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June 2023 by Sam J.
My nephew went there and every time I picked him up teachers were lovely. Whole family loved the school. What is Mr. Andrew talking about?!? Maybe he should've have a personal nanny watching his kid, if he was so unhappy. SMH anyhow, love the school and the staff there!
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June 2023 by Antonia O.
I've taken both of my children there. All the teachers are very kind and very professional. Unlike what Mr.Andrew P said. He is a total lier. He is a freak show him and his maniac wife. I had a issue with that woman before.
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April 2023 by Wesley D Jones
Zayden headed over to Dae Han Martial Arts
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January 2023 by Kim N.
I just finished a tour with Denise, Assistant Director, for kindergarten after-school care and am very upset by the interaction. The whole time, I would lead the questions or prompt the conversation -- it didn't seem like she wanted to take me on the tour. Bluntly, it actually felt like I was wasting her time. She seemed disinterested and disengaged. She'd answer tersely and not try to lead the tour by showcasing Childtime or their offerings. At the end, I even asked her if there's anything I may be missing that she can share with me. She said no, and we ended the tour. Another note, a fellow mom who also attended the tour (few weeks ago) had shared that her tour guide took her out to the play yard. Denise didn't take me outside, even though I had asked about the play yard. Then, I asked if they help with homework and she said "no", which seemed inconsistent with what Childtime shared with me over the phone. Overall the tour took five mins.If this is how they treat me, how will they treat my child? No, thanks.
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January 2023 by Rose P
Stephanie is a witch all she needs is a hat and broom.
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December 2022 by Eric Willey
Toured and was incredibly disappointed. Teachers looked as if they didn’t want to be there and kids bullying without intervention. Teacher did say “kind hands” and that’s it, no correction or explanation towards the kids. Sad really. Terrible experience and we weren’t even enrolled yet.
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December 2022 by Amanda Momaney
The director here is amazing! She works tirelessly to ensure fun experiences for everyone and even knows every child by name!
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November 2022 by Andrew P.
My 8 month old has only been attending for about 2 months, but during that time he has been left alone without any teachers watching him, and hospitalized with RSV. The teachers have been awful and they have been annoyed that we ask them to attempt to follow our schedule that we want for our son. We understand it is 4-1, but they truly have left him alone in unsafe situations. We are stuck using them, and only got our situations investigated because the District Manager happened to overhear our compliant one day. Otherwise nothing would have happened. They also are not following the CA law for correct amount of teachers per babies, and they just told me they are short staffed with no solutions to keep to CA law for caregivers. Don't come here if you care about your children's safety.
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September 2022 by Cait W.
My son has been at Childtime since the beginning of August. He started the infant care program, part time, just before he turned 6 months old. He was adjusting the first two weeks and was very over stimulated. By the third week, he started smiling at his teachers and playing with the toys and other babies around him. I love that you get to use their SproutAbout app because when I get mom anxiety or mom guilt, I can take a peak at the livestream and see what he's doing in real time. He's done finger painting and played with hanging toys. He's really learned how to keep himself occupied and entertained and it shows at home too. We love Childtime and can't wait to see what the next few months looks like for him in their program!
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May 2022 by Windy M.
Great staff.... Lots of activities and only caring people work here! They have structure and protocols to help handle tough situations (like COVID)
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March 2022 by Siavash F.
My son was attending the early-Preschool program at the Childtime Learning Center. On March 3rd, one of the teachers got rough with our son by grabbing him with both arms and forcing him to put his toys away. This action led to several bruises on my son's arm (see pics). We took pictures and documented this event. We met with the director of Childtime Learning center in Martinez and brought this issue to her attention. Three weeks later, on Friday, March 25th, the same teacher was rough with our son again by grabbing and pulling him to force him to sit. Teachers ARE NOT allowed to grab and pull any kid under any circumstances. It appears the first time that we brought this to the director's attention, no corrective measures were taken, and I will NOT allow anyone to abuse my child physically and emotionally. To all parents, PLEASE check the camera in the classroom as your child might be a victim of physical and emotional abuse, especially if they come home with random bruises on their arms. They always tell you "Oh he had a good day" but then will use physical force towards your child. After a series of physical and emotional abuse that our son has endured at this center by his teacher in the early-preschool program, we have decided to pull him out of this center.
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February 2022 by Meagan K.
We love Childtime! We moved to the area in Aug of 2021 from Alameda and had a school there that we loved so we had high expectations of our "new" school. Our first consideration was COVID safety. My husband is in health care and having a place on this side of the tunnel that abided by mask mandates in practice, not just in theory, was super important to us in evaluating spots for our littles. One of the other things we love about Childtime is the curriculum. We have a kindergartener there for after-school, in addition to a 3yo. During the holiday break, our K was there all day, b/c school hadn't started back but both my husband and I were back to work. The work that was done at Childtime felt like lightyears ahead of the work we see him bring home from Valhalla. It's a 10 child class vs 25 child class - make sense, really. Their preschool curriculum is great b/c they are in-line with what is being taught at the local elementary schools and what they teach supports what the students will be expected to do when they get into MUSD. We have also felt so supported by the staff. If one of our children has had an issue the prev day or week, they ask how they're doing. Our little girl went through a thing at the top of the year, after coming back from holiday break and being at home with COVID for a spell, she'd been out of school for a minute and was having a hard time getting back in the routine. I struggled with this for a day or two - when one morning, after trying to coax her into class, one of the teachers, not from her classroom, came and offered help - "can i help take you into class?" Immediately, the tears dried and my little girl was off with her new friend. They have video cameras where you can observe what's going on in each classroom live. Another plus is, we have our son in Tae Kwan Do @ Dae Han Martial Arts and they come pick him up for his class from Childtime! We feel totally safe with our children here and feel so fortunate to have Childtime as a part of our lives.To address some of the complaints others have leveled: The same teachers have been in both of our children's classrooms all year. Stephanie Weinmann, the school director, has been there for 20-something years.I searched for violations mentioned and came up empty.Here's the Department of SOCIAL SERVICES Community Care Licensing for this Childtime location. All the reports look great. ccld.dss.ca.gov/carefaci…
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December 2019 by Kat P. Russo
one month after my child started I asked her teacher how she was adjusting and she replied, “who is (child’s name)?”I should have pulled her out then. It’s been one headache after the next. It’s packed with the maximum amount of children and the minimum amount of faculty, resulting in some pretty low quality childcare. I have shopped around and there are cheaper daycares out there. If my daughter wasn’t graduating soon I would pull her out tomorrow.Your children deserve better. Do not send your kids here.
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December 2019 by Nicole Nelson
Been taking my 2.5 year old here for 1 year and the experience so far has been good. The teachers are caring, my daughter has learned a lot (potty training, songs, clean-up, art, gymnastics), and the schedule is the best you will find for working parents (6:30am-6:30pm). They always have fun activities for the kids like theme days, water play in the summer, and events around holidays. I think the kid/teacher ratio is on the top end but that's honestly what I expected at a more "commercial" day care. But with a more commercial day care you also get the benefits like great hours, easy online payments, online video access, Brightwheel (app) updates, picture days, etc. It really depends on your needs but we've had a positive experience for our year here and intend to keep our child here.
