Mrs. Beavers watched my two children for several years and became a beloved member of our family's…read morenetwork. She watched my first child from the time he was one year old until 4 years and my second child from 6 months old until 4 years. Both my kids love Mrs. Beavers and still talk about her all the time. She treated them like her own. She is kind, patient, loving and guides them towards appropriate behavior with the other children. Both of my kids learned their ABCs, numbers, colors, shapes and animals at a very young age. I had complete trust in Mrs. Beavers and her assistants. Before I found her, I used a different in-home daycare that didn't have the same caring attention or focus on learning that Mrs. Beavers creates in her daycare. We miss her a lot and are so grateful for the love and care she gave my children for so long. Finding the right child care provider can be a nerve-wracking process. I always felt so comfortable with Mrs. Beavers and highly recommend her daycare.

My daughter has been with Ms. Beavers for a year, and she has blossomed under her care! At the end…read moreof each day she returns home happy and bubbly. Love the diversity of the group of children and that the place is kept very clean. We're not a TV family so I'm personally not into the TV being on throughout the day, however I think other parents don't mind this; and I wish they experimented with more art. I do respect that this is an at-home daycare and it's a different experience than preschools. I trust Ms. Beavers and her daughter Dierdre with my baby, and I looked around for a long time before I found a place I trusted to leave my daughter at all day. Also the fact the daycare has remained open during COVID with a small group of kids has been an absolute lifesaver. I recommend Ms. Beaver's daycare in a heartbeat!

My son has been coming here since he was 1.5 years old, all of the teachers are so caring and…read moresweet. They truly care about the kids and their development! Feel so blessed to have found such a great school, our son is thriving! Baby brother will be joining soon. Special shoutout to Miss Elena!

My daughter Donya has been going to Montessori for the past year . She is now 3 years old . When…read moreshe started there she didn't speak at all and after just a few weeks she was finally able to form sentences and thrive . She is learning so much . I did go a few times when they were doing the circle times and the things that are taught from a very young age is incredible . They follow the Montessori works and teaching and I can totally see how kids there are so advanced . The staff and teachers are so loving so welcoming . The price is really affordable too I'm beyond happy . Next year my son will be joining as well

My concern is specifically with the director, not the teachers or entire staff. I understand that…read moredealing with conflicts between children and families is not easy, but that is also why someone in a director position needs to remain neutral and consistent and not make decisions based on personal relationships with the families. There is a difference between enforcing school policies and personally involving yourself in a conflict based on emotions or assumptions. This became especially concerning in an incident involving a child who was repeatedly being bitten and hit by another student, resulting in bruises and eventually a fear of going to school at all. While I understand there are procedures the school must follow when addressing incidents between students, my concern is with how the director handled the situation beyond those procedures. From what I witnessed, she became personally involved and appeared to let her own emotions and assumptions influence her response rather than remaining neutral. All in all, my takeaway is that if your child ever has an issue involving another family at this school, I would hope that family does not have a close relationship with the director. Based on what I witnessed, I would have serious concerns about whether both sides would be treated equally and without favoritism.

UPDATE RESPONSE TO THE DIRECTOR:…read more Hi Linda, I need to correct what you said because that is not what happened. I did NOT verbally confront another parent. I saw the family in a parking lot, and my daughter was actually afraid of their child. I told her it was okay and encouraged her to go say hi. I introduced myself, and I had my daughter say hi to their child. & Said we should do play dates etc. since there's been a behavioral concern between them and a play date would help etc. & You know this because I specifically told you this when you called me yelling saying I confronted her. Then you said sorry she must have just been embarrassed about it cus she was crying to you. She didn't even say I confronted her, you just assumed and later acknowledged that wasn't the case after I explained what happened, so please don't misrepresent what happened. What also bothered me was what happened during our conversation. You told me that the family's other son was very ill (I won't mention the exact condition you told me out of respect for the other family's privacy) and that the mother had been crying to you about the situation. I have empathy for what their family is going through, but then you told me that I should apologize to them when I see them, even though I did not confront them or do anything to them. That was the part that really left me questioning the situation. And frankly, given how close you are with this family, your response makes me question how neutral this situation is actually being handled. I understand that you have a responsibility to remain neutral, but that same standard needs to apply to how my actions are being represented. And our issue was from day 1 I came to you about another child hitting mine. I had prior 2 meetings with you before I spoke with the parent. So please don't misrepresent what happened. It's not even about the incident itself, it's how you painted us as the bad person and tried to cover for the other family making excuses saying "they are great family, he's a boy and boys are wild, he's the youngest" those reasons don't matter. if a child hits bites another child you should believe the parent coming forward and try to help instead of taking other family's side. And it's funny you didn't try to believe me at first because you didn't know I had incident reports and teachers telling me about the hitting incidents at first. Your attitude towards it all was extremely disappointing. You are the reason why we left, not because of the incident itself. -------------------------------------------- Stay away from this preschool. We left this preschool, mainly because the director's rude attitude when we raised concerns after repeated incidents of our child coming home hurt, reporting being hit and bitten. When we brought these issues up, DIRECTOR seemed to side with the other family who appeared to have a close relationship with them, consistently sided with them and made us feel like maybe our concerns weren't believed making us feel unheard. Those experiences, and the discourteous way our concerns were handled led us to leave.

