Little Tree Montessori International School

I have a similar review as one of the parent. My son is 2.5 years old and he goes to the toddler room. His teacher is Miss Felicia and there is an other young lady working with her.
Miss Felicia has got ZERO patience and tolerance towards kids. I don’t know if she has a problem with my son or kids in general.
Every day I go to pick up my son she comes rushing to me complaining about him. There is a clear difference between giving a report and complaining about the child. The first day he joined, she said he was too aggressive. I asked her in what sense does she mean it she says that he is running around and playing. I was like say whattttt? What else do u expect a two year old to do. The next day she says that he never sits in the circle time. I told her that he has never been to a daycare before so I requested her to be a little patient with my son. The next day she says he pulled some girls hair, the next day he touched some kids cheeks, he threw sand in the sand pit.
I can understand my son may not be perfect but I really doubt if he has done so many things because he plays with a lot of kids, active play dates and he has got lot of friends from Gymboree and other parks. I never had any complaint from anyone. All his friends love him.
It makes me wonder if what ever she is saying is true or exaggerating stuff.
Today when I went to pick him up I saw her yelling at him really loud I just waited at the door and tried to understand why she was being so hard on him, right away the other teacher noticed me and sighed her and she acted as if everything was normal. She also told me that I should enroll my son somewhere else, where the students to teacher ratio is less and my son doesn’t fit in her program.
Earlier I’ve seen a scratch on my sons leg and thought may be he got it from playing outside looking back I remember her telling that she pulled him out of the sandbox that day. I don’t know if her rough behavior caused him that scratch. And today I noticed two scratches on his hands.
The other young teacher didn’t have any patience either.
He has never been given the snacks I packed for him not even water from his bottle.
I’m not going to send my son there again. fyi its just been a week he started.
I feel the facility wise it’s nice and clean but it all depends on the teacher who is caring for your child. So all the best.

My daughter started her preschool at Saratoga when she was about 3. She loved it. There are a lot music, dance, craft, and enrichment classes. She learned a lot Chinese characters over there. We also signed her up for drawing and Kong Fu and etc. We send her to the Campbell site last year since it is closer. She likes the new playground, and eat all the food and snacks over there. (She is a picky eater, it is very important that the teachers watch her when she is eating). She learned more Chinese and math. I think the teachers did great job. My daughter complains that the Chinese is too hard to learn. I am sure she will benefit of it when she is older. She does enjoy the cooking class a lot every Friday.

My daughter started as a toddler with Teacher Teresa at their home based family day care and then we move to their other facility in Saratoga, and absolutely adore every teachers. So, this year, I’ve decided to try out their last 2 weeks Summer Camp in Campbell location.
The ratio is very low so instructor can take care of each student, and really spends time with them. Also they offer different activities to «entertain» the children, from freestyle paper craft, Japanese braiding, academic works. I do not know if they watch a little television in the afternoon but my daugher love there for all the activities.
Is this Summer Camp perfect? No. There is no such thing as the perfect summer camp. My daughter told me «They are not that fun like Camp Galileo. But I still want to go the camp next year ! «
To me, that’s the most important thing that my kids love to go there!!!

Wow, the above comment from parent blue s. is pretty shocking to me. My daughter started as a preschooler with their other facility in Saratoga, and absolutely adore every teachers, administrators, and all the staffs working there. So, this year, I’ve decided to try out their campbell location, Little Tree Montessori International School, which is closer to my house, for their summer camp programs.
I did also spend a little time to observe what they do in the class. The school really spends time to come up with different activities to «entertain» the children, from paper craft, Japanese traditional braiding projects, academic works, to even demonstration from NASA. They do watch a little television in the afternoon but wind down the children from all the outdoor activities.
With the price I’m paying and the amount of activities that my daughter do at the school, I would say this school is a rare find.