Shiny Little Stars

"No words can do justice to how grateful i am to shiny little stars. Everyone is so kind and attentive to our child’s needs, personality, and development. Everyone is so well behaved polite and kind. The place is very clean and well maintained with wonderful hand hygiene; our kid has barely ever gotten sick. They do their best to keep the school open as much as possible. They have such a wonderful curriculum adapted to children. By her 2 year old birthday our child was counting to 10 and counting objects up to 10 and reading some letters. They go outside quite a bit. They update parents and keep us in close communication to what is happening. They are really invested in children education; it shows it is a passion for them. Our child is very happy, and so are we."

"Our 22 months old daughter M has started SLS little dippers class in Sep this year. Let me put it this way: it is the best decision we’ve made! Nowadays most places got good reviews so it’s really hard for first time parents to really tell the difference when they are going through reviews of a daycare. For us, we also heavily relied on our friend’s recommendation to make the decision to switch to SLS. So hopefully what’s written below will be useful to help parents navigate their decision process. 1. Level of care and attention provided to kids. At our previous daycare (they have live video), after dropoff kids just wondered around by themselves in the room and sometimes played with whatever never changing toys they could grab. And they were also given sweet snacks and sometimes TV to make them happy after 4pm. One can say oh it is just the warm up time in the morning, or after 5pm everyone is tired. But, this is not how SLS handles it. The attention and care kids receive at SLS is totally different. When kids are dropped off, they will be provided with toys/projects to get them occupied right away. From photos shared, we can tell countless toys are being provided and rotated at SLS throughout each day/week. Another anecdote, I remember once at about 5:15pm when I picked up my daughter, Ms. Ivanna and Ms. Selina were still singing joyfully with the other two remaining kids, while sitting on the floor playing with them. There was not a single sign showing “getting close to the end of the day”. The teachers at SLS truly love kids. 2. Rich curriculum thoughtfully curated From how my daughter plays at home with existing toys, new toys, and different reaction to subjects, we can tell she is being exposed to and stimulated by new concepts constantly at SLS. For example, she makes animal sounds such as a hissing sound of a snake when she came across a book with snake in it; she asked for more mushrooms at dinner table by saying the word coincidentally when SLS is teaching about mushroom during this month; she has been wanting to try monkey bar, and also did somersault on her own on our living room carpet, after being exposed to the gymnastics classes brought by Mr. Anatol every Monday. My daughter’s face always lights up with big smiles every morning when I mention Ms. Evelyn or Mr. Anatol’s names to get her ready for daycare… BTW, another thing worth to mention is SLS is very committed on taking kids out when weather allows. We are big on getting kids outdoor as much as possible, and SLS is very aligned on that. And their facility provides plenty outdoor space. 3. Attentive owners of the daycare Ms. Magda and Ms. Lumi have built a truly supportive community around the kids, the families, and the teachers at SLS. They have been running SLS for 20 years now but they are still staying on top of the daily operations. We always see them every now and then onsite at the daycare. They have chosen to maintain the care quality by not expanding SLS to a larger facility. They would provide tips on parenting when they or the teachers observe something that worth to bring to parents’ attention, but with tactics not to create pressure..."

"Our son has been a student here for over three years. We came from another program after a recommendation from one of my mom friends. We have been beyond impressed by the quality of the school and the level of love and compassion from staff. Magda and Lumi are amazing leaders and have ensured our son has been nurtured, supported, challenged and surrounded by amazing teachers and staff. Cannot recommend enough. We came from a daycare with limited outdoor times. This is never an issue. Backyard play area is huge and the kids have tons of outside play time. Communication with teachers is great. App for pictures taken everyday (I will miss this!) and super clean facilities. We loved being part of the shiny family and will miss them dearly!"

"Both of our children attended Shiny Little Stars from the time they were 12 - 16 months old until they entered kindergarten. We searched long and hard for a child care center that would meet our expectations and ended up visiting SLS one fine morning. As soon as we spoke with the faculty's owner, Ms. Lumi, and the teachers, we knew our children would love it here, and I must say that this was the best decision we could have made. We have been extremely happy with the care and attention both of our kids have received here at SLS. The teachers are all very warm and friendly, and they have clearly taken the time to get to know our children and their individual needs. Both the owners are wonderful, detail oriented, courteous and have childhood education degrees, so a great emphasis is put on curating the curriculum every year. Our children are now in elementary school, but the owners are still close friends of the family. We will forever be thankful to SLS for the love and support and providing a safe, supportive, and stimulating environment in which our kids have learnt and grown to be confident individuals. Thank you for making our daycare experience so wonderful! I highly recommend SLS and can't think of a more loving and supporting environment for the early childhood years."

"Shiny Little Stars is our daughter’s second home. It is NOT a “daycare”. It’s a SCHOOL. With an incredible, solid, thoughtful curriculum. My husband and I have conversations at home about how lucky we all are. Since our daughter joined SLS she has evolved and blossomed into this clever, kind, smart and lively little girl! Her teachers are amazing at what they do and to me, more importantly, they are really good people with great hearts that love children and want them to learn and succeed. The owners are absolutely amazing ladies and experts on education. They care deeply about both children and parents. We could never be happier for our daughter and we can go to work everyday with peace of mind and knowing that she is being taking care of and loved everyday when not around us. We LOVE SLS."