If you are looking for the best childcare/ transportation in Chino Safari Daycare is it. The owner…read moreJulie is very kind and ensures each child is receiving the best care possible. She creates fun outings for the summer where she takes the children to the park, movies, water park, party kingdom, and much more. During the school year, she can assist with transportation to and from school along with homework assistance. She is CPR certified and is a licensed Daycare. When I dropped off my children, I felt like they were safe, well cared for, and had open communication. Being a mom, it is always scary leaving your children somewhere new but Julie would send pictures, update me daily, and treat them with the upmost care. I would highly recommend Safari DayCare.

When we first moved to Chino 2 years ago, we had to look for someone to care for our girls,…read moreespecially my little one that was going to attend TK at the school around the corner from Safari Daycare. It was a bit nervewrecking because we didn't have any family here and had to look for someone that we can trust. We were so glad to find Ms. Julie, she is very dependable, detail-oriented and really care about the kids. She quickly put our minds at ease and we are really bummed that we had to leave because my little one was moving schools that was gonna be too far. I highly recommend Ms. Julie and Safari Daycare! Just amazing and my kids love Ms. Julie!

My baby grew up here! I cannot thank Sharon enough for not just looking after my baby but also…read morebeing able to teach him, praise him, love him, and be the most thoughtful caring person! She puts so much time and effort into looking after all the kids here it is truly so special. The daycare is always kept very clean and she always washed all our baby containers before pick up time. My baby also learned all numbers, ABCs, songs, letters and he's only 2! A one of a kind daycare that really makes babies their first priority and giving them an environment they thrive in! I cannot recommend this day care enough, Thank you Sharon we love you! Lots of love from RoRo

Absolutely love Sharon! Even her husband is great guy! As a mother looking for a day care for the…read morefirst time, it can be scary. BUT LET ME TELL YOU! Sharon made me feel right at home! She acknowledged my kids when we went for the first time, complimented them, played with them, and you could tell it was genuine and not a front. She is in this business for the love of kids and she understands because she is a mother herself. She genuinely cares. HIGHLY RECOMMEND HER and her safe and loving home. 10 stars for me.

***Please read before sending your baby/toddler here****…read more I searched yelp for a reliable child care provider for my son. Chino family daycare/Bonni had 5 star reviews but, not recent. I decided to set up a meeting for a tour. When I first met Bonni I expected our meeting to open up with her describing the services she would offer our son and family. Unfortunately, that is not how the meeting panned out. One of the first topics was regarding the deposit that had to be paid before he would be considered as a candidate for her child care. Bonni requested that we bring our son in so she could make the determination if he would be a good fit for her childcare business. I was immediately alarmed by her lack of concern and lack of interaction with our son. She showed us the small room that is approximately a 10x20 make shift den that other parents described as "a kiddy prison." The kids are isolated to that room for 90% of the day with limited to no outside activities. She placed a kiddy gate separating the predominant kids area from the rest of her house. Babies can't even breathe. Bonni said that she had 3 dogs but that they did not have any contact with the kids because they are fenced off in the backyard. The dogs are medium/large breed dogs. However, I discovered one day when I arrived early, that the dogs were inside the house right next to kiddy gate that separates the kids from the living room. For parents that have children that are allergic to dog hair or that have a fear of dogs, Bonni's dogs bark at the kids when they are outside in the small outside play area and whenever parents drop off & pickup. The dogs are able to make physical contact with the kids if the kids are remotely close to the short fence outside. My son was terrified during our meeting because the dogs barked at him and scared him. I thought that this would be a good opportunity for our son to get used to dogs, since he hasn't had any exposure. I quickly learned that the dogs continued to bark. Bonni and her husband were always heard yelling at the dogs to stop barking. Ultimately, we decided to enroll our son out of desperation into Bonni's home. Despite all of the obvious red flags. Bonni asked us if we had been in touch with any of the local in-home daycares, she wanted us to know that she networks and knows all of the other in-home child day care providers. Bonni also stressed that there was no curriculum in her home. I asked her if she reads to the kids, her response was that "she has books." My experience with Bonni was her leaving the tv on all day and allowing the tv to entertain the kids. She would leave the kids unattended while she was doing other things in the home. I witnessed this on multiple occasions when I arrived earlier than expected to pick up my son. Bonni appeared frazzled and made a comment about me showing up early but it is listed in the contract that parents are able to show up at anytime to check on their kids without prior notice. Other occurrences include her adult son and daughter in law talking to her while they were outside and she was in the kitchen. The kids were in the room by themselves. She and her husband also look after their young grand daughter in the home during business hours. 1 day, I walked in and there was a male adult, which I assumed was her son and a female adult which I believe was her daughter in law, in the room with the kids along with their own baby. This room is very small and it leaves the kids very little room for their own space. The kids here are consistently sick with runny noses and coughs. My son got sick the first week he started. Bonni diagnosed my son with a croupy cough, but she is not a licensed medical professional. I was alarmed and took my son to the ER. Dr.told me he was fine. I made an apptment to follow up the next week and I informed Bonni. She said taking my son to the Dr. required a release note to go back to her daycare. She allowed sick kids to continue attending her daycare but asked us for a note cuz we took preventive measures by taking him to the Dr.. I have seen Bonni blame my son for being too big for her high chair. She tried to lift my son out of the high chair and his leg got stuck but she asked him "What are you doing!" She was blaming him! She has a very dry personality, always seems to be annoyed by having to take care of the children. I have witnessed Bonni being inpatient and mean to other toddlers. They are defenseless! Bonni constantly questioned me about if I worked that day. I finally told her she was being intrusive & not to ask me questions that didn't pertain to her caring for our son. She spoke to me like she was scolding me. Unprofessional. look at the dates of her recent reviews, the positive reviews immediately follow the negative. Do not trust.

