Makiko's Daycare

I absolutely loved this daycare and so did my son, I’m still so sad we moved and he no longer can attend. This was his first daycare he had a hard time when he first started and they were so kind to him and helped him warm up to the place. I loved that they sent photos every Friday of what the kids did that week, and that they wrote in a notebook everyday about what he did. The staff was nothing but absolutely amazing.

While I loved Makiko's for the schedule, the seeming cleanliness, the price and the food, not to mention exposure to another language and culture, and its arts, my son had a tough time there. He would cling to my leg and never want to go in. His journal was filled with notes about poor behaviors but I'm not sure that he was being shown as a three year old, the replacement behaviors. It may have just been, "don't do this," and "stop doing that." My son is very active and really needed a lot of time and space to play outside as he got older. The playground outside has fake grass and no play structure bigger than a Little Tikes play house. What really got me, was when I changed daycares to put him in a preschool and something with a better yard, his nose stopped running for the first time in two years, and his language took off. I'm guessing that's because Makiko's is a really big daycare with lots of kids, so more germs, and the language was because he could better understand his teachers, as English is their first language. (Although I did really appreciate the Japanese!) His behaviors didn't completely go away, but he is much happier now and I also like being able to go inside; Makiko's never welcomed me in, so I only ever saw what I could via pictures emailed to me.

My son went Makiko when he was 2 years old about a year. Teachers are friendly and kind, but the curriculum and the facilities are not really professional. Also, my son caught a cold probably every othrt week since they have activities as a whole group everyday. Makiko needs to work more on hygiene. We moved to Dallas and my son didn't get sick anymore in the new preschool.

I am grateful to have such a clean and well organized daycare for my little one, especially so close to home. She has friends, eats really good food there, and is well taken care of. I love the culture also, that gets to experience there.

Best daycare ever! They provide fresh and delicious meals everyday, and all the staffs I've met are very friendly and nice. My son doesn't want to leave every time I pick him up, he loves to stay here sooo much!