Bright Horizons at Garner, Alameda CA

Bright Horizon at Garner has been our extended family for our 5-year-old. We started with the preschool when he was 3 during COVID times. The staff and teachers were super careful and followed all county guidelines to make sure the kids are safe and stay free from infection. Everyone at the school went above and beyond to ensure the kids' safety during tough times.
In terms of child all-around development, the teachers and staff take all the necessary steps to ensure everyone in the classroom feels loved and cared for. Everyone is extremely kind and loving. You get that warm and happy feeling as soon as you enter the center. It's just the place and environment where we as parents would love to see our kids grow and thrive in their most critical foundational years of growth.:)
Kudos to the whole team at Garner for creating a fun, joyful, and loving learning environment for our little one!

We had such a wonderful experience at BH Garner. The teachers were fantastic and the administrative team always responsive and helpful. Our son thrived there and we felt that they really prepared him well for kindergarten.

We LOVE Bright Horizons and their staff! They are incredibly organized and efficient, yet make the time to be kind and friendly with our children and us parents! We felt like family within days of starting! Our son started in the young preschool class and ended in the older preschool. He enjoyed his time there alot and loved each and every one of his teachers. We greatly recommend this center for early education for little ones. Thank you Ms Theresa, Ms Sherlyn, Ms Tai, Ms Kathy, Ms Carrie, Ms Gaby, Ms Sundas, Ms Lorena and everyone else for a such a great experience!

We have loved Bright Horizons! My son has some gross and fine motor challenges and Ms. Anjali and her team have really helped him feel more confident. His overall social/emotional skills have greatly improved since going there as well. The amount of individual attention and kindness/gentle direction he has received at the center has helped him blossom so much! We are very grateful for our time there!

Amazing staff! We moved across the country and we’re truly worried about whether or not our child would receive as great of care she received at her previous daycare.

It has been a delight working with her teachers - very accommodating of special diets and needs. The waitlist was long but WELL worth it. Our child’s development has sky rocketed since she joined and we are so happy to be a part of the BH Garner/Alameda family.

At the time, our daughter was 2 years old and has been attending until now at the age of 3 years old. During her time, she truly enjoyed her time. She had lots of friends. She not only built social skills but also learned her alphabets, numbers, months, days, etc.

Would recommend this place. Good staff. Good teachers.

We're in the middle of spring cleaning when we discovered a bunch of art supplies neither of my children use. As we were getting it ready for donation, my daughter suggested we donate it to Garner where she and her brother both spent many formidable years. With that suggestion, we started to go down memory lane and it hit me - that we have life long friends that we met at Garner. Not just the parents but the children do as well. The children learned about Hawaiian luau at Garner and formed a deep appreciation for ALL cultures. My daughter was introduced to martial arts via a demo at Garner by Alameda Martial Arts. Not only did she start martial arts but my son and I eventually got our 2nd degree black belts at the same studio. The more we talked about Garner the more we realized that it was more than just a day care center for us - it was a community that was created and has maintained. I cannot think of a better place to send your children to than Garner in Alameda.

Today we stopped by and donated the art supply and it was as if we never left. They welcomed us with open arms and Ms. Agnes reminisced about Skyler and her art skills. It was an absolute joy to stop by and give back to the day care center that helped form both of my children, who are now off to college. On behalf of the Madera family, THANK YOU for everything.

We moved to the US from India in 2019 and decided to enroll our daughter for Preschool at Bright horizons at Garner. Initially, we were skeptical because it was a really big move for her plus it was during the pandemic and we're not sure how she will do in the school in a completely different environment. But the teachers and staff at Bright horizons are so supportive and they made her so comfortable that it never felt like a transition.
They have taken excellent measures for kid's health and safety during covid. There is a very systematic process for covid screening.
Their app is great, we love that we get all the updates (and photos) everyday from school about daily activities.
The classrooms and playgrounds are very spacious and well maintained.
The teachers and administrative staff are very friendly and involved with our daughter's growth.
Also, I love that the breakfast, lunch and evening snacks are included and she likes the food there.
She likes her school so much that she often asks us to go to school on weekends: -D and that's the reason we decided to enroll our daughter for Kindergarten next year.

We are so happy to be sending our 3 yr old daughter to BH at Garner. The staff are incredibly friendly, thoughtful and conscientious. They have handled the pandemic difficulties with grace, implementing protocols to ensure everyone's safety and peace of mind.
My daughter has really thrived in their nurturing environment. Her teachers have done a great job helping her transition to a classroom environment. I love the variety of things she does each day: singing, developing motor skills through use of play doh & kinetic sand, creating puppet shows, learning letters, counting, playing games and socializing with the other kids through free play. It's clear that the teachers have put a lot of thought and effort into creating a developmentally-appropriate program, and even more importantly, it's clear that the teachers and staff really care about the kids. I love the updates I get each day in the BH App, outlining what the kids have done during the day. We are so grateful to be a part of the community created by BH at Garner.

Staff is kind, caring, attentive, and resilient through this incredibly challenging time for families, staff, and childcare facilities in the Bay Area. We feel very lucky that our child is in good hands with conscientious staff and leadership.

Both our children attended BH at Garner. We were previously at the BH in SF. We were especially pleased with the Kindergarten program for our older daughter. We found that when she started 1st grade she was already reading at a higher level based on the school’s testing. Wonderful team of teachers and very pleased with the precautions they put in place for COVID.

Both of my boys went here and we absolutely loved it. The staff is amazing, teachers are so loving and fun, and they did an incredible job of preparing them for Kinder.

We love Bright Horizons. I have two kids there and the teachers are incredibly caring and warm. My kids are learning tons, not just intellectually but also emotionally and socially. They’ve been great during Covid and we feel as safe as we can be. Yes, it’s expensive, but it’s worth it to me because of the great space (including big, separate outdoor playgrounds for the different age groups) and the teachers. Highly recommend!