El Camino Preschool Reviews

  Quality preschools like El Camino help children find answers through exploration, experimentation, and conversation. Kids in preschool discover that they are capable and can do things for themselves from small tasks like pouring their own juice and helping set snack tables to tackling bigger issues like making decisions about how to spend their free pre-reading skills, for instance, teachers might play rhyming games and let kids tell stories. Keep in mind that for small children, school is all about having fun and acquiring social skills not achieving academic milestones. Kids need to be imaginative and to socialize that's what fosters creative, well-rounded people. Most of all, all the teachers at El Camino are extremely dedicated to bringing out the best in their students. Thank you you for all your compassion and hard work.

My family loves this preschool!! My two sisters and I went to this preschool thirty years ago and I've always said as soon as my son was old enough I wanted him to go here. My boyfriend and I enrolled our son about six months ago and have had nothing short of a great experience. The preschool is just as I remembered with a few upgrades. It's very clean, safe and spacious. The staff is super friendly and attentive. They have a huge play yard where the kids can run around and use up all of their energy. By the time I pick up my son he's ready for a nap! We've already extended the amount of days he attends because we know it's in his best interest to be around other friendly kids and we can see the progress he's made with talking and sharing. I highly recommend El Camino Preschool for anyone looking for that first school experience.

We're super happy here. All the staff members are great! And the director, Heike, is awesome with our little girl.  They've been implementing a lot of new tech that compliments the home like environment. Grateful that our little nugget has a place to learn, play, and just be a kid. You won't find a more unique facility, and hard pressed to find a better staff. Relieved to have a place for our newest addition too - arriving soon.

I can't say enough good things about this school. Heike has been so amazing with getting us set up and we had to take my daughter out of school for a few months due to my own health issues. She got my daughter back in right away and we left off right where we started. My daughter is shy and at first had a really hard time with drop off as she had never really been away from me. All the teachers in the morning helped calm her down and now she doesn't cry any more. Ms Alycia(not sure on the spelling) is always there in the morning and takes my daughter to the window to wave bye to me which makes it a tear-less drop off. Ms Tupu and Ms Liz are amazing and always give me an update and make me feel so good about leaving my daughter here while I'm at work. I love the "old home" feeling to it. The classrooms are big, outside area is huge with so much room for them to play and explore, and it's always been clean and well kept. I can honestly say that there's nothing I've seen, heard or experienced here that was any sort of negative. I've come by at random times during the day to pick up early etc and never had an issue. They also have lots of fun activities that the parents are welcome to join. I'd give 10 stars if I could! Thanks staff for all your hard work!

I love this place because they love my daughter. Bottom line.
The "old house" vibe is actually what sold us. We moved down From L.A. in June and didn't realize how sterile our daughters previous school was until we came to El Camino. It's the perfect little beach/country atmosphere we were looking for. We wanted her to be able to roll in the grass and climb and run like a real kid, not some hot house orchid. She's never sick here as opposed to the plethora of ailments that were always floating around her last school.
The teachers never seem stressed or disconnected. There's a lot of love here.  My daughter is well taken care of. If she has a scrape or a splinter or is running a little hot, the teachers are on it. The communication is wonderful and the overall feeling is very carefree.
All the parents are super normal and friendly... I love coming here every day. I'm a worrier and it's a great relief to not have to obsess about my sweet little girls safety and happiness.

I'm a huge fan of El Camino preschool. My son is in the 2 year old room and I couldn't be happier with his experience so far. He's had separation problems and a teacher is always there to comfort and help distract him when I leave.
They have a huge outside area, where the kids can use their imagination and play. The past few weeks my son has been singing the ABC's and can make it all the way through now and he isn't even 2 1/2 yet. They seem to make the learning fun and also cater to what the child likes. My son likes to paint and sure enough almost everyday he has a new picture for me. Seems like with some structure they let the children really explore their interests.

The commenter speaking about the bathroom line didn't get the full picture since she was just visiting. I've picked up my child and he was waiting in a chair, not on the bathroom floor to be changed. I suspect the children the mother viewed weren't listening and were being stubborn.
Overall very happy so far!

Posted August 16, 2011
- a parent