La Petite Academy of Bakersfield

We recently started attending La Petite . I am very pleased with my daughter's teachers from the start they have made her feel at home and comfortable. There's not one day she doesn't come home and tell us about her day at school and Miss Lupe..... My son is in the infant room and I feel the LOVE and warmth from his teachers .... We are very Happy to be part of La Petite Academy. ..

We love this La Petite. We were previously at a medium sized daycare with more of an in home feel and are so happy we moved and found this great place for our kiddos. They provide hot nutritious meals, which is much better than the uncreative straight from the fridge meals my kid was stuck with before. My son started in the ones room and loved the teachers. He is now in he twos room and the teachers look for dozens upon dozens of age appropriate milestones he should be meeting each week, cognitively, emotionally, etc. It's comforting knowing they have all these behaviors memorized (because their constantly teaching and looking out for them). My 7month old loves her teacher who has decades of infant experience. Shoes must be covered in the infant room to keep germs away from the babies as much as possible. Every single teacher, no matter if they work with my kids or not, knows my children's names and are always happy to see us. Child care is a hard job, and these great people do it well!

I love this place. It’s always scary to trust others with your children, but this place puts me at ease. The staff (all female) are very caring and are well trained. The day care is run like a school with lessons and structures times. It is really convenient that the price of daycare includes diapers, formula, meals, along with all materials for crafts and activities. They do accept community connections ( I don’t qualify for it, but figured this is good information for others that do). The daycare also has an app that is updated throughout the day with what activities, means, diaper changes, photos, notes, etc that your little one has. It’s like watching them from afar and still being involved. You can also set up autopay or pay by credit/debit or check on location.

We have been attending La Petite since infancy and love the outdoor experiences in a friendly safe and healthy environment. The consistent communications system is incredible🎗Thank you La Petite

We visited this daycare center because as a child I drove by it every single day and it's in a decent neighborhood. The first time I went to visit, the owner/manager was ok. Maybe she didn't take me seriously or thought I was a young mom who wouldn't be able to afford. I liked it better than the other daycares so I went back for another visit with my dad, whose opinion I trust. Let's just say she was MUCH nicer that time. I decided to put my deposit of 100$ down - with some doubts. I called again because I still had doubts and asked if maybe I could ease the transition by coming to visit a couple times a week before I started. She was pretty adamantly against it. I asked if I could come in early and stay with him a while the first time I dropped him off to make him feel more comfortable - both ideas as suggested by a child development professor. she was very against that as well. I found another daycare which was ok and even recommended visiting before so I went with them. That was over 6 months ago. they haven't even called to ask when i was going to start my child there being as I left and lost a 100$ deposit. I don't care as I'm glad I didn't go there but I thought I'd let everyone know being as they charge so much.

Terrible customer service. Booked a tour 1 month in advance, got texts for the tour multiple times and my husband and I arrive and the front desk says they aren’t taking any enrollments when I asked this in advance and they said yes. Then she proceeds to tell me she called me yesterday. No calls in my log. What a waste of time. They had a good name and I’m very disappointed in the poor communication amongst their department.

Maybe save yourself some time and not try to book here. Their internal communications seem very faulty.

Very unprofessional, they told me they would put me on the waiting list in March and I called July to follow up, it’s another story.