Michelle’s Explorers Family Home Daycare

My son has been attending Michelle’s since 9 months old and is now 18 months old. He goes part time and will be continuing part time for another year. As the other reviewers mentioned, the schedule is really well structured but allows for flexibility when needed. In the beginning, they allowed for two naps and then transitioned him to one nap around 15 months old.
Everything about the quality of care is really great. The one thing that I do really appreciate is the family atmosphere. There is one designated kid helper everyday. She re-​enforces that the older children should be helpful and considerate of the younger babies. It creates a really good environment for caring and sharing among the children. Her level of discipline is appropriate and I have witness many times when she re-​enforces good behavior among the kids.
Each day she shares a fun story about my child whether it be funny or something new. When my son comes home, we can tell he was well stimulated throughout the day. She also does a good job of making holidays fun to celebrate like trick-​or-​treating for Halloween, exchanging Valentines and dying Easter eggs to name a few.

(note: I just happen to have the same first name and last initial as the owner – don’t think she posted this herself!)
I have two daughters, one in 1^st grade that attended Michelle’s from 13 months old, and one 3 years old that has attended since she was 10 months old.
When researching day care for our first daughter I was initially wary of an in-​home daycare. I wondered if the kids just sat around and watched TV all day. That definitely doesn’t happen at Michelle’s! The days are very structured with art time, circle time, age-​appropriate academics, park time and play time.
With Michelle’s kindergarten-​readiness lessons, my daughter was beyond ready for kindergarten and went in academically and socially ready for school.
What I like best is that my girls received all the structure and academic components of a preschool, but in a very warm and caring environment. Michelle, Carolina, and Paz really love all the kids and I am so grateful that my girls have such lovely people in their lives.

I highly recommend Michelle’s family day care. My daughter and son attended the day care for almost 4 years. We love Michelle, she is very caring, always cheerful, very trustworthy and great with kids. The helper teachers carolina and Paaz are very nice with the kids too. They are like family to us. They do a lot for the kids — fun projects, art, walk to park, sing and dance, learning spanish and english. My children loved going to the day care and have learnt so much.
In the beginning, I looked at lot of day care’s and I think Michelle’s was the best. I am so happy i found her.
Sometimes it very hard to get a spot, so if you plan to send your child, reserve your spot early.

My son has been attending Michelle’s daycare for over a year and he loves it. Michelle and the other teachers treat all the kids like their own. It’s truly like visiting grandma’s house. Michelle’s daycare provides a wide array of toys, activities for the kids to take part in throughout the day. My son brings home arts and crafts every day. He has also learned a few words in Spanish from all the songs they do during circle time. The kids are able to play outside as well as they go to the park daily. Additionally Michelle provides nutritional meals that includes: breakfast, snacks and a hot lunch.
What I love most about Michelle is her flexibility, all children are different and learn and develop at their own speed. I find that Michelle respects each child’s individual journey and provides flexibility as needed.

It seems like any parent I talk to that sends their child to daycare has «that one thing…» that they just don’t like about where their kid goes… Well, lucky for us, there isn’t one thing we don’t LOVE about Michelle’s daycare. Michelle and her co-​teachers, Carolina and Paz, are just absolutely there for the right reasons. They love the kids and treat the kids, and parents, with such respect. They have been so patient with helping our daughter, who was 9 months when she started coming, establish a routine and feel safe and loved and now she can’t wait to get out of the house in the morning to go to school!
From nurture, to teaching moments, to fun and learning, they have it covered here.
It’s a great place both inside and out. The kids get to play outside, take walks and go to the park for games for at least a couple of hours a day. The teachers are all great about putting sunscreen and hats on each and everyone, every single day! They tell you how your baby ate, behaved, slept and any other important information we miss while we are at work. They make it easy. The hours of operation are good too.
I highly recommend getting on Michelle’s list well before you are going into labor!!! And if she has a spot, like we got one, consider yourself lucky!