachers surely benefit from these well-deserved breaks). In short, we couldn't have dreamed of a more perfect first school experience for our daughter. As a parent, all you can hope for is to find a place where your child can be accepted and celebrated for who they are. Thank you San Marino Congregational Preschool for being that place.

To add clarity the events in this review were experienced by EVERYONE in our group for over a year…read more Many of our fellow parents unenrolled as a result of these events. As class parents we heard the concerns of the remaining parents in our class and voiced our collective concerns, only to be met with retribution from the owner. That being said, If you would like your children to go to a facility where the owner is okay with your child sleeping on a carpet that smells like a casino floor this place is for you. I was debating not writing anything but after spending time at other day cares in the area that take cleanliness and consistency seriously I had to share my experience. We spent over a year at this location with our toddler and during the one year there we experienced a HFM out break that impacted the entire class, yes the entire class was out for weeks. When one child would return even with no others present they somehow would contract the virus, we cited cleanliness concerns that were not addressed. We loved our first teacher unforunately she left after two months, from then on our experience with the leads was a merry go round of turn over during the time there. Every day we wouldn't be sure if our lead would be present, on leave or fired. Turnover is a huge issue here. Once, all of the parents spent a half hour at the gate locked out of the school when we were trying to pick up our children at the end of the day. They could not find their spare key so the children were trapped inside. And lastly after our families were all devastated by the fires, this location opened with a ventilation system that had not been professionally cleaned and carpets that smelled like smoke for weeks. They did not take their role in the recovery process seriously. If leadership, consistency, cleanliness and communication are important to you I would say DDP ranks low on the list of options in pasadena. There are better options down the street.

Our son went to discovery days preschool from July of 2021- May of 2025. We had a wonderful…read moreexperience here especially in the TK (sequoia) classroom. There are a lot of great enrichment activities available for a fee (karate, yoga, dance, soccer, theatre to name a few) on campus. They have state of the art facilities and great teacher to student ratios. They also have a woman who comes in periodically to teach social emotional learning classes (SEL) and supports students one on one if needed for an extra fee. We were extremely satisfied with our experience here, the only negative for us in the earlier years was the high teacher turnover- which seems to be a problem in a lot of preschool environments. All in all though, Discovery Days fostered a very welcoming and positive environment. Our son is absolutely ready for kindergarten socially and academically.