I am a first time mom to a 22 month old. I was a stay at home mom and then I got a work from home…read morejob. This was new for both of us and I knew to expect pushback from my daughter. My schedule had me start at 12 and my fiancé was off at 2:30. I took her on my days off just to get her used to it. On her second day, I brought her in at 10, on my day off, and her husband saw me and said, "You're late." Exactly, what am I late for? This isn't a school and I'm paying for her to be here full time and when technically she's only there till about 3 pm. My daughter was excited to play with other kids. It's a small room with the tv on and box of toys in the middle of the room. I got a total of 2-3 pictures the entire 2 weeks she was there. The first 3 days were fine, my daughter was excited to go. It was the 4th day, when my fiancé picked her up and told me Bonnie weighed my daughter. I asked him why and he said he didn't know. He said the day prior, she asked how my our daughter weighed because she picked her up and she was heavy and my fiancé said he didn't know and that the next day when he picked her up, Bonni said she weighed her and she weighed double than the other kids. Bonni to this day had never discussed this with me and I think that is very telling since I drop her off every morning. She had no business and no right weighing her. My daughter is visibly chunky. It's visible she is bigger than the other kids. She decided to weigh my daughter and the big pay off was now she knew she weighed double?? Come on... My daughter is too young to realize she was being fat shamed and her feelings weren't hurt but mine were. And every time we picked her up, it was always something negative. She made me feel like my daughter was the worst child she's ever seen in her "25 years of experience" and telling us she "hates the word no", what toddler doesn't hate the word no? Thursday, May 26th, I noticed that once we walked into the backyard, my daughter did not want to go inside. I blew it off that she wanted to play outside and left her there. That same day, I realized I had a cold and wore a mask. Bonni told me I probably got it from them because of one the kids were sick. A kid that I had seen there. I sent my money 27th with a two week notice per her contract. Then, may 31st, I went to take her. She was fine all the way until Bonnie opened the door to greet us and my daughter screamed and ran past us to the gate to leave. She was pulling on my arm to leave. I had never seen her like that. This wasn't normal, this was fear. I decided to take her home. This was the final straw for me on top of her also eventually catching the same cold that weekend. Which also in the contract mentions to not bring your kids in sick. So I posted in a chino fb group looking for recommendations for other child care arrangements because I was unhappy with my current one and explained why. Someone commented and asked who I was talking about. I did not name Bonni or her business and stated I didn't feel safe giving that info out until my daughter was out. I still paid and my daughter didn't go from the May 31st- June 9th. My daughter was still sick and her last day was the 17th. June 9th, Bonni texted and asked what day her last day would be. I didn't text back because I was working. Bonnie texted again and asked if I would like to make her last day the 10th and she would refund my deposit. I apologized for not texting back and said yes since she was still sick. Bonni sent the money and after I confirmed I received it she proceeded to send me a screenshot of that comment from the post. She said, "Please don't bash me on Facebook, it's not very nice." "I didn't appreciate seeing that last night." So not "don't make lies about me" "don't make up stuff", she's asking me not to share my honest experience but at the same time, I never named her when I had every right to. I'm so glad my daughter is out of there. Bonni was my first experience with daycare and I didn't know better. She is not professional. I made other arrangements with another local child care worker for a few days and the difference was night and day. I saw the difference how my child was when she felt safe vs when she was with Bonni. I will never recommend Bonni. And I feel bad for the parents of the children she has there currently. It's not a child care worker who cares for your kids and cares about them, kind of service. It's an authoritarian watching kids who can't speak for themselves, kind of service. Here is the last conversation we had since we're sharing screenshots.

