La Foret Enchantee

Our second daughter has been at La Foret for almost a year. I can’t speak highly enough for this day care and their staff. It is a warm and welcoming place with great people. I will continue to recommend La Foret to anyone looking for day care for their little ones.

My son attended La Foret for 10 months and received excellent care. The director, Michelle, is extremely kind and accommodating to busy parents. She was very supportive of our family and I know that our son was treated with love and kindness. Because of his experience at La Foret, the transition to preschool was seamless.

My infant son attended La Foret for about 6 months and loved being there! Michelle, the director, is organized, flexible and kind. The daycare is very clean, which was very important to me. My son loved his teacher, Robbins, as she was loving, fun, and engaging. It’s a wonderful neighborhood day care and I recommend it to anyone in the Cole Valley area!

My daughter (now 22 months) began going here several months ago. She is always so happy when she arrives and has a huge smile on her face when I pick her up. I’m always amazed at how much she is learning while she is there and how well taken care of she is. Michelle and her staff are wonderful people. They have made a second home for my daughter and treat her like their own.

My daughter has been at La Foret for almost 2 years. La Foret came recommended through a friend and was the only daycare we visited. I immediately felt comfortable with Michelle and was happy to see that she and her staff were experienced and well equipt to have both babies and toddlers. I love that there is a separate area for the babies and the toddlers have access to her large yard daily. The staff are caring and engage the kids in all sorts of activities. My daughter has thrived under their care and she is always a happy camper when we drop/​pick her up. Most importantly I know that when she is at daycare, she is in a safe place where she can socialize and grow with other kids. For us the only con was the early pick-​up time @ 5:30 since we work a distance from Cole Valley but we love La Foret enough to make it work.

A fabulous daycare run by Michelle Charette, in Cole Valley, that has part-​time and full-​time care. They do art, music, yoga, spanish, and have backyard play. Both the toddler teacher, Espy, and the infant teacher Rosita, are wonderful!!! The infant area is great and the cribs for infants are separate so they don’t miss any ZZZZ’s. They were instrumental in potty training (Michelle installed a tiny kids toilet– how great is that!) before age 3 even!!! They have been such great allies in parenting with the right balance of structure and play (e.g. a very fair and consistent time out policy) — they have helped my son to be a good listener and social little friend and taught me some great tricks as well to use at home. They are a working parents’ dream, they are very understanding about MUNI and bridge backups, etc. I really appreciate the vacation discount, too, it makes a difference!

Our daughter has been here for over a year and a half and she’s thrived being cared for both as an infant and as she’s grown to be a toddler. She loves being at La Foret. Espy and Rosita are really wonderful teachers and caregivers and the children love them. Michelle, the director, is a clear and direct communicator, which is much appreciated. I trust her implicitly with my child. The daycare is always clean, organized and even has a backyard garden where the children play pretty much everyday.
I highly recommend this daycare to any parent starting off with an infant or for toddlers. The children are well socialized, taught to get along with each other and get stimulus from various types of play and toys.