History
Bernice started the business in our Oakland home with our son and one other child. After a year, she was caring for 5 children when she convinced Joe to quit his outside job and join her (what was he thinking?). Well, it has worked out. For ten years they built up their family day care home to 12 kids with two employees plus welcoming a second son to the family. Then in 1992 they moved and converted their Sunkist home into a child care center, working up to caring for 26 children with six employees. After 35 years in business, and caring for more than 600 children, Bernice and Joe have retired, handing ownership to their Director, Anna Rodrigues. Anna took ownership as of January 2017. Along with the staff, Anna is very excited to continue Bernice and Joe's tradition of play!
Specialties
We believe children feel the most secure, learn best, and are the happiest when they can explore a diverse range of indoor and outdoor activities which our experienced and caring staff offer in an open setting. We find value in having all ages play together. Of course, younger children will learn from older but we also believe that older can learn from younger, for example, by being more nurturing and more patient, and that they can realize that they too were at that age once. We remember one five-year-old remarking,