Mission San José Children's Center

We were worried about our son’s social skills, that’s why we sent him to school at an early age. Before we found MSJCC, we’ve tried other preschools. One is also Montessori, but we didn’t see much improvement in him and the teachers were not giving enough feedbacks. The other one has a large scale regarding the campus and number of students, and is more academic-oriented. However, through the communications with the teachers, we can tell that the teachers there only want “good students”. They indicated that our son is not quite “behaved“ because he loves to explore around and wouldn’t sit still and stay focused. I mean, by that time he just turned 2, curiosity is his nature.

Last year, we decided to send our 2.5 year old kid to Mission San Jose Children’s Center. We love everything about the school and it’s definitely one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. The teachers are more than responsible. Ms Mei gives us feedbacks every day. She also found out that our son had a rather late development in social & language skills, and had a short attention span. Instead of judging our son, she gave us a lot of advice on his development, and meanwhile appreciated the potentials in him. Other teachers are nice too, and my son likes his teachers! They truly know the concept of Montessori, embracing kids with different personalities and helping them grow in accordance with their aptitude.

My son is now 3. It has been half a year since he started in MSJCC. It’s not a very long time but we are so surprised about how big progress he has made! Including but not limited to his language development, good daily schedule, social skills, ability to keep focused, etc.

MSJCC is an excellent Montessori school for kids. My son went this school for last 2 and half year. I can see clear transformation in him. Best part is Miss Mei and her staff focus on basic etiquette and all around development. It helps us lot as parents. I would highly recommend.

I googled for preschools in my area and got the "Mission SanJose children's center" in the list. My daughter going to this school from 6 months and we see lot of improvement in her academic and social skills. My wife and I are so happy about this school. At first we were skeptical to send our daughter to this school but we are very happy with her improvement day by day. Teachers are so friendly with kids and parents too. The curriculum is also good. Along with the academic and social skills they teach kids daily activities. Even in the weekends also my daughter asks for school. Teachers do something for very occasion. They make kids to do hand crafts for the occasion. Even my daughter is eating well after going to this school. I definitely recommend this school for the parents who are looking for preschool in Fremont, CA.

I got hooked up to this place the first time I visited. Unlike other Montessori places I visited, all the children were very friendly and outspoken. Both my sons went to this place for their preschool. My second son just graduated today. Ms. Mei is super professional and loving. They not only flourish academically, but also built very good characters and manner. My second son was strong willed and I was so concerned that he would suffer a lot beginning school. Ms. Mei hugged him a lot at lunch, during activity, etc, during his first months to give him the sense of safety that he needed. She really cared so much. She also made a lot of very good recommendations to us as the boys grew. One example of her sense of love is she understand each child has their own schedule, and observes them very carefully to understand their readiness for potty training and napping. She trained my kids when they are ready, and the process went so fast and smooth. This is truly a place that both my boys and I will miss for a long time.

My kid has been in MSJCC for some years. so far, we are satisfied with this program mainly due to the following reasons:

1 Kids behave well and get well with each other
2 Environment is clean
3 Program is well balanced
Comparing to other Montessori school nearby this program has more craft, singing. lt also has Christmas and Halloween event
4 Head teacher, Ms Mei, has many years of teaching experience. She communicates in time about kid's behavior or things that can be improved
5 I am impressed that teachers come out in the morning to welcome kids everyday and teach kids say "have a good day" to parents

one cons is that assistant teachers has changed relative fast recently. I hope some good teachers can stay longer.. but I do see assistant teachers help on different projects.

Although it is a relative small program I feel my kid is thriving and happy here.