Little Mud Puddles Learning Center

I have one child who is a recent graduate of Little Mud Puddles, and one who is currently attending. When I decided to place my first child in a preschool, it was not an easy decision to make. I had lots of worries. Visited several preschools in the Fremont and Union City areas but still was unable to make up my mind. But the Moment I walked into Little Mud Puddles, I said that was it. All the staff were very welcoming and extremely friendly.
This is the fourth year with both of my kids in Little Mud Puddles and I can say this, I really like the way Ms Darlene the Director, runs the program. She is very organized, Cares about the kids in her school, and there is open communication between the parents and staff. Ms Gloria the junior preschool teacher is very good with the kids. She is very patient, takes time to learn about their different personalities and how best to handle each of them. When my kids were in her class, she would give me very detailed account of how their day went and even share things about their personalities with me. Both of my kids really like her. She was more than just a teacher to them. Ms Berenice the room 4 teacher is an amazing and caring teacher. The first time I met her was in the playground and just by observing the way she interacted with the kids, I knew she will be a good fit for my kids. My first child was in her class last year and the younger one is in her class this year and she has taken great care of them.
The hooked on phonics program in Little Mud Puddles is the best. My older child went through it and by the time he graduated In June of 2014, he was already reading chapter books. My second child who will be graduating in June of 2015 is currently in the phonics class, and is already reading books too. Ms Amber is outstanding at teaching the kids how to read.
My kids Love little mud Puddles, and Look forward going there every morning with a smile on their faces. Although my older child graduated, he still look forward to every day when we go to pick up his brother so he can give his previous teachers hugs and tell them how well he is doing in his new school. Little Mud Puddles, gave my first child a very solid foundation on which he is building now and he graduated being more academically and socially prepared than his other counterparts. His younger brother who is still in Little Mud Puddles, is already following in his footsteps. I am extremely happy with the choice I made to send both of my kids to Little Mud Puddles. I highly recommend Little Mud Puddles to anyone looking for a preschool. If I could give them 10 stars I would.

Where do I begin? First of all you should know that I am very particular about where I take my son to school. We tried other places and ran into a slew of issues and problems.
Little Mud puddles and their staff are without a doubt the best center I have been to. They are kind and loving with the children. They nurture and help the kids develop and learn. They are dedicated to the success of each and every child. And they are very very well prepared for any emergency or mishap with the kids. I can vouch for this because my mom is with the American heart association and she teaches and re-​certifies teachers, centers, and nurses with first-​aid and CPR.
Ms Darliene is the director, her passion for the children is so evident. She is also an amazing leader and treats her staff as family. I love this.
Ms tiffany is the phonics teacher and has helped my son so much! He was not learning how to read and write prior to coming here and now he is well on his way.
His teacher from room 4 is Ms Bernice, she is exceptional and has taken such great care of Diego from day one.
Another thing I should note is my son has terrible allergies to food. He is allergic to tree nuts, cow milk, soy, and soy proteins, and eggs. This made is so difficult for me to #1. Find a place that was willing to accommodate or allow me to replace meals.
#2. Trust that the staff were willing to take it as serious as we do.
#3. Was being feed good nutritional food. Not prepackaged crap, that has been processed so much it’s left with no nutritional value.
Not only are they awesome and experienced with food allergies. They have an on site cook, Ms Bexi cooks most of the meals from STRACH. That’s right folks– they feed our kids Real food that hasn’t been processed a million time. And they are constantly reading food labels. Honestly I cannot say enough about this place. It has been such a blessing for my family and I. I have complete and total piece of mind when my son is in their hands.
My only regret is that I didn’t find this place earlier.
My son is graduating June 20^th and will be moving on to St Joseph’s :)
Lucky for us our journey with LMP doesn’t end here. We are expecting a little girl in sept and will be definitely reserving a spot for her here.

