Dreamtree Daycare

Before my son joined Karen s daycare at 15 months, he has never been in the care anyone except his family. He had really bad stranger and separation anxieties. Finding a daycare for my son was one of the toughest things I ever had to do. I visited a few daycare places before I actually visited Karen’s house. I immediately felt at with the way she had dedicated almost her entire house for the kids. The house was brightly lit and well organized with ample space for the kids inside the house and in the backyard. She has such a genuine and contagious smile that I look forward to picking up my son and having a small chat with her every day. Her house looks exactly like it is in the Unilocal photos every single day. It doesn’t take anyone a long time to realize how sincerely she loves doing what she does and how much she loves the kids. My husband and I often talk about how she manages to smile even after a long and tiring day with toddlers and infants while we cannot manage just one toddler at home. She has another teacher working with her who does an amazing job at teaching and doing arts and crafts. Karen celebrated my son’s second birthday with a cake, had a small celebration and sent me pictures of it (like she often does). Karen is really strict about nap time and my son falls asleep like clockwork even on the weekends. I trust my son with Karen like I would trust him with his grandmother. My son has become a social butterfly and I am just glad I found a spot at Dream Tree daycare.

I’m a pretty private person, but I created a Unilocal account just to review DreamTree Daycare. It was because of Unilocal that I was able to find Karen in the first place and I would like to pay it forward by recommending to anyone looking for childcare to give Karen a call. It can be hard and frustrating finding the right place to trust watching over your precious children, I was lucky that she had an opening and this is an honest review based on my own experience.
First off, Karen is amazing! She has so much knowledge, patience, and love for children. She’s seen it all, and can give you great advice for any kid, any age. I have sent both of my kids to her. My oldest started at 15 months, and my younger one is still there and started at 10 months old. My oldest is now 3.5 and in preschool and will still ask to go to «halmeoni’s» house (grandma in Korean), even on the weekends. I can honestly say that I feel safe knowing my kids are with her. She will text pictures and give updates if you have any concerns.
Her home daycare is clean and organized, with plenty of educational toys and books around. The walls are covered with the alphabet and numbers, and everything is clean! She has a spacious cool play yard in the back of the house with lots of room for the kids to run around. She currently has a former preschool teacher working there to get the kids engaged in learning and projects. Many times my kids come home with their own artwork and fun projects they worked on that day.
She cooks fresh organic food for them (or you can bring in your own food), has cots for nap time, and even gets each child a little cake on their birthdays and celebrates their special day with a little party!
Her hours are really great for those of us that have to work early, and she is very flexible in special cases. One time I had to drop off my oldest extremely early and she was so accommodating! Drop off is a breeze, and pick up is wonderful since they are always so happy there, we are greeted with nothing but smiles. At times its hard to get them to leave =)
I am extremely grateful to have found DreamTree Daycare and Karen! There’s no better feeling knowing your kids are safe, happy, growing, developing, and most importantly being loved everyday while you’re away from them at work. Make sure you call to secure a spot for your little one, depending on your child’s age her waiting lists can get long!

We love Karen and Dreamtree daycare! Our two-​year-​old has been going here for six months now and we couldn’t be happier. Our toddler is always happy and laughing every time we pick her up, she will wake up grouchy and when she finds out that she gets to go to «school» she gets very excited and her mood changes. Karen feeds her healthy snacks and meals and they keep them busy with various activities and play. She comes home all the time with new words, new songs, and has made many friends. I would highly recommend this daycare!

