Ada Kadosh Family Child Care, Woodland Hills

If you are looking for a loving in-home daycare, you can stop your search, you've found Ada's. I was first introduced to Ada's Family Daycare when we were searching for a place for my first child back in 2016. When I met Ada and her staff I felt a huge sense of relief. After I had my second child, they started with Ada as well and we are still with the daycare. We are not the only family who has sent child after child to Ada's; there's a lot of legacy happening! Clearly, they're doing something right. Ada's Family Daycare is a Jewish daycare, but truly all are welcome and all are celebrated. There have been many families who are not Jewish that send their children. I definitely get the vibe that diversity is welcomed rather than simply tolerated. And unlike many Jewish daycares in the area, Ada's does not close for every single Jewish holiday, which I greatly appreciate as that can be really inconvenient for working parents who do not observe each holiday. Another plus for working parents is that children are given three meals a day! Meals they eat! I don't know about your kids, but sometimes it is a struggle to get my children to eat new foods, but somehow this daycare has the magic touch. Attending Ada's means I know my children will be eating three solid meals in addition to whatever I can entice them to at home. That is something I greatly appreciate. Pre-pandemic Ada's daycare also offered specials such as music, dancing, gymnastics, etc. that would come to the daycare once a week. They were awesome and something my children always looked forward to. It's unfortunate that they aren't happening right now, but to be honest I prefer it this way for now, as introducing new people into an environment with a bunch of tiny unvaccinated kids could be really dangerous in terms of COVID. When the threat of COVID is reduced to comfortable levels I believe the specials will be brought back. One of the things I like most about this daycare is the emphasis on play. As a teacher myself I really dislike seeing daycares that focus too much on "academics". The education in infancy through toddlerhood should be focused on play. I have seen firsthand the social issues that arise when children haven't been given enough opportunity to learn through play. This is not a problem at Ada's day care. While children do have structured learning time, it is age appropriate circle time with singing and dancing, and age appropriate games with letters and numbers. The older kids (5 and sometimes 4 year olds) are also given time to work on basic written letter and number recognition if they are interested. However plenty of time is set aside for the art of play! My children never came home from Ada bored. They made friends, played pretend, did crafts, and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Additionally, when my first child "graduated" and moved on to TK they were ready. In all of my child's classes, academic and otherwise, they are on par with their classmates and socially-emotionally speaking they are often quite advanced. As for Ada herself, you are rarely going to meet a more loving person. Ada will love your kids (and you!) like a doting auntie. She will call you to ask how they (and you) are doing when they are out sick. She will remember the important things you ask her to remember, like getting them ready for dance class when you need to pick them up early or to put chapstick on them throughout the day. She is a kind and caring person. The exact same can be said of Ada's staff. I truly love those women and am eternally grateful to how they have cared for my children. I was shocked to see that this daycare received such a low rating, and then I read the only 3 reviews that gave it one star. If you've read them, too, and nothing else you would probably think this was an awful place to send a kid and would be shocked anyone had. What I'll say is this: when people become disgruntled that their every whim isn't catered to, they often throw a tantrum. I see this as a teacher regularly. I know the situation that happened with the long negative review, and the situation has nothing to do with the quality of the daycare, it has to do with someone not getting something they wanted that wasn't possible. Then that someone threw a fit and asked some friends to throw a fit, too, though they themselves haven't been part of the daycare. I'm sure this isn't surprising to you if you've dealt with LA parents! The truth is here - Ada's Family Daycare is a great place to send your children. Scroll to the bottom of this page to read the " not recommended reviews" to see many more people claiming the same thing.