Smart Kids Family Daycare

I second Khristine and Natalia’s reviews. Tracy is really great. If you are looking for a daycare where your baby will be actually taken care of like he or she is at home then this is the place.

Let me start by saying that I agonized over who to leave my son with. Like most first time moms, I was worried and paranoid about who I could trust with my baby. With a stroke of luck, I found Tracy’s daycare on the San Francisco Family Childcare Association website and called her. Low and behold, she had an opening for an infant. I scheduled to meet with her in person to «interview» her and visit the daycare.
I still had reservations about leaving my baby with someone I didn’t know. Luckily, I ran into one of the moms who was dropping off her baby (same age as my son), and she expressed how happy she was with Tracy. I felt so much better after speaking with her. I brought my husband there a couple of days later, and we decided that this was the right place for our son. Tracy is absolutely awesome with kids!
Tracy runs the daycare with the assistance of her mom. They are both kind, warm, and great with kids. Tracy speaks Cantonese and English, while her mom can only speak Cantonese. My husband and I do not speak Cantonese at all, but communication was never an issue with them. The moment I saw them interact with my son, all my worries and paranoia disappeared! To me, it was really obvious how much they love and care about kids.
My son started going to Tracy when he was just 4 months old. Although he will only be there for a little over a month, we are so impressed with her ability to take care of kids. She has done a good job of making the daycare a safe and nurturing environment for all the kids. We are very sad to leave her so soon. However, after being on a long waitlist, a spot opened up at a school near my work in the SoMa area. It is a matter of convenience for us.
I HIGHLY recommend this place!

Our twins have been taken care by Tracy and her daycare team for almost 2 years. Both my husband and I work full time and we have been so lucky to have found this daycare. I interviewed with over 20 nannies and at least 9 family daycares. I got to say we were so relief to have found this one. This place is not the biggest nor having the best toys and facility. However, Tracy and her mother are extremely patient, kind, responsible and nurturing to all kids. Yesterday was the last day twins at this daycare. In the last two years, twins have learned social skills, discipline, manners and independent attitude.
Being working parents, nothing is more important than finding someone who is reliable and responsible to take care of your children. Sadly speaking, a lot of the daycares run solely as a business, they don’t necessarily put the kids’ growth and health as their priority as long as the kids are OK and have a space with a bunch of toys to hangout with. I had one daycare telling me my child won’t eat veggie and since there were other kids they had no time to do anything about it. In Tracy’s place, she worked with the parents to find ways to encourage kids to eat healthily and learn happily. Tracy is also very active in reporting to us status of the twins and she is very knowledgeable in children. When we have questions about our twins she is always willing to discuss about the topics and give suggestions. I highly recommend Tracy’s daycare.
Our twins are starting preschool soon and we surely will miss Tracy and her family a LOT!