Academy For Little Minds Daycare

Five reasons to love AFLMD and Kendra:
(1) Kendra texts photos of your kid to you throughout the day.
(2) The FREE annual overnight. Once a year, Kendra invites current students, alums, and their siblings over for a big sleepover.
(3) Boomer. Kendra has a very sweet and gentle dog who helps keep an eye on the kids. My son is a huge fan of dogs, I think largely because he had such a good experience with Boomer.
(4) The flexible schedule. In the year that I was transitioning from maternity leave to working full time, my schedule changed a lot. It was great to have the option to drop my son off for just two days a week when work was light, and flex up to five days a week when I was swamped.
(5) Kendra rocks. Kendra is always working on projects to improve the daycare, and help us parents. She didn’t need to take extra childhood education classes, but did. She certainly doesn’t need to arrange field trips for current and past students, but she does. And after a full day of watching kids, she is willing to babysit your kids if you unexpectedly need a sitter.

I visited about a dozen home Daycare locations before selecting AFLM. I think it is hilarious my daughter’s first words were DOG and RUFF… because there is a dog that lives at Daycare!
Every week has a theme and daily activities to go along with the theme such as: Dr Seuss or Charlotte’s Web. And each week all the kids learn to bake something from scratch like cupcakes, cookies or brownies. The best part is my daughter comes home with treats for mom and dad. yum!
It makes my day, when I am sitting at my desk at work, to receive text photos of my child from Kendra, the owner of the Daycare. She plans field trips each week such as: library story time, Academy of Sciences, Lemos Farm, Fresh Choice for lunch or the local park to play in the playground and feed the ducks. Kendra’s entire house and backyard is a Daycare; therefore, the kids have lots of rooms and places to run and play. The Daycare is located 1 mile from the Daly City Bart, which is very convenient if you take Bart to work. I highly recommend AFLM for Kendra’s enthusiasm, daily activities, field trips and socializing with other kids.

Just moved to the Bay Area a couple of months ago and needed to find daycare for our 22month old. I turned to Unilocal in search for the perfect daycare. I called Kendra and she returned my call the next day. Very friendly over the phone we schedule a day and time to meet and tour her daycare. Her place was easy to find in South San Francisco and appears to be in a nice neighborhood.
My husband and I had a great first impression of Kendra. She appears very easy going and relaxed who was always smiling. Her daycare is operated in her home where she lives. She works alone but is looking into having student interns in the summer. She is also in the process of opening a daycare to operate outside of her residence.
As mentioned in her website she does have a dog (Boomer) who roams freely in the home with the children. He is the mascot of AFLM Daycare. Boomer is very well behaved and loved our daughter. I own three dogs and just by our interaction that day, he is a well trained and mannered dog.
She seems to have a very well structured curriculum. She has a covered play area and her living room is divided into different sections for the children to play and learn. I guess the only reason for the 4 stars was that it didn’t appear as clean as I would expect it. I’m not a type A personality, but i do like things a little clean and somewhat organized.
We have a couple other schools to visit, but AFLM Daycare is in our top 3 choices out of 8 daycares that we have on our list.
Thank You Kendra for your passion for Little Minds.

My 2.5 yr old son has been attending AFLM Daycare for about a year and we LOVE it. He has a blast with all of his friends, Kendra and Boomer. Boomer is a very well behaved dog who takes all the abuse from the little tikes :) Kendra is a very responsible and patient teacher — she has tons of fun with the kids but also keeps them in line well! My sons preschool skills have grown a great deal in the last year — he is now able to properly hold a pencil/​crayon, he can cut paper in half and is familiar with preschool routines — such as sitting quiet for circle time and transitioning between tasks. I feel confident that he will assimilate into full time preschool just fine. My husband and I feel so confident leaving our child there — he is gaining fine motor, gross motor, social and cognitive skills everyday.

Our 2 ½ year-​old twin daughters have been attending Academy for Little Minds Daycare for a year and a half now, and we still feel so lucky to have discovered this amazing place! I cannot say enough great things about Kendra and Boomer, but some of our favorite aspects of this great daycare are as follows:
Daycare Mascot: Being ‘animal’ people and having pets ourselves, we were excited that exceptionally well-​trained Boomer, was a part of the day care. We wanted the girls to learn to respect and be gentle with animals, especially dogs, and Boomer is wonderful with the kids. We have never had any instances of concern with Boomer, and personally, we think the kids are rougher with Boomer than he is with them.
Mind your manners: This is an area we have been particularly impressed with, and have actually received compliments from other parents about what well-​behaved and polite children we have. Please and Thank-​you were among their first several words. She also spends a lot of time working on sharing and kindness.
Rain or Shine: With the covered sun porch area, the kids can go out and get the fresh-​air they crave in practically any weather, all year long
Fun Extras: Kendra periodically sends picture text messages of adventures during the day, she sends home samples of their baking projects, she organizes fun holiday parties and quarterly field-​trips, and offers occasional free date-​nights.
Healthy Meals: Two home cooked nutritious meals are provided each day, along with three snacks. Additionally, a lot of what she feeds them is organic. Considering my girls typically eat a LOT, it is always comforting to know what they are getting is healthy and good for them!
It is such a comfort for us to be able to go to work every day knowing that our girls are not only safe, receiving exceptional care, and learning, but are having fun too. We highly recommend Academy for Little Minds Daycare!