The Learning Tree in Livermore is such a wonderful school! The teachers are caring, patient, and…read moretruly dedicated to the children's growth and happiness. They create a warm, welcoming environment where kids feel safe and excited to learn every day. I've seen so much growth and confidence in my 3-year-old daughter since starting here. A huge plus for us has been the onsite enrichment programs, like soccer and Spanish class, which means we don't have to spend our evenings driving around town for extra activities. Also, the live camera access is a much appreciated added bonus that our last daycare didn't have.

As a former parent of a child who was enrolled at this school, I wanted to write my review based on…read morefacts and what I observed at the school during that time. There were good things about this school but over the last several months, something at the school has changed. These are my views and based on knowledgeable firsthand facts. Lack of Proper Oversight - The school has been hit by licensing several times over the last 6 months (details and sign up of alerts can be found here https://www.ccld.dss.ca.gov/carefacilitysearch/FacDetail/013421352). The staff will constantly turn their backs, be on their phone, stand in areas that block views, and leave children unattended constantly. For example, I picked up my son in late March (5ish) and the number of kids was 18 for one teacher, all different ages playing outside on the playground. Also, I dropped off my son last week (8:20 am), and noticed the number of kids was 30+ but only two teachers were outside (Ratio is supposed to be 12-1). I have noticed a constant repetitive pattern, and it looks like other parents have communicated these same issues to licensing. Lack of Proper Teaching - During afternoon nap time, I signed my son up for additional academic learning programs that were offered. This program, Early Explorers, was designed to provide additional education to kids that were dropping their naps. It wasn't a free choice and required parents to pay extra. Over the last six months, the program went from fun academic learning to additional free play outside. During their free play outside, nothing academic or educational was provided, it was only more play outside on the playground. When questioned about why I was paying for a program that was advertised as additional learning opportunities, an excuse about lunch breaks was communicated to me. Lack of Proper Intervention / Regulation - During my time there, multiple reports were communicated to me about my son's incidents. During these incidents it was made clear that teachers were not properly trained in the right child development techniques and were constantly intervening when situations escalated to the highest levels. For example, my son had several incident reports for physical violence, when questioned about the lead up to the situation, it was clear that my son communicated he needed another child to respect his space. The teacher watched my son communicate multiple times that my son needed space, intervening after things escalated physically between the two children. During another incident, I questioned the teacher asking things like "can you tell me more about when and how you stepped in?" or "Can you provide me with facts leading up to the situation?", which caused teachers to not provide adequate details about the situation. Lack of Communication to parents by the Owner and Leadership - A situation came up last year where parents were passing around a picture of my son being restrained by a teacher. That picture was provided to me six months later when another parent asked about the situation, thinking I knew about it. Nothing was communicated to me by leadership or the owner until I comforted them about it. When asked why this wasn't brought to my attention, the excuse "an internal investigation happened" was used. Then questioned again on why I wasn't made aware of this, the comments "well the child's parents were notified", I was the parent of the child, and it was clear Leadership was trying to keep it from us.

I feel compelled to share our current experience at Storyland School because it is the exact…read moreopposite of the calculated negative review deliberately posted to coincide with Back to School Night. Our daughter has been here through the ownership transition, and the new administration has brought nothing but massive, positive growth to this school. First, the leadership team is incredible. Ms. Nithya, the new director, was personally selected as a trusted replacement by Ms. Brooke, and she is exceptionally warm, welcoming, and attentive. Our new assistant director, Ms. Aanchal, is equally amazing and highly organized. The entire staff is kind, and the energy at pickup and drop-off is wonderful. The teachers always greet us with a smile, and our daughter leaves giving hugs and talking so positively about everyone. Since the new school year started under this team, we have noticed tremendous improvements in our daughter's fine motor and communication skills. She is now coloring within the lines, writing her name, and communicating much more deeply. The claims about poor communication couldn't be further from the truth. Communication has actually significantly improved. We receive constant, thoughtful, and genuine updates through the Procare app. For example, last week we got an alert that our child was caught wasting food. Her teacher had a constructive talk with her and asked us to reinforce it at home. We never received this level of proactive, mindful feedback under the past administration. When it comes to safety, the teachers are observant, protective, and adhere strictly to all licensing guidelines. They over-communicate with true integrity. When our daughter got a tiny, completely minor boo-boo on the play structure, they immediately logged it in Procare. It shows how deeply they care about transparency and monitoring the kids to ensure they are safe, healthy, and playing nicely. Finally, the new management has been incredibly proactive. Right when the transition happened, we were promptly notified via email about all administrative, classroom, and teacher updates. Even better, they have actively improved the community by opening a brand-new infant care program and an after-school pickup shuttle service for public TK students! Change can be hard for some, but the new management has handled it beautifully. Storyland is thriving, safe, and an absolute blessing for our family. We look forward to enrolling our son in 6 months with Ms. Patty to learn some español! Highly, highly recommend!

