Childtime

Wonderful. My kids attended ~three years until elementary. As a former university teacher, I wanted a school that would provide the strongest academic foundation while encouraging personal growth. Highlights include safety, strong academics, and high cleanliness and order standards. The electronic keypad, heavy doors, front desk monitored by the great Assistant Director, computer login, sign-​in binders, and teachers who pay close attention to who is coming or going. Second highlight is academics. Outstanding infant to kinder program where my kids thrived. Kids are well behaved, working on fine motor skills projects, quietly being read to by the teacher, or creating puppet shows and giggling on cozy couches.
Childtime has a phenomenon not experienced at any other school. We tried two others. My child would be stressed and messy at the other chaotic schools. Childtime provided the polar opposite experience. My kids were cheerful and engaged with a daily «My Day» report.
The toys, books, floors, playground are always orderly. The immaculate environment correlates to groups of orderly and happy children who know how to problem solve, confidently make friends, and clean up. Never walked into a classroom where the children weren’t on task. Miraculous flow maintained by all the teachers we had there including Judy, Evelyn, Carmen, Yvonne, Anastasia, Steph. I would often watch my energetic youngest mellow out and play peacefully. The kids also have an outdoor playground with a large shaded playset and field with plenty of bikes and sports toys.
My oldest graduated from the kindergarten program with outstanding Mrs. Gordon. He is reading beyond his current first grade level, and excelling from the strong math foundation she provides. Mrs. Gordon is the pinnacle of all things wonderful at Childtime. She is warm, enthusiastic, and adored by both current students and graduates. She is one smart teacher and so in tune with each child’s personality, likes and dislikes, abilities, and pretty much anything their own mother would know. She makes the classroom a second home while providing a curriculum that positioned my son ahead of his current peers as noted by his current first grade teacher. He is adding/​subtracting, writing number sentences, reminding me about American and world history, intrigued by the monetary system, using an expanded vocabulary, reading all his sight words, explaining the chrysalis process of butterflies. Mrs. Gordon’s rich curriculum of history, reading, math, art, science, and more is unmatched. My kids ask to visit Mrs. Gordon all the time and any parent whose child has attended her kindergarten has nothing but the utmost esteem for her.
Thanks to the no-​nonsense Director, Ms. Janice, the place runs like clockwork. Janice is knowledgeable, upfront about tuition, and highly involved. I finally found a school with structure and direction instead of a lackadaisical Montessori approach where many teachers lacked credentials. Letting kids direct themselves may sound fun, but it wasn’t good for my kids who appreciated Childtime’s solid educational foundation and well-​structured day. Childtime incorporates self-​directed play into the day, but it certainly isn’t the whole day. It is far more responsible of a program. Childtime’s success derives from Ms. Janice’s goals and values. Ms. Janice is often immersed in work, but she has the kids’ best interests in mind and is engaged in each child’s success. She is a well-​versed professional who has helped us do everything from clerical matters to determining long-​term education goals and providing academic insight. She is a wonderful lady, astute director, and I am so fortunate I happened upon her charming little school from which my children maintain life-​long positive memories.
Hoping you join the happy families at Childtime! It is a gem of a school!

We moved to this area a few years back and enrolled our son who was 2 at the time in this school. I felt it was important to share our experience with others as to this day it still bothers me. For the first time in his life, he started lashing out at other children within 2 days of being at this school. Previously, we were in a very nice daycare in our previous home before moving here to Oceanside. In calling the school to check on my son, the Director answered the phone and transferred me to my sons teacher. I asked her how my son was doing. She said he is doing okay today. I asked if it would be feasible to give him an extra snack in the afternoon since he was having a hard time adjusting. Possibly, he was hungry and needed to eat. She said she would need to ask the Director. She put the phone on «hold» well it never went on hold. I got to hear everything. The teacher was scared to speak to the Director as the Director spoke down to the teacher stating.“Why does every parent think their child is hungry when they are just misbehaving?” Suddenly, the Director realized the phone was not hung up and hung it up. I called back and confronted the Director. She was very apologetic… needless to say my child no longer attended that school moving forward. The Corporate Office called with apologies and providing refunds.
For anyone with children attending this school, please think about what happens behind the scenes. There are other posts on here which support my comments.

My son has been at this childtime since he was 4 months old (at the time of writing this he is almost 2) and i couldn’t be happier. They are so loving, nurturing, communicative, and caring. All of the staff are amazing. He learns so much, both intellectually and socially. From day 1 i have felt at ease and that means so much to me. In addition, it is a very clean and welcoming center. I would highly recommend this center to anyone looking for childcare or preschool. And i am a licensed marriage and family therapist so i feel that i am highly critical of childcare centers and teachers.

I believe daycare and school quality is dependent on the individual teaching staff who work directly with my child. For a year and a half in the infant and toddler rooms I had a great experience at this location. Susan in the toddler room is a star.
The director Janice seems really into her position as boss in a chair, based on observations of how she treats her staff and rarely wishes to interact with parents. Maybe she’s good at some things, but social genuineness is lacking.
PS: Reviewer Kati M. sent me several belligerent private messages defending the director where she called me an a**hole, made uninformed and negative assumptions about my personality, and generally weakened my faith in the human race, all because I was critical of the director’s genuineness. I firmly stand by my generally positive review of the place and by my honest review on behalf of my wife, myself, and several teachers with whom we became friends.

Like many child care its EXPENSIVE… and this place isn’t cheap But when looking for a school/​childcare for my child I look at safety, environment and just a great staff, and here at Child time they meet and exceed all my expectations. All the staff are friendly, knowledgeable and great with kids. There learning curriculum puts ease in my mind that my son is learning, having fun and are in great hands. This is a great place for my son to be home away from home. Thank you all child time for everything