Our toddler has been with Karen for a year now. She started as soon as she turned one. I had taken the year off to be with my infant and was very anxious as regards to how would she adjust to a completely new setting. We started with couple of hours in a day and by the end of the week, she was happy being there all day!
In the one year that she has been here, we have seen her blossom and become very interactive. She is happy to be dropped off and has a smile when she is picked up. She is a well-​behaved and a very cheerful kid. We give a lot of credit to Karen and Laureena who spend so many hours of the day with her.
In short, I would recommend Karen for:
— Development. She is very attentive and knows how to nurture little ones. Besides, we are also always apprised of illness’s in the daycare etc.
— Cleanliness and orderliness. Just a very comforting feeling.
— Flexibility. She starts incredibly early and is very accommodating within reason. The only time she takes off for herself is Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve and Day! Also, she often accepts my elder four year old when she has a day off at her pre-​school. And my elder one enjoys being there as well!
We are Indian and were recommended this place by another Indian friend. We were quite apprehensive since she would be in a completely different environment. But one year has flown by and we are immensely pleased by our decision.
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I can’t say enough good things about this daycare. We relocated to CA for work and I was so worried about having to find another daycare for my daughter. I have never had her in a home based daycare so that was new to me.
Karen (the owner) is AWESOME! My little girl LOVES being there. When I pick her up she always has a smile on her face. Karen’s home is very clean and tidy. There are cameras outside monitoring the house and she has 2 front doors that are locked at all times.
She has a cute little backyard that is very well maintained. She feeds the children all organic meals and really cares about them. The teacher that works with her is so friendly and you can tell they both love what they do.
Everyday I pick my daughter up Karen meets me at the door and is always so friendly and smiling. I don’t have ANY concerns with sending my daughter there. If you can secure a spot for your little one consider yourself VERY lucky… I know we are.

Our daughter has been going to Dreamtree Daycare for more than one year since she was 17 month old and we love this place. Karen is incredibly caring and reliable. She provides nice organic meals and snacks to the children. The place is kept very clean and well organized. We like that Dremtree opens at 7 a.m. since both my husband and I have to go to work early. We also love the spacious playground on her backyard, so our playful toddler can enjoy enough physical activities on a daily basis. She also learns new things everyday including songs, letters and numbers.
When we were welcoming our son this year, we had no second thought of sending him to Karen’s daycare. Now we send both our daughter and son, we know that they are in good hands. Karen pays attention to all the children at her daycare. She is patient with kids and knows how to discipline them as well when needed. I highly recommend Dreamtree Daycare to parents who are looking for a wonderful daycare.

My 20-​month-​old daughter has been with Karen for over six months and we are extremely satisfied with the care and attention she has received from Karen. Karen is very kind and attentive. I feel at peace leaving my young daughter with Karen who provides her with the attention and love that she needs. She connects with each child she watches and shows genuine attention when any of the children she watches are under the weather and keeps us informed of how our child and the others are doing (e.g. recovering from a cold). Her home daycare is very clean and very child-​friendly. Relative to many daycares & preschools that I’ve looked at, Karen’s daycare remains in session while others don’t, tending to follow the schedule of most working parents vs school schedule — this is great for working parents like us who don’t get the usual «school» holidays off. In fact, she watches our four year-​old son when his pre-​school is not in session and my son loves going to his little sister’s daycare! Her hours are flexible (within reason, of course) and if you don’t make a habit of it, when possible, she has allowed me to pick up my daughter a few minutes late when I have a last-​minute late meeting scheduled. My daughter is happy, healthy, and growing under Karen’s care and we highly recommend Karen for anyone who is seeking a loving and peaceful home daycare.

My son has been at Dreamtree for the last two years and his younger brother has been there for the last few months. We have been very happy with every aspect of Dreamtree. It is a smaller daycare with only a few kids, so you know that they will get individual attention. Also, there is no turnover in staff like you would see in a larger daycare. Karen is like a 2^nd mother to my sons and they are happy there. Karen keeps the place neat and clean and always has a report on how my sons are doing when I pick them up. I wholeheartedly recommend Dreamtree.

Every mom wishes she could be a stay at home mom, but unfortunately for many of us, that is not an option. I was so worried about who would take good care of my kids, expecially since my daughter was a colicky baby who needed a lot of extra holding and extra encouragement to take milk from a bottle. Karen is a sweet, good hearted, caring woman who took amazing care of both my kids from age 6 weeks through when they were ready to go to Junior Kindergarten. She is always working on adding new things to her daycare area to keep things interesting for the babies and kids. Everything is very clean and cozy and she even has a nice renovated backyard with playground equipment (small structures, slides, trikes, etc.) One of the things I really liked was how she was very attentive to our family’s needs on special snacks, foods, and breast milk in bottles when they were younger. Karen is great and I totally recommend her if you are looking for a great home daycare environment.

Karen has over 15 years experience with daycare and is great with kids. She is fully licensed by the State of California. She treats your kids as her own. The home is very clean, spacious, safe and most importantly, secure. Dreamtree Daycare provides flexible hours and very competitive with pricing. The location is perfect as it’s at the hub of the city. It’s close to 101, 280, 880 and other freeways. Send you kids there! :)