We could have not asked for a better first school experience for our daughter. We have seen…read moreincredible growth in our daughter's social skills, confidence, and love for learning. The staff communicates wonderfully with parents and always keeps us updated on her daily activities and milestones.

The teachers are caring and involved with all the kids. There are field trips to local farms even…read morefor the preschoolers. The teachers update me at the end of the day and we also get "documentation"- photos and descriptions of activities during the week. Parents get to send lunches to the school, some people hate it, I love it! I know what she's not eating cold limp pizza or some other easy to make lunch she was served at another school. The school style reminds me of 'Sid the Science Kid' because the teachers try to help kids focus on what they like and are interested in. Best of all, my daughter loves the school! She asks to go to school on the weekends and even when she's home sick. She grew so much in her first few months there, my mother commented on her growth in vocabulary and social skills.

This is the kind of school parents dream of for their kids…read more Low student to teacher ratios. On the edge of the country, with fields and farms nearby Dedicated teachers who are great communicators (with me and with her) Enthusiastic teachers They don't put labels on my kid because they can't remember her name, they know everyone's name! Healthy snacks like bagel and pears, veggies..... My daughter (two years ten months) was recently enrolled, and she loves it so much she asks to go everyday (even Saturday and Sunday). At the end of the week, you get a document of the activities the kids were engaged in, what they were doing and learning and photos. This IS NOT the kind of "Sit down, be quite and listen to me" school. This is a less controlling, more fluid style of teaching (like Sid the Science Kid) kind of school where teachers ask lots of questions and use the curiosity of the moment to encourage children to investigate and theorize (not that they know their learning). There's open indoor school rooms, multiple playgrounds, outdoor school rooms, and garden areas. Their website doesn't do them justice. I left the tour in awe of the possibilities for my daughter.

UPDATE: We love BKL Livermore so much that we immediately requested to place our 2nd daughter in…read morewaitlist for the Zinnia infant room while I was pregnant in 2024 to ensure she would have a spot. Ms Deval was very accommodating and kept us looped in every step of the way. As my husband and I had to return to work after our parental leaves starting in January 2025, Ms Deval recommended we start part-time transitioning the baby to the teachers in the infant room and that worked wonders for us as she was then admitted full-time the following week and has no separation issues. Fast forward to Feb 2026 now, and our infant is now walking and walking! We are proud BKL alumni parents and trust the staff with our kids 100%! Very grateful to have both our children growing up under the care and curriculum of BKL Livermore. Thank you for all you do in keeping our kids safe and engaged!

My daughter(3year old) is going to building Kidz from almost 6 months. We started with half day for…read morealmost 3 months but then changed her to fulltime without any problem. She is learning & enjoying every day. Now she can read letters, spell her name, do basic counting. Apart from education she is also enjoying all the art and crafts Nd fun activities there. Now she ask over weekends that can i go school today. I really appreciate her teachers specially Ms Janvi as due to her she is excelling & enjoying every day.I feel she has real connection with kids. She is trustworthy and smart. I would definitely recommend building kidz.

