Edugether Child Development Center | Excellence in Early Learning & Parenting 7701 8th Avenue Southwest, Seattle, WA 98106

"Loved our experience with Marianne (the Director/owner of Ariva) and all her staff during the 2.5 years our daughter attended her program. Marianne and all the teachers were so patient and nurturing to our daughter from 18-54 month. We found the school to be an excellent balance of loving while fitting in an age-appropriate curriculum, regular connections on development, and lots of Montessori-like discovery. Marianne makes an effort to truly know each student and provide them the support they need to feel safe and thrive. So happy to see her launch as Ariva to keep delivering this essential care. We worked with her when she owned and ran Edugether."

"Marianne Valdes, former co-owner of Edugether and now Founder of Ariva Kids, continues to be an amazing caregiver and teacher for our children. We enrolled our first daughter (E) with Marianna & Yoan back in 2019 (you can see one of our early reviews!) when this location was called Edugether, and Marianne and Yoan expanded the business to the new location off 8th (now the only Edugether location); Marianne and Yoan were able to maintain a high standard of quality care for our kiddo as she grew and E loved being part of their community. E graduated from Edugether and went off to kindergarten, and she excelled immediately due to the attention and care she received under Marianne and Yoan's guidance. Now, our second daughter is enrolled in Ariva Kids (Marianne's school) and we are so thrilled that she is getting the same "Marianne experience" that our first daughter received. Marianne, Aracely, and Maria are such kind, thoughtful and loving caregivers, we wouldn't have our baby anywhere else. Both my husband and I are English speaking in our household and have managed to learn some Spanish and watch E learn and become fluent in Spanish - we are excited to watch our second daughter learn this beautiful language and grow up in the loving arms of Ariva, Marianne and her wonderful staff. Five stars, highly recommend."

"Marianne, owner of Edugether is the kind of learning and care program I hoped to find for our daughter, and when we enrolled our daughter and experienced the program firsthand, we were blown away. Ms. Marianne and Ms. Brenda are wonderful educators; they are kind, thoughtful, patient, and we’ve seen our daughter grow in such profound ways as a product of being in their care and under their guidance. I Her motor skills (gross and fine) and her language skills have improved beyond what I think they would have in the previous care center because of Marianne and Brenda’s attention and intentional efforts. We get daily reports that look at their activities, meals, mood, etc. we get weekly summaries of their activities and pictures. Our daughter goes through three outfits a day because she is having so much fun exploring and learning and making a mess and being a kid.As a result of our daughter’s participation in Marianne’s circle time, our daughter’s prosocial behaviors shine forth. It’s obvious how much both of these teachers care about our little human. Marianne and Brenda feel as if they are a part of our parenting team. It feels good that we all have eyes on our daughter’s development. There is seriously nobody else I’d rather leave her with than these two wonderful teachers."

"I can't speak more positively about Edugether and the programs they have for preschool age kids. My daughter has been recognizing some words for a while, but in the last few weeks she has begun to sound out and READ many words, including multisyllabic words at age 4! This morning she read aloud the word "box" and I realized we have been talking about it as we prepare for the letter of the week, "X". It's so cool to see direct impact like this from what they are teaching at school! She is picking up the Spanish letter sounds as well, even if she doesn't speak it regularly. Thank you Marianne and all staff for what you guys do every day to care for and teach our kids! -Grateful Mother"

"Edugether is a wonderful daycare experience. We sent our oldest to Edugether about a year ago and have watched him grow and develop since then. Marianne and her teacher team bring such warmth, compassion, and genuine care to the classroom and our little one is learning so much from them on a daily basis. He is now able to consistently say/interpret words in Spanish and we know this capability will only continue to grow. We're expecting twins later this year and are excited to enroll them here. Can't recommend enough!"