Young Child Academy of Seattle

I sent my daughter to this school for a little over a month. I was encouraged by the previous reviews being so positive. I am not sure whether they had a change in management or what, but my experience was not as positive as those who posted before me. I ended up pulling my child out in search for a place where I would feel safe leaving her.

Have been YCA for one year, it’s been a great experience for us. The teachers are great– low turnover and really care about my child.

We recently moved back to Seattle after living in Mill Creek/​Everett for a few years. When it came to finding a new preschool for our son, we were extremely nervous. After a few months of searching, we heard about YCA through a friend of ours and decided to drop in, we’re really glad we did!
The classrooms were clean and the children were more engaged than I’ve ever seen at such a young age. We could really tell that the teachers genuinely care about the kids. After having a look around we had to bite the bullet and ask how long of a wait we’d be looking at… we were in luck, they had an opening!
Our son has been enrolled for a few months now and we’ve noticed the following…
1. He is EXCITED to go to school every day! Circle time, music, Spanish, time spent outside, etc!
2. He is learning… quickly. Very quickly. He surprised us all when he started counting in Spanish while out to eat with family!
3. The teachers all know him by name, he know the names of all of his teachers… and he trusts them.
4. While he has always been extremely verbal, he is far more articulate now and you can tell that he is really thinking about what he wants to express.
5. WORN. OUT. TODDLER. EVERY. NIGHT.
One last thing that we’d like to mention… he came down with a pretty painful double ear infection the first week he was there. They called us immediately and let us know that he had a temperature and that he was tugging on his ears. When we arrived, one of the teachers was rocking with him and making sure that he was as comfortable as possible. That meant the world to us.
Highly recommended,
Anthony Adinolfi and Kat Adinolfi
Seattle, WA

I was lucky enough to get a spot at YCA when I was on a short time frame to find a local place for my son to go. I have to admit I was a little deterred by the location of the school. It seemed a little ‘concrete’ and office space-​like. But I looked past all of that. Chai-​Pei was great at staying in contact with me, meeting with me when I was available, and always emailing me back right away.
My son, who is almost 3.5, has been either with grandparents or attending an in-​home preschool 2 mornings a week. I’m for the first time going back to work full time. So him attending a new school for 8 – 10 hours a day, 5 days a week, was a little scary for me. I wasn’t sure how he would react…
Well, we have been here for just over 3 weeks now, and he is LOVING it! He is excited every morning and exhausted every evening. They have a great program here. All of the teachers know my sons name after just a short period of time. He’s not only made a ton of new friends, but he really loves his teachers as well. I’m so happy that I found a great spot for my little. It’s extremely hard trusting someone with your child, and YCA is doing an amazing job! I couldn’t be happier!

We made the move from another QA area daycare/​pre-​school this year and 6 or 8 months in, we’re extremely happy. The other place, which I may review, was good for us for a while too, but we started having some issues and mostly felt our child had out grown them by his 4^th birthday, it was still at best «day care.»
A few months into YCA, his reading, critical thinking and general interest and engagement went through the roof. No more dragging is feet on the way out the door in the morning, he’s happy, he’s safe, he’s learning.
The teachers (3 in his class) are all wonderful in their own ways. We trust them, they communicate, they notice if he has a new shirt on. Sounds silly, it shows us that they’re paying attention. I feel like they and the administration are partners with us in helping our child be happy, safe and get ready for kindergarten next year.
We’re so glad that we made this move.

We couldn’t be happier with YCA, we love it and our 3 year gets so excited to go to school each day, she even runs into the building. She has been attending since she was 6 mos old. The teachers are so caring and involved with the children. This is not your typical daycare, YCA excels in learning and exploring, and the days are structured with great activities the helps the kids learn, like Spanish class, sign language, art, music. The staff and teachers do an excellent job and give really great individual attention to the kids. We were so lucky to get in and I’d highly recommend YCA to anybody. We feel really proud and secure in sending our daughter there.

I echo the sentiments of the last two reviewers. We love YCA. Wonderful teachers, great staff and an outstanding and diverse curriculum.