Both of our girls go to Livermore Play School & we absolutely love it. Our girls look forward to…read moreseeing their teachers everyday & they have so much fun playing both indoors & outdoors with all of the toys. When we toured the school for the first time, we were impressed with the size of the school & huge play areas outside. The kids all seemed to be so happy in every classroom & teachers were very engaged with all of the kids. I highly encourage any parent that is needing childcare to check this place out. It was an immediate yes for us and now that we've been here since May, we are so happy that our girls come here & are so loved by their teachers. As a parent, you can't put a price on your kids being happy, safe & loved!

Our oldest little girl joined LPS in April of 2017. Teacher Robyn was her teacher at the time and…read morenoticed the change in our daughter. Robyn helped us potty train her easily and it's been such a loving nurturing environment. LPS staff has been our second family. The teachers are the reason why we chose to bring her here. Teacher Serena deserves a special acknowledgement as she navigated online distance learning in 2020. It was a tough year when she started kindergarten but LPS did an amazing job providing a nurturing and navigating through all the complexities due to COVID. I can't thank them all enough for everything they've done. We also have two little girls both in LPS in teach Sara's class and with Teacher Kathy and Becky! Our girls LOVE LPS. The staff has been there for 20+ years and even teacher Evelyn who retired comes back every now and then to help out when needed. She does this because she loves the kiddos. Robyn is now the Director which is fantastic she's been a teacher for many years and has always communicated effortlessly. Our kids love all the teachers but they absolutely adore teacher Stacey. They talk about her all the time and even ask for play dates and sleepovers with her, that's awesome!!! We are so happy with this preschool and blessed to call it our kiddos second home/family

This review is long overdue. My younger son who was very much attached to me needed to get used to…read morea play group and being away from me and I enrolled him first when he was 18 months or so. Chandara took exceptional care of him especially because he was the youngest then and taking the separation hard. If Covid had not hit then we would have continued with care there but I opted to keep him home with everything going on especially since I was home. Then after a gap of 1-1.5 years when my son was of preschool age - and we thought of enrolling him in a preschool - the first person I reached out to was Chandara and luckily she had an opening which worked for us. My son enjoyed the time he spent there and would look forward to going everyday. Chandara and all the staff are extremely good in taking care of kids needs and Chandara provides nutritious food too which is a boon to working moms. She does take care of the kids like her own and we can confidently leave the kids in her care.

Chandra is amazing. She made my son feel welcome and safe since day one. Would definitely recommend.read more

Friendly people and a really good pastor. Greeters at the door make me feel welcome. The church has…read moresome talented musicians too. I love the children's gathering and the pastor gives a lesson to the young ones. There's plenty of parking for everyone.

My daughter has just graduated from the preschool and we have decided to keep her here for…read morekindergarten! We are also enrolling our other child as well. We have met so many nice families and it is a very nice community. Fast Forward to 2019- Still at the school and it has only gotten better under the leadership of principal Julie Knight! I could not imagine my children being anywhere else!

Free to Be Me is amazing. My first started with Netti when the daycare was smaller, and we have…read moregrown with her as her daycare grew, until all of my three kids were there. All of the teachers are loving, caring, wonderful people. The kids loved going there and often didn't want to leave. It is nice too that there are enough kids that they are in different aged rooms. We moved out of the area and were so sad to leave since they had become like family. I highly recommend them.

This review is for their second location Free To Be Me 2 on Marina Ave. Our 5 and 7 year olds both…read morestarted going here a few weeks ago and we are so happy there so far. This is our first experience with daycare so we were a little nervous even though the girls are older now. It's only been a few weeks but I can't say enough good things about Miss Tiffany who runs the before/after school program for school aged children. We were a little nervous as the girls have always been with a nanny or family but the transition has been smooth. You can tell that Miss Tiffany really cares about the kids and my daughters both really connected with her. The facility is a bit older and still a work in progress as they settle in, so if you are looking for something sparkly and new this isn't the spot for you. If you are looking for a place that has a lot of space for a smaller amount of kids (compared to other day cares and ESS), feels quiet and serene and has someone you can rely on to care for your children then I'd definitely recommend Free To Be Me 2.