We learned early on how incredibly important and foundational the learning ages of 2-5 were going…read moreto be for our son's growth. Until the age of two, we were able to nurture his love of creativity through art, get him engaged in reading and music, and keep him active and independent while learning at home, but his social-emotional growth needed a community like Modern Schoolhouse to truly develop. We met another family at his favorite playground that had an AMAZING experience at Modern Schoolhouse and their daughter, who was academically gifted and raised with similar philosophies, was thriving under their care. We enrolled and discovered for ourselves that Modern Schoolhouse was indeed an absolute gem for child development. Our son entered after turning two, and he was very shy/reserved at the time. The talking, dancing, singing, bilingual artist that blew us away with his funny ideas and love of learning at home, needed help expressing himself in the larger group. Over the next several years, Leonardo was able to grow and thrive his ability to emotionally self-regulate, from having a 'safe space' at home to being able to identify what he was feeling and how to 'calm his body,' to listening to others and respecting common space. What we didn't anticipate was not just the top quality of the school, the clean aesthetic spaces, and the exceptional teachers (Teacher Alicia from class 3 was truly amazing!!), but also the like minded and kind community that became a key part of our son's social life. During our son's first years at home, we studied Montessori, Waldorf, and Reggio Emilia- instituting some principles of each in our approach at home. It wasn't until we met Sue and her philosophies at Modern Schoolhouse did we see some of these same philosophies embodied in an American child care setting; and we must have interviewed or toured at 5 or more local schools before finding Modern Schoolhouse. The core beliefs consist of the idea that children are competent, capable, curious individuals with hundreds of ways of self expression. The role of the school and family should be creating a structured, clean, and aesthetic environment that is conducive stimulating exploration and discovery. Teachers in this sense guide and foster collaboration rather than just 'delivering information.' Giving our son a new challenge was hard at first, but Sue and her staff were quick to offer suggestions and outside resources so we could reinforce some lessons at home, especially around his development of social/emotional skills like managing anger, dealing with disappointment, and learning to communicate when he needed space. He also was given the chance to learn how to build relationships and have positive interactions with new friends. Each 'season' and month had different themes that would be clearly delivered in monthly/quarterly emails along with chances to meet with teachers on child progress in key development areas of language, tracing, use of scissors, how to put on shoes/jackets, counting, class participation/listening, and emotional self expression. By class 3 (3 years old and above), our son was giving 'show and tell' presentations, using the 'sharing bee' to discuss their weekend, and playing inventive games to stimulate imagination and curiosity. Through the use of brightwheel, we were always shown photos and videos of our son having fun with friends and doing some fun activity. The school also offered many events at the school such as the "annual art show," "parent and me" day, and music sessions from Teacher Gaia culminating in a student led music performance (the cutest!). This year all the 4 classes made their own animal costumes and acted out various Disney themes. It was extraordinary to see him flourish and thrive under Teacher Alicia in class 3, who is truly remarkable for her ability to connect to kids and meet them where they are on the journey. By the end he was more confident in his presentations and even singing his favorite Disney songs Karaoke style to the class! Everything ended on a wonderful note with his graduation and small speech to parents and the graduating class. We were given an opportunity for a graduation photoshoot and his 'family book' with messages from all of the teachers as a keepsake that he created during his time there. As he graduated before many of the others in class 3, everyone created a special hand painted art for him with with the handprints of all his friends. It is bittersweet to go onto the next chapter, but he graduated school scoring high in every single metric of development, and he easily was interviewed and accepted into an international private school. Thanks you for being such a key part of his childhood journey and we hope to stay in touch with Leonardo and our growing family!

Our son began attending TMS at 18 months old, and it was his very first daycare experience. We…read morecouldn't be happier with our decision. Initially, we had some concerns about starting him so young, but it quickly became clear that enrolling him early was the right choice. He is truly thriving--emotionally, mentally, and intellectually. The curriculum at TMS is incredibly well thought out. Each activity clearly connects to the weekly or daily theme, and we've seen real growth in our son's development. He's starting to learn the alphabet and has become much more verbal since he began. What stands out even more is how happy our child is at TMS. Every photo we receive through the app shows him smiling, and we always feel confident dropping him off, knowing he's in caring and capable hands. The teachers, staff, and owner (Sue) are exceptional. Our son absolutely adores his teachers and lights up when we mention their names in the morning. Even though he's usually very attached to us, he was so excited to see his teacher at the Annual Art Show that he practically leaped from my arms to greet her. That kind of connection is exactly what every parent hopes for in a school: a place where your child feels loved and supported. On top of all this, the school is extremely clean. Our son has hardly been sick, and we've noticed how attentive the staff is to hygiene--little ones always have their noses wiped, diapers changed very frequently and the environment is clearly well-maintained. TMS is far beyond a typical daycare--it's a place where our child is growing, learning, and genuinely happy.

Update*** Still…read moregiving this school a one star review because it's still well deserved. Here is what has happened since my last review: A) They actually took down one of the photos I posted on Yelp because they didn't want to get caught with hard facts I wanted to share with the community. B) My child's father who has then posted his own thoughts about the school has been completely disregarded by the school stating "the child's mother has already brought it to their attention". This school is old, run down, and takes zero accountability. They will do anything to enroll new families, don't say I didn't warn you. You really do get what you pay for which is "a good price" for Pasadena.

My son currently attends and has had a great experience overall. He is learning a lot and growing…read morein confidence. He also comes home showing off his dancing skills, just one of the many extracurricular classes included. The hours are flexible and extensive, so it really helps working parents. The value is great!