Adventure Planet Montessori

There are new owners and they are amazing! They are so caring and are making LOTS of good changes. They’re completely redoing the infant room to make it better and newer. That was one of my only negatives before is that the buildings were a little old. They’re making everything good as new now and I could not be happier. My son absolutely loves the teachers and gets the biggest smile when we go there.

I wish i can give this place a ZERo. omg gross gross grosss. really who takes there kids here! im worried their is so many cons. Im digusted and dont understand how they are in businees or why anyone intrust their precious kids to them, The placed seem dirty, old and disgusting. I can’t believe kids eat in there REALLY! the staff looks sloppy,(but nice) and the rooms smelled and were extremely dirty, and the bathrooms were old and smelly. The building was old but i lived in an old house and thats never and excuse to have things dirty, windows, walls. it was a plan disaster i felt like it was a seen from the texas chainsaw massacre (not the killing ok relax) just the old eerie dirty scenes. I can not believe this place is located in Woodland hills and one more things my opinion only– I dont feel comfortable that the owner is an older man and is there playing with kids even hugging one al (i didnt get a good feeling about that)

My son started going to this school in 2006. New owners took over shortly thereafter. They have really made many wonderful renovations and added plenty of extra-​curricular activities. My daughter also attends this school and my son still comes for after school care. They both love it! The owners and staff are very friendly and extremely personable. We feel like we are part of a family! They have been very accommodating and supportive to me and my children, throughout my struggles as a single, full-​time working parent. I’m so glad I have Adventure Planet and I don’t have to worry about my children while I’m at work.

I’ve had both my kids at Adventure Planet and I’m disappointed to read such horrible reviews prior to mine. Both my kids have always been happy here. The reason why my husband and I chose this school is because of it’s diversity. There are kids here from all walks of life. The school has great hours and is affordable. Unlike most of the preschools around the area, you pay one price here, and you can drop off and pick up anytime between 6:30 am and 6 pm which is wonderful for working parents who may get stuck in traffic or need to run a few errands prior to picking up their child. They also include breakfast, lunch and snack which is unheard at most preschools. They helped potty train both my kids!
The teachers are wonderful here especially Mrs. Margie, Mrs. Venessa and Mrs. Jethra. Yes, they had a turnover awhile back but it was to weed out all the teachers who were not pulling their weight and giving themselves fully to the kids. Mrs. Tanya, Mr. Jacob and Mrs. Helen are very dedicated to keeping every one safe and happy here. They also have a fun summer program.

All the good and trustworthy teachers have left. I chose this school before because it’s very diverse and the price was good with food. However, the teacher turn-​over rate is unbelievably high after all the good teachers have left. They had four teachers in three weeks. My kid had unexplained bruises. I saw they have 14 toddlers with only one teacher without any assistant many times, and I’ve even seen 7 infants with only one caretaker multiple times. I’ve also heard of some drug uses of some teachers. I pulled my kids out right away after seeing and hearing all these. The director Tanya and her husband are nice and kind, but I question the vice-​director, Helen, and the people she hired. Do not attend this school.

My disclaimer: This is my experience from touring the school, I decided against send my children here. But I’m preschool shopping, might as well share…
The pros: Its a large facility, which could be a pro or con, i suppose. It was cheaper than most the other schools I saw in the area. The price included breakfast, lunch and snack. They open early at 6:30am, close at 6pm. The teachers I met seemed nice. They are only closed 7 days out of the year. The play yard was nice, big and neat. The toddler play area and classroom were neat and uncluttered; they had a filtered water fountain.
Cons: The director was very sloppily dressed (sorry to say), her desk was a mess, the pre-​k class was a mess! This is a montessori school? Shockingly busy, messy and chaotic even for a playbased program, for a montessori, which tends to be more spartan in appearance, forget it.
My son attended a montessori school in culver city, that wasn’t new, it was a converted home but it was neat as a pin, as a montessori school should be. Here, the montessori materials are arranged on open shelves but they have all kinds of papers, books, teaching supplies etc. haphazardly piled on top of them.
Kids that were suppose to be at recess were running inside and outside the classroom we were touring and a teacher was yelling out in the yard.
They didn’t require all the kids to nap in the 4 year old class during naptime/​quiet time so about 8 kids were laying on mats to ‘sleep’ with the rest of the kids running around the room playing. It definitely wasn’t ‘quiet playtime’. Last of all, the director seemed so nice, but not very culturally aware.
Oh well, moving on…