World Of Learning and Fun

Love this daycare. Seriously, call & visit. They have at least 7 – 10 locations (mostly in Sunset/​Richmond I think, but call and see if they have one near you). Janet, the owner, runs an efficient, tight ship. You may think it’s a whirlwind at first. She’s fast paced… and you want her to be. Nothing’s dropped. Her supply & personnel pickup/​dropoff is like Amazon Prime.
My child’s been here since 8 months and started in their infant nursery and when he was ready, moved to another location. The teachers and caregivers are awesome. My son LOVES them… and he ate so well (homemade soups, oatmeal) every day.
What to expect? They take care of everything!
1. Breakfast, lunch, snacks (homemade oatmeal, soups, pasta, milk, etc.)
2. Flex hours for working parents: 7am-​6pm
3. If you’re late, you pay OT, but they always have coverage.
4. Naptime– small side rooms for infants. Older kids cots.
5. They tirelessly help potty train!
6. Academic teacher is wonderful! She truly loves the children and taught mine ABC, 123, Colors, Shapes, Nursery Rhymes, Songs and puzzles!
7. Gymnastics, Exercise, Music & Art Teachers — rotate during the day!
8. Discipline– ‘thinking chair’. 2yos + toy = trouble. I never saw anyone lose their lovingness.
9. Updates– daily when I picked up: food, nap, behavior, potty training progress. Also sent me photos during the day. If I was running late, I could txt. Awesome.
10. Birthdays– Whether you bring a cake or not, hats and banners are always pulled out. All the kids feel individually special.
Tip:
If you have specific routines or needs, write it down. Use very simple words «NO MILK», «NO NUTS», «NAP at 1PM». If instructions are too long, there can be miscommunication as English is second language for many (but not all) here. I have rarely experienced it and when I did, just talk it out. They truly want to make the parent happy.
I initially had my child at a native-​English-​speaking daycare and pulled him out after 1 week, when I saw them throw a little girl’s beloved doll on the floor and slap snacks & water bottles on a table. All the kids here are smiling at the end of the day. My son loved his teachers & friends (and I think he picked up a couple foreign languages along the way.) We just recently moved to preschool, though many of his friends stayed on. He misses them!

Our daughter has been coming here since she was 12 weeks old and she is now 15 months. She loves it and is always happy when we drop her off and pick her up. The staff is loving and attentive. Some staff speak primarily Russian so there are times that communication is limited, but you can always communicate with Janet, who runs the daycare and is wonderful. She is very warm and clearly cares a lot about the children. We are very happy we chose to send out daughter here.

Had a wonderful experience with this day care center. My daughter was here as an infant until we moved and had to find a new location. The teacher-​student ratios can’t be beat. It varies a little throughout the day, but we often found her with a 1 – 2 or even (sometimes) a 1 – 1 ratio. The ladies are all very loving, and I felt like they genuinely cared for my child. The center was always very calm, almost zen-​like, and without the chaos that I noticed at some other day cares I visited. Very clean center, and the employees seem quite organized.
The tuition is competitive, coming in around $ 400/​mo less than the quotes I got from the day cares in the Financial District. There’s unpermitted parking a block away, so we would drive to drop the baby off, park the car, and then take Muni downtown.
The owner has family members with day cares across the street for when the kids are a little older. They seem to move staff back and forth across the street to adjust to staffing needs throughout the day. The kids are never moved, and it seems like an effective way to keep the teacher-​student ratio a good one.
English is a second language for many of the staff, and we did have a few miscommunications. However, when this occurred, I went straight to the owner and she helped clear things up.

Were instructed numerous times to not give my child dairy products. After the 3^rd time my child came home coughing, wheezing and with a runny nose I had to end her tenure here. A complete and utter disregard for what they parents want and more importantly disregard for the child’s health. My child could not sleep for 3 days not being able to breath because of the allergic reaction to milk. It’s either they don’t give a shit or they don’t know how to listen. Oh and trying to lie about it in the end didn’t help their cause.

Look no further. Words can’t express how much we love Jana and Sara and all the wonderful assistants such as Ksusha and Julia. My boy is so incredibly happy going and staying at the childcare. They provide such a healthy tasty fresh meals every day, great environment that is very clean, safe and orgenized, they make arts and crafts with every child group of age, but most importantly they give him so much love, care and attention. I highly recommend this place to any mother.

Only good things to say about this infant daycare facility (they also have a nursery, pre-​school and pre-​kindergarten facility). I have a 9 month old boy (he’s been at this daycare since he was 6 months), and even though this is my second child, the stress of leaving a child with someone other than family still exists. No one said it would be easy. Janet and her team always make me feel like my child is their priority and that I need time to take care of myself. I drop my son off every morning to warm, loving women who greet him with hugs and kisses. And he returns the kisses and smiles as I leave. To a mother, that is priceless — seeing her baby happy as she heads off to work. He has a day filled with entertainment as the facility brings in an art teacher, a gymnast, and a music teacher. I pick a happy, clean baby every evening, and the wonderful women give me an update of his day and his schedule. They always watch for signs of illness, warn me if teeth are emerging, or whatever else an infant may go through. They even taught him to crawl, and wave goodbye! I am pretty sure I would have been a wreck without the comfort and support provided by Janet and her team. Thank you World of Learning and Fun!