Mi Second Casa - In Home

Our experience at Mi Second Casa has been outstanding, beyond what I ever could have hoped for in a childcare provider. They provide new and stimulating curriculum with a rotating set of toys. As well as a homey, "second home" feel, where they assist children in potty training and showing them the benefits of gardening. They make frequent trips to the park and the grocery store, teaching the kids real life skills. On top of this kids make best friends and there is a text community where the parents receive pictures daily. So far we have made lemonade, zucchini, and broccoli to eat, all from MSC's garden. In addiction to this, the kids are learning and speaking Spanish, a valuable skill in California and worldwide. Give Tia and Miguel a call, you'd be lucky to get a spot at this daycare.

We started both our daughters at Mi Second Casa when they each turned 6 months, and we couldn't be happier. Graciela and Miguel have been caring, thoughtful, nurturing, and meticulous with our children from day one. We love their focus on holistic development - emotional, cognitive, and physical. They have a ton of experience with early child development and education, and it shows in the way they've helped our girls navigate all the various growing pains. For example, they started prepping our elder daughter for the arrival of the younger one well in advance. She is now 3 years old, and has become a caring, loving human being who likes to socialize with other people and being the elder sister. In addition to coordinating with us on the different milestones, Graciela always provided spot on suggestions for things like potty training. For example, as our elder daughter was going through potty training, Graciela emphasized how crucial it was to be patient and give her the space to develop confidence in her own time. There were good days and bad days but one fine day it all clicked and the process worked. On a day to day basis, the kids are engaged in various activites from art & music to gardening & water play. They cook fresh, healthy food for every meal and made adjustments for our vegetarian diet. Graciela shares pictures and videos throughout the day. Our girls come home happy and exhausted. On many days, they have such a good time that they don't want to come back home! We love Mi Second Casa and highly recommend them to any parent. We delayed our move away from San Mateo just so that our girls could spend more time there. Mi Second Casa is truly a second home to our girls.

We couldn't be happier with our experience at Mi Second Casa (MSC) daycare, and wouldn’t hesitate for a minute to recommend them. From the moment we first toured their facility, we knew it was just right for us; and we had looked at 4 other care facilities by this point. MSC was also the only one to offer a reference call with a parent of a child who was currently attending their facility. They’re a great mix of the attention you’d expect from a home-based option, but the structure from center-based care. Miguel, Graciela (Tia), and Michael went above and beyond to ensure that my child felt safe, nurtured, and loved throughout his time there, and their genuine love for what they do shines through in everything they do. Our son grew leaps and bounds in the year that he was with MSC. He went from crawling and babbling to confidently walking and becoming more sociable and talkative with their encouragement and guidance. They have helped him blossom into a confident and curious little explorer. They created an amazing environment that really fostered a sense of community with the other parents and children that attended MSC. The only reason our son isn’t there right now is because we moved to another country, and we only wish we could take them with us wherever we go. We're truly grateful for the impact they've had on our family.

One Saturday morning as our son woke up excited to go to Tia Graciela’s and Miguel’s, we told him he was going to be home because it was a weekend, and he went “awww” with a slight frown. That’s how much both our boys have enjoyed being at Mi Second Casa. We consider Graciela and Miguel an extension of our family, embodying the “it takes a village to raise a child” proverb. Dropping the boys off at daycare has never felt like a drop-off — more like, here’s where we are going to enjoy the day and hang out with friends, and it just so happens that Mommy and Daddy will be away. The backyard garden has been the centerpiece of their play, making the most use of the warm California sun. They’ve brought back gardening tips & developed a healthy love for fresh produce. They’ve had the time of their lives with water play on really hot days. Through their play-based curriculum, our eldest (who is now in TK) has been doing well at school, learning to read and write ahead of his peers. He has developed fluency in Spanish, something he could never have gotten from us at home, neither of whom are native speakers. Before we landed at Mi Second Casa, we had been to other places (and we got in here as soon as a spot opened up). The biggest difference we found is something you can’t really measure: the warmth, the affection, the dedication that Tia and Miguel have shown to the boys and to us over the years is beyond the relationship of daycare and parents — much more like extended family, a second home, if you will — Mi Second Casa.