Palomar Child Development Center

I don’t think I am the only one dislike the front desk, because she talked so rudely and unprofessional all the time, as other reviewer indicated here. My son was in the 3-​year-​old class for half a year and I did’t like the whole experience. It was the worst of all other programs we have attended. We are used to be around nice staff and teachers from prior school.
We relocated to the North County and needed a childcare. After researching around, I chose this place because of 3 things. 1^st the school itself was not bad, with lots of trees and creative recycled décor; Second, low teacher student ratio; third the schedule is flexible and slightly cheaper than other regular preschools. I went ahead and registered my kid.
However, there are a few important things that took me a while to discover and quit. First, the ratio, too many kids in one class. 23 or more kids with three teachers in one room can get pretty loud and a bit overwhelm for kids to make new friends. Those teachers randomly looked at the kids. When in circle time, only one teacher gave class to about 23 kids. That is not what it means low teacher ratio to me. The kids in the back could barely hear anything but playing with their fingers.
Second, the cleanness. The kids’ water bottles stayed at school and the teachers said they would washed them everyday, BUT I was shocked to find out my son’s water bottle sip was covered by MOLD when I picked him up the last day of the school. The teachers never bother to check that. I trusted them washing the bottle well everyday. No wonder my son came home with stomachache some days. I am still so mad with them on this. I report to the director days later, but she didn’t care about it. No sorry, nothing.
Third, Again, the staff in the this school have the worst attitude and the teachers in my son’s room didn’t care about the kids.
I dont recommend this preschool to anyone that cares about their kids’s health and education.

I researched, visited and interviewed over a dozen preschools in the Carlsbad area. This school is by far the best in these areas:
1. Teachers: lead teachers have college degrees in education and some even Masters. All teachers/​part aids etc are all working on their education degree.
2. Staff/​Personal: Everyone I have dealt with is helpful, pleasant to deal with and knowledgeable
3. The facility: it’s a beautiful school, each class has their own playground tailored to their age group. It’s a must see place
4. Schedule: They are flexible
I advise everyone to make an appointment to tour the school and meet the teacher of the classroom your child will be attending.

I really love this school. I haven’t had any negative experience with the director, staff or teachers at all. I’m not sure what the other poster experienced.
My daughter started 2 days a week at 18 months in ¹¹⁄₂₀₁₃ and she loves it. They do a lot of outside play which is great for my very active girl. Each day is full of art projects, reading, water play, sensory play and just overall fun, engaging and interactive activities. They also have birds, turtles a bunny and they change out all the toys every two weeks so that they kids don’t get bored with each activity station.
It’s not unheard of for my girl to go through 2 – 3 changes of clothes during the day — which means that she’s been painting, playing in the water and doing all sorts of fun and messy stuff that kids love. The teachers are wonderful, very hands on with the kids — there’s lots of snuggles and cuddles for the little ones. My daughter loves Amy and Lynn and talks about them both all the time. One of the ways I knew this was the right option for us was that there weren’t any adult sized chairs in the class, the teacher are down on the ground with the kids. This is a great school, with great teachers and a great interactive, hands-​on learning environment for the kids.

I actually had a very poor experience with this facility. I found the lady in the office to be very unprofessional on several occasions when I was visiting and I decided to go else where. The director apologized, however, the next time I came in it was the same thing. With my child just learning to communicate, I felt this would not be a safe place for her to be at.

this center is amazing!
I’ve come here to do observations for my child development classes and they are so friendly and love anyone who comes to their center to help them out or just even to see how things are set up there.
they currently have three males working there, one in each one of their buildings, and I think that it is awesome that they have male working in this setting along side with the children that attend there.
all the teachers teach with a hands on method and let the children provide their own independence.
this is an amazing center, and I will totally bring my children here, when I have my own!