Owned and operated since 2011. We are a state licensed childcare provider centrally located in San Mateo’s Sunnybrae neighborhood.
Year-round childcare for working families, offering low ratios, personalized attention, and a clean, nurturing environment where children learn, grow, and feel at home. We offer a reliable, warm and nurturing home environment for your child to thrive in.
*Spanish immersion program.
*Rich play environment with lots of activities indoors and outdoors.
*Variety of enrichment activities, including
05/10/2026
🌿🪴 Little Botanists at Work!
As part of our May Gardening Unit, the children are exploring biology and botany through hands-on experiences designed for early preschoolers and preschoolers. 🌱✨
We are learning about seeds, roots, stems, flowers, insects, and how living things grow and change in nature.
At Jani’s Family Childcare, children learn through exploration, observation, and meaningful experiences.
05/10/2026
🌱 May Gardening Unit of Study 🌱
Practical Life for Early Preschool & Preschool Hands
05/08/2024
California's 4-year-olds face a huge decision with transitional kindergarten Transitional Kindergarten is free and taught by teachers with a higher level of education than those teaching preschool. But students are expected to be more independent, and the curriculum may depend a lot on your district.
10/11/2023
October practical life, transferring, hammering and sewing jobs.
All these activities help children develop their fine motor skills
09/02/2023
https://www.montessoriinreallife.com/home/2020/2/25/freedom-within-limits
Freedom within Limits — Montessori in Real Life Often in Montessori, we hear the phrase "follow the child”. This means we follow each child’s development, interests, needs, and abilities. Though we follow the child in many regards, we are ultimately their guide and not the other way around. Rather than give young children free rein, we give
Johnny Appleseed's Birthday! I hope you eat a lot different types of apples. Enjoy!
Camping theme
"Many parents, teachers, physicians, and other professionals spend time and energy trying to speed up development, to force children to do what they cannot do, or to teach what they are not yet capable of. How sad. Nobody gains except the many who make money by manufacturing gadgets that supposedly speed up the natural developmental process." - Magda Ge**er
04/16/2022
The science behind how parents affect child development Parents, take a deep breath: how your kids turn out isn't fully on you. Of course, parenting plays an important role in shaping who children become, but psychologist Yuko Munakata offers an alternative, research-backed reality that highlights how it's just one of many factors that influence the chao...
04/07/2022