I've loved my experience bringing my children to Fern Academy the past couple years. They are well…read moretaken care of with teachers who truly love what they do, and I know my kids are getting a very strong foundation, both academically and socially. I also love how they teach my children things I never thought to teach them about -- my kids have learned so much it astounds me...it never gets old & I'm so impressed by what this Academy has done for all their students. It truly shows they put so much effort into making children's experiences and memories so special. There are so many fun learning activities that the students can participate in! Brings me to tears when I see my kids at their Winter Recitals or Graduation ceremonies, and even at parent conferences, because they've come such a long way. Everything I do is for them, and this is so worth it. A BIG THANK YOU!! to Mrs. O, who has been there for my babies and I from Day One! P.S. My Latino Babies can speak Spanish and Mandarin, and they have conversations in different languages with others when we're out and about, thanks to this wonderful Academy.

My child has made tremendous progress at Fern Academy, both academically and socially. We have seen…read morenoticeable growth in the way he communicates with others, participates in group activities, follows classroom routines, and builds relationships with his teachers and classmates. His learning skills have also improved greatly, and he has become more confident, curious, and eager to participate. We are especially grateful to Mrs. Gabby and Ms. Mary for their patience, encouragement, and continued support. They truly care about the children and always communicate with families thoughtfully. We feel very fortunate to have such dedicated teachers supporting our child's growth.

GEMS has been so amazing for my child's development. In the 2 years we've been here so far, I have…read moreseen that the teachers are patient, caring, and collaborative. They seem to make learning fun for my child. It's no wonder why they've been around for 35 years! I'm looking forward to enrolling our 2nd kid when she gets older :) Bonus: they probably have one of the best playgrounds I've seen at any daycare. They recently renovated it and it looks great!

My youngest daughter has attended this school for two years straight throughout the school year and…read moresummer. We absolutely adore this school and everyone that works there. The teachers truly make the school the special place that it is. The decorations they hang throughout the school makes you realize how much heart and love is put into the care they give to the kids there. The school is set in such a beautiful location in Chino Hills when I drop my daughter off I see the gorgeous Veterans park. There is a coffee shop next door. Good Earth Montessori is a magical place. I highly recommend enrolling your child!

I feel the school provided a safe environment for the kids. I also feel the director also look out…read morefor the benefit of the students future. That one step meant a lot for any parents.

I've had my son at this school since June 2022. I toured several daycares/preschools in the area…read morebefore choosing this one. Firstly, the location and classrooms are fantastic. A lot of daycares have small, musty grounds that seem uncomfortable for children to be cooped up in all day, but the Montessori Academy of Chino has HUGE, open, sunny classrooms with plenty of space for the kids. The entrance is secure and the sign in/out process is easy on their device (no annoying sheets to sign every day). Their outside area is gated and faces away from the street, so it also feels very safe. Secondly, the staff are attentive. Outside of the classroom, on the rare occasion I've had an issue, the director or owner have communicated quickly and directly. Inside the classroom, the teachers are nice and seem like they enjoy their job. They have plenty of fun activities for the kids and are wonderful about having special events! There is occasional turnover, but that is to be expected with any early education center. The main teachers have stayed consistent which is great for the kids. Overall, our family simply loves this school. I can't thank them enough for all they do!

I truly cannot thank Celina and Norma enough. They have become like family to us and have cared for…read moremy son with so much love and compassion since he was 8 months old. As a mom of a child who has febrile seizures, it means everything to know he's in such capable hands. They knew exactly what to do when he needed them and stayed calm throughout it all. They always had open communication with us and were so flexible. They genuinely love and care for every child as if they were their own, and it shows every single day. We will always be grateful for everything they've done for our family. I cannot recommend them enough!

There are some people who care for children, and then there are those rare individuals who love…read morethem as if they were their own. Babycare by Celina is truly one of those special places. From the very beginning, they have given us something every parent hopes for, complete trust and peace of mind. Knowing that our child is in their care allows us to go about our day with confidence, because we know he is safe, loved, nurtured, and genuinely cared for. The love, patience, and dedication they show each and every day cannot be taught, it comes straight from the heart. It is evident in every interaction, every smile, and every moment they spend with the children. They don't simply provide childcare; they create a second home filled with warmth, kindness, and unconditional love. To us, Babycare by Celina is far more than a childcare provider. They have become family. We are endlessly grateful for the care they give, the values they instill, and the love they pour into every child. They are truly angels on earth, and we feel incredibly blessed to have them in our lives.