I did a Unilocal search for daycare/​preschools in Fremont because I am looking to transition from home daycare to a learning center. What sold me on visiting LMP was the fabulous website. The website provides real time information, wonderful videos that let you get a sense of the philosophy, staff and children in attendance. I schedule a visit through the website, received confirmation email promptly and showed up. I showed up for my tour and the staff were in the middle of heavy meetings and a bustling learning center. To her credit the Director literally hand held me through the center and allowed me to sit in on a prospective class. The teachers were not expecting a parent but they did a great job answering questions, making themselves available to discuss the daily structure and philosophy of the program. I hung out for over an hour and got to see the children transition through activities. The staff here are great with the children. They encourage kindness of one another, clear communication, independence and responsibility. I observed the 2 – 3 year-​olds. The facility was clean, modern and filled with smiling faces. I especially liked that the staff put on gloves during the bathroom breaks. When I got a chance to meet with the Director/​Founder Darlene Johnson I was impressed by her attention to detail, openness to questions, awareness of the importance of diversity culturally and educationally and all around professionalism. She apologized for the delay but it actually served as a wonderful opportunity to observe the children and staff interactions. What I really appreciated was her time, I never felt rushed despite the fact that she had a lot going on that day. I got the sense that if I had a concern she would listen and work on finding a resolution. I really liked the openness of the teachers I spoke with and the attention from the Director.

Our oldest child went to LMP for a year before he started kindergarten. We were so impressed with the support from the school staffs and how happy our child was in school, that we started our 2^nd child as soon as she turns two. Both our children enjoy going to school very much. They miss school on the weekends. The school adminstrator is very focus on the children’s life skill developments and also academic curriculum. Not only they offer Hook on Phonics, they are offering writing without tears starting last year. Our daughter enjoy the regular school activities and extra activities such as Soccor, Mandarin, and Tuff Tublers classes. Our son is no longer attending school. But he got very excited when we go to pick up his sister together. He wants to visit all the teachers and the school director. The school provide breakfast, lunch and 2 snacks daily. They are not junk food and are very balanced meals. The school is also very good with health and safety issues. We are constantly being inform with all the situation including flu out break. The hours are very good for working parents especially they recently increasing the afternoon hour to 6:30pm.
We are very fortunate to be able to send our children to this school while we are working and know the they are well taking care of by the staffs. Staffs are very easy to talk to and they know all the children attending this school very well. We are going to be sad this will our daughter’s last year. But we will definately come back to visit when possible.

We love this place. More importantly, my daughter loves this place.
It’s family run and they really care about it so it shows. Only issue is the parking, but it’s worth braving the parking issue for the quality of the place.

Both of our children attended Little Mud Puddles from age ²⁄₃ through 5 and thoroughly enjoyed their time there. The teachers are warm and caring and do a great job with teaching the children both academic curriculum and life skills. Our children definitely started Kindergarten one step ahead because of the things they learned at LMP. The Director is extremely committed to making preschool a positive experience for all the students.
A couple specifics about the school: They offer twice a week Mandarin classes, once a week music and tumbling classes, and they have a Hooked on Phonics program to help the older students learn how to read. All but the HOP program are an additional cost, but for a working parent, the convenience of not having to bring your child to separate extracurricular classes on the weekend is a big plus in my book. They are really responsive to emails, have cameras monitoring the classrooms, and an electronic sign-​in system, so they’re quite tech-​savvy as far as preschools go. They have fake grassy turf on the playground, so your kids won’t come home with as many dirt/​grass stains as they would on the real stuff, plus it withstands the effects of sand much better. The parking lot can be a bit of a chore at 9 am and 5 pm, but I think the good aspects of the school outweigh the inconvenience of sometimes having to wait to park.
I think the biggest indicator of what a great job they do is the fact that my older child couldn’t wait for our younger one to start at LMP, even though he was already in Kindergarten. He just thought it was a great place to be and didn’t want her to miss out. Similarly, even though our youngest is now happily in Kindergarten, she regularly asks to go visit LMP, just to say hi. They obviously both have lots of happy memories from there. Us parents have made some good friends as well, since it feels like a community there and you meet a lot of other working parents.

Today, my second child graduates from Little Mud Puddles into Kindergarten. Over the last four years, both of my kids have benefitted from the excellent, caring teachers at LMP. I researched it and social preschools are better for children because the academic stuff is easier ground to make up than the social deficits that occur at academic preschools. The cool thing is that LMP balances the two very well, preparing the preschoolers for Kindergarten both socially and academically. Both of my children were reading before they left preschool and my son is academically one of the top students of his class. It is competitively priced and I highly recommend it!