Learning To Learn Preschool & Child Care Center

Child Care centers are very hard to pick. We picked one out in Petaluma and had a negative experience. My son started acting out in a way that we had never experienced before. When the school was cited by the state for over enrollment, the reason for his recent behavior was apparent. he wasn’t being looked after well enough.
After endless searching, we settled on Learning to Learn. The place is wonderful! My son loved it, I really liked the teachers and the school itself. My boy was enrolled there for better part of a year almost before we had to move from the area. My heart broke to take him out of it. He had great friends there, liked his teachers and was happy. Moving was hard and we still miss it
I highly recommend the school. I hope your child will be as happy as ours was there.

My daughter has attended LTL for 2 years and I really like the program. She is learning alot and the teachers seem to care. I would definitely recommend this school to a prospective parent.

One of the most difficult decisions a parent and/​or guardian has to make is to have someone else care for their children. Whether you are placing your child in for a few days a week for social and learning opportunities, or full time while you go to work, this facility has you covered.
With a background in education, working in school emergency management, teaching and in high school administration, I have always been impressed with Learning to Learn.
I chose to be a stay-​at-​home mom to both of my boys, and placed them here to mingle with other children, and to become more independent. I literally researched and scrutinized every childcare/​preschool in the county to make sure it met my criteria. For me, I wanted a good balance of love and care, as well as excellent academics. I was absolutely frightened to entrust my boys into the care of people that we were not familiar with.
At our initial tour with Linda, I was very impressed with her ability to answer all of my questions, and was even told the protocol for emergency situations. Unlike all of the other facilities that I had visited, I noticed that Learning to Learn had the following:
*Clean, organized classrooms (and toilets)
*Beautiful, well landscaped and safe play area (the school grounds themselves are very well manicured).
*Happy children all around.
*Secure environment.
Once my children were enrolled, they thrived immediately. I loved the daily reports, the details about how their day went, and how they were willing to work with our family’s traditions, schedule and ethnic background. There have never been any grievances when I have asked questions and the staff genuinely cares about the child.
There are established ground rules, a stimulating curriculum, and qualified staff. The children spend their time playing and working with materials and other children. (Children aren’t wandering around aimlessly or sitting by themselves quietly), there are various activities throughout the day, the classrooms are cutely decorated with the childrens’ artwork, students learn numbers, the alphabet in the context of their everyday life experiences. There is cooking too! Children have outdoor play, and the children are joyful to attend. They nurture the intellectual, physical, emotional, social and civic potential of each student.
Bottom line, the women who work at this facility are excellent. Don’t allow the other review from a disgruntled parent discourage you and your child from having a great learning experience. The Director, teachers, and Office Manager collaborate with parents and community, building trust and respecting confidentiality. I highly doubt their was ever a «dismissive attitude» or breach of ethics at any point. Preschool-​aged children tell more information to each other and to their teachers about their home life than anyone in this office ever would. The facility brings over 30 years of knowledge in early childhood education. If love, care and academics are your top priority, this is the place for you.

My son went only two days a week here for 3 months. He began to act strange and said he didn’t like school anymore. Finally he told me someone was pushing him down every day at recess, and he told me his name. When I spoke to his teacher and told her who it was, she said «I’m not surprised!» If this kid was a known problem, why was he not being shadowed? When I came to meet with the director, all she could talk about was what she was going to do to help the bully, and excuses for his behavior, that his mother is in the hospital. («He has speech delays so he pushes people down, He’s an only child so he snatches and can’t share» WTF? My son shares, doesn’t snatch and is an only child) not how they were going to protect my son. The fact that they shared so much of the other boys personal business with us was pretty unethical and disturbing, and it became clear that since this boy was full time, and my son was only 2 days, they were all about the money and were not going to suspend him or correct this behavior. 3 years old is too young to deal with bullies! Horrible dismissive attitude by the director, who never once tried to rectify the situation.