My daughter loves it here (2y)! She's been going for ~6 months, and honestly looks forward to seeing Elham after the weekend. Elham obviously loves what she does, and just clicks so wonderfully with the kids. She always has activities, decorations and events for the kids, and takes beautiful pictures to send home (I have one up beside me right now!) Just perfect, couldn't imagine a better place.
Paul Dickens
2023-02-09
Our daughters (1.5 yr old and 4 yr old) have attended Ellie’s Daycare for the last 6 months. We absolutely love Elham and her daycare! Our daughters adore her, they are thrilled to go everyday and always smiling when we pick them up - we could not be more happy with the care that is provided. With the pandemic we have had to switch daycares a few times in the last year and can say with absolute certainty that Ellie’s is our favorite.
Elham provides healthy, organic meals and snacks to the girls everyday (even adjusting for our picky eaters at times). Elham provides a wonderful environment of play, art, music, and learning - both of our kids are learning so fast identifying colors, shapes, numbers, letters - absorbing so much information. For our older daughter, Elham also reports to us about ways to make sure she is learning and reaching age-appropriate milestones. The artwork that the girls bring home is fun and creative - we love seeing all of it.
For holidays and each of the kids birthdays, Elham has large celebrations - the kids love it! She sends videos and pictures from these special days and they are some of my favorite photos of our girls.
The hours and flexibility have been great as well. Elham is always very good about advance notice for holiday schedules, and there haven’t been any long closures for holidays, and no covid issues either, which is a big win over past daycares. Her hours allow my partner and I to easily manage pick-up and drop-off, and we’ve never had a daycare where the kids are so excited to get there every morning. All around it has been a wonderful experience taking our kids to Ellie’s.
Yvonne Morante
2022-09-09
We are so grateful for having found such an incredible daycare for our daughter! We’ve joined about a year ago when we moved to the sunset and considered ourselves lucky to have found a place that aligned with our parenting style and family values while Offering a safe environment for our daughter. She thrives in this daycare, we can see how well supported she is emotionally and developmentally by Elham and her helper, and it’s super fun to get to see all of the activities that they do during the day! Our two-year-old has a robust vocabulary, knows a ton of songs, has strong eye/hand coordination and great social skills, we attribute all of this in great part to Elham’ education program. She comes home with a full belly, very clean, fun art work and lots of pictures with her friends.
Communicating with Elham has been easy from day one, and love knowing that she truly cares about our daughter’s wellbeing! I definitely recommend this daycare yo any families that are looking for a diverse and warm environment for their kids in the sunset.
Brenna E.
2022-09-01
Our 2yo has been attending Ellie Daycare for over a year and she loves it! The 3:1 child to caregiver ratios allow for more personalized attention and learning for each child. Elham is an experienced teacher and knows how to help the kids build practical motor and mental skills at an individualized level. She and her staff and family are so kind and reliable. I am a nurse with a variable schedule and only need 3 days a week, so it has been wonderful to find a day care willing to give me the days I need.
Sarah Aguinaga
2022-08-09
Elham is an incredible caretaker. My daughter has been with her since she was 8 months old, and we've always felt confident in Elham. Plus, my daughter loves her. She makes nourishing meals, has large play areas both inside and out, and always does such cute events around the holidays. My daughter has thrived - both in motor and verbal skills since starting in daycare. We could not be happier and will miss Elham very much.
I'd like to echo other reviewers here as well - Elham is so patient and flexible depending on each child's needs. It truly is an "individual experience" for them within a daycare setting.
Robert Little
2022-08-09
Ellie’s Daycare and Reggio preschool has been wonderful for our daughter!
Our daughter started here when she was 18 months old. We had a tough start at first — it was almost a year into the COVID-19 pandemic and our daughter had spent no time with anyone outside of our immediate family. She had separation anxiety and we were worried she wouldn’t be able to adjust. But Elham was so warm and patient with her, and had lots of ideas to make the transition successful. The first week was tough but after that our daughter bloomed! She was excited to go to daycare, and cheerful when we picked her up.
Since then, her vocabulary and social skills have continued to grow. We appreciate how Elham works with each child individually to help them learn new skills. For example - our daughter started saying please and thank you (didn't learn it from us!) and teaching us new songs that she learned at daycare. She’s not yet 3 years old and she’s already learned the alphabet, counting past 10, and can recognize letters and numbers.
Elham works really hard to provide tasty meals and snacks, and does a good job with picky eaters like our daughter. They do a lot of different art projects each week and it's been fun to see how proud our daughter is when she brings them home. Elham also takes care to make the kids feel special on their birthdays and on holidays, and sends pictures so that you don’t feel like you’re missing out.
We can't recommend this daycare enough, and we’re excited to send our newborn daughter once she’s ready.
Sarah L.
2022-04-28
Elham is an incredible caretaker. My daughter has been with her since she was 8 months old, and we've always felt confident in Elham. Plus, my daughter loves her. She makes nourishing meals, has large play areas both inside and out, and always does such cute events around the holidays (and birthdays). My daughter has thrived - both in motor and verbal skills since starting in daycare. Elham is so patient and flexible depending on each child's needs. It truly is an "individual experience" for them within a daycare setting.
We could not be happier and will miss Elham very much.
Kristina Minor
2021-08-09
My daughter has been with Elham for over a year and we could not have been happier choosing Ellie daycare as her learning daycare/preschool. Elham is very loving and nurturing. She cooks delicious home-made meals for all of the children that always have a protein and vegetable along with healthy snacks. I had the hardest time getting my daughter to nap, but she takes a 2 hour nap along with the other children with Elham! (she is a baby/toddler whisperer). She also helped me transition my daughter out of diapers with recommendations and it was so reassuring to have her support with consistency not wearing diapers at school or home. She sends photos regularly on the educational art projects they are working on. She makes every child feel special on their birthday and decorates her house beautifully and makes it festive for any special occasion or holiday. She regularly has reading time, singing time, art time, play time, and outdoor time. Elham is very attentive to each child's growth and behavior and will share observations at the end of each day on how my child ate, how often they went to the bathroom, if her mood was any different, how she played/socialized with the other children, who she is spending the most time with to more detailed observations such as skipping numbers when counting or her paint brush technique. She is very warm and professional and communication has been great between Elham and my family. I highly recommend Ellie daycare to any parent/guardian!