Together We Grow

My son has been going to Together We grow for over two years and I can not say enough good things about it! The entire staff from the person that greets you at the front desk to the nurses to the Teachers are extremely professional and experienced. It is clean and beautiful with great resources like a cool sensory room with lots of fun things to explore. Most importantly, the class size is very small and I feel my son receives a tremendous amount of care, attention and love. He has historically had some delays due to prematurity but with the dedicated teachers at Together We Grow he has progressed with leaps and bounds. While I have always been happy with the school, I have noticed it has gotten even better within the past year with the new location and the introduction of a new teacher, Jamie, who is really remarkable.

I read the other review and felt the need to write a review that gives a more accurate and honest view on the current Together We Grow. Clearly the school was under different management when the other person wrote her review in 2011.
Both my 2 and 3 year old go to Together We Grow and absolutely love it! I have used 2 other daycares in the past — one in Yorba Linda that was close to my old office and one in Encinitas. Together We Grow is BY FAR the best choice for childcare I have ever made! What I like most about the center is the staff. Because they have special needs children who predominately attend the school, the staff mostly consists of nurses or nursing assistants (whom all seem to be nursing students). The teachers all have varying levels of higher education so the integrity of the school as a whole is much higher than your average «daycare» where most of the staff consists of very young girls whose experience is mainly through babysitting rather than actual child development. When my 2 year old was at their old school in Encinitas, she was constantly getting diaper rashes on a daily basis and I felt she wasn’t hitting her developmental milestones as easily as her sister or as she did prior to leaving the Montessori school they attended in Yorba Linda. Two weeks after starting at Together We Grow (age 18 months), her speech improved dramatically — she was singing, counting, and reciting her ABCs. And, to this day she has not had a diaper rash since leaving the old school! The staff’s attentiveness and commitment to my 3 year old finally got her to stop having potty accidents. She is also more obedient and uses her language skills to express her feelings. She is only 3 and already knows her months of the year, what the date is, her colors, and can identify the weather! I also like they stay well under ratio so the teachers and aides are never overwhelmed and all the children get plenty of attention and proper oversight. I joke and tell people I feel like I have a personal nanny!
The school also has someone at the front desk at all times so I can call at any time and not get an answering machine or a teacher answering in a very noisy classroom. Also, the school is SO CLEAN! At my girls’ old school, I would pick them up filthy with dirty faces. I figured that was normal. But at Together We Grow, they don’t have a sand box so their clothes and faces don’t get dirty and they keep the classrooms almost hospital grade clean. I’m sure it’s because of the special needs kids. My husband and I joke that their sweatshirts can go 3 – 4 uses before needing a wash as opposed to 15 – 30 mins before needing a wash at their old school. If you want your child to develop and learn and not just be babysat while you’re at work, you MUST take them to Together We Grow!

As first time parents my husband and I visited a lot of daycares before choosing the one that was right for our one year old.
When we visited Together We Grow for the first time, we knew it was the one for us. We still checked out some other places, but we already knew our mind was made up. In just a few days we went back and signed up.
Our son has been attending Together We Grow for over a year and loves his teachers and all of the staff. Everyone — teachers, RNs, LVNs, CNAs, the Director, admin staff, etc. — is wonderful, professional, and very caring. We trust this place very much and know that our child is always in good hands.
The teachers always give us feedback on our son’s development and learning, and the nurses always pay special attention to him when his asthma flares up.
Together We Grow has my confidence that my child is well taken care of!