Child Craft Schools

We absolutely love this daycare/​school. Our daughter has been going for almost 3 years and we will be sad when we have to say goodbye at the end of the summer. They have become our second family.
The staff is amazing, and most of them have been with the school for many years. They truly love the kids, and are very attentive to each childs differing needs. They have lots of traditions and fun events planned that my daughter and I look forward to each year.
Educationally, my daughter is ready for kindergarten which was very important to us when we were looking into daycare. She learns new things every day. They believe in letting kids be kids. They play a lot outdoors and my daughter always has stories to tell about her day.

Ahhh… so many great memories that go along with Child Craft. I was truly blessed to have found such a wonderful and truly caring pre-​school for my daughter (Abigail M). My daughter is now 10y and we still talk about Child Craft! She attended CC for approx 3−4yrs. Ms. Rachel, and her wonderful staff have such and great imagination to make learning so fun. Abigail suffered and still does from food allergies, eczema and asthma. The cooks and Ms. Rachael made sure that Abigail did not come in contact with certain foods & Ms. Rachael, even recommended an eczema lotion that I am still using to This Day!!! I can not express my gratitude enough to every staff member at Child Craft, Special Thanks to Ms. Rachel.
Nazareth Montaño-​M
(Abigail Munoz)

You won’t find a better daycare center. Both of my daughters attended this school from 18 months through kindergarten. And neither of them wanted to leave. The kids play hard but also learn letters, numbers, shapes, etc. My girls were both in great shape to start Kindergarten and that’s thanks to the excellent teaching of academics, manners, and healthy habits that this school offers. My kids enjoyed this school so much, I had to chase them down on the playground every day. There is very low turnover, so the teachers have a lot of experience. My second daughter was 4 years behind the first, but had several of the same teachers. The community of parents is terrific as well. Child craft organizes various events and activities that parents are encouraged to attend, and build friendships as strong as the kids’. My Kindergartener still gets together with a group of her daycare friends and I hope she wants to stay tight with her girlfriends for a long, long time.

Our son has attended daycare here for a year now and we are very happy with ChildCraft. This daycare is a refreshing step away from chain daycares that are popping up. Ms. Rachel plans great events for the children any chance possible and encourages parent involvement.

Let me tell you I’ve debated writing this review for a long time, for entirely selfish reasons. I wanted to always insure that their was room for my son in the classes as he grows older. Haha! It’s just an absolute gem. We’ve had terrible experiences with daycares in the past, but this is more than a daycare. It really is a school. There is an incredibly low turn-​over rate, my son has attended for almost one year now and in that time one teacher has left because she was moving to San Antonio. The rest have been there 5 years, 8 years, 15 years, and so on. All of the teachers are incredibly loving, caring, and in it for way more than just a paycheck. My son will attend this school until the highest age he can. He is 2.5 now and many days he cries broken heartedly when I show up to pick him up.
He also was and still is an early and advanced «talker.» He is known amongst family and friends as being a «tattle-​tale» because any experience he has with someone (good or bad) he will be telling stories about it for days. Just ask my family about the ONE time I accidentally let him drink from a cup of sour milk, they’ve all heard the story from him time and time again. So I can say with confidence everything he tells me about his days at school are true. He’ll come home with stories like «Mama, can you please tuck me in like Ms. Dione does? Can you rub my back like her she does it special…» and just cute little stories like that.
They’ve taught him so much too. Everyday when he wakes up in the morning since child craft instead of crying he sings the ABC’s to himself. He also has developed the habit of loudly saying «NO THANK YOU NO THANK YOU» if another toddler is being mean to him or pushing him, which is what they teach them to do. And they say daycare makes kids aggressive, not true!
They care about him deeply, are excited to see him everyday, miss him when he’s not there, and always remember important details about him and his family life (like how close he is with his grandpa.)
Oh and bonus, they cook healthy meals in house and feed them lunch everyday a long with 3 other healthy snacks (for example the breakfast snack might be oatmeal, apple slices, or a banana). They are also vegetarian/​vegan friendly and will tailer meals to fit your child’s dietary needs.
Really I can’t say enough great things about this school. And the events and parties they host for the kids are awesome. They do them frugally but put so much effort into them and everyone has so much fun. Also they regularly set up fun things for the kids to do, this week for example they arranged to have the ice cream truck come to the school so all kids who’s parents will allow it, will send a dollar with them and they can have a special treat with their friends. They also have a zoo show coming up where fun animals and spiders come to visit the school and they all get to look and learn.

We love Child Craft! My son has been here since he was 17 months old and he is starting kindergarten now. They have been amazing with him. We ended up here after a not so great day care experience somewhere else and we have been so happy here. The teachers are all so nice and so good with the kids. Rachel, the administrator treats the children like her own. I can’t say enough about Child Craft. It really is a great place!

We moved here from Germany, and we searched high and low for preschools.
The school is an international pot, there are children here from all parts of the world. The staff is wonderful, they do everything to make yo and your child feel at home, we feel like we are part of a small family. The staff has years of experience and they provide an environment full of fun and learning.
I would recommend Child craft to anyone, we have a two year old and a four year old attending, and they absolutely love it.

There is a very special place in my heart for this preschool and the people who teach there. My son started there when he was eighteen months old and he stayed until he went to kindergarten. Rachel and Joni are awesome! My son started learning to read at child craft when he was only three years old. When he entered kinder he was testing at a third grade level for reading. I recommend Child Craft to every parent that asks me about a good daycare and I am about to enroll my 22 month old as well. Love love LOVE them!!!

Loving this place after only 2 weeks! They truly understand that kids are kids.

I moved up north which meant my son had to go to a different daycare. I was so nervous about this since hes gone to the south one since he was born. My friend suggested Child Craft. After four years of the same school, my son and I walked into Child Craft very curious. It was amazing. He has now been there about a year and he loves it. He looks forward to going to «school» every morning, and when I go to pick him up I have to chase him around the playground to get him to come with me. I love this place!

I love this place. Rachel is the best

My family and I absolutely love Child Craft and the incredible staff that they have there. My daughter, who is now seven, went there from 18 months until she was ready to go to kindergarten and my 3 year old son is there now. Every staff member from the cook to the director to the bookkeeper know and love my children and they are absolutely treated like family. Every teacher that both of my children have had seem to be passionate about their job and I can trust that my children are being well cared for. The director has been there for over 20 years and is full of knowledge about everything from diet to discipline and is just wonderful all the way around. The playground is spacious and shady and has a wide variety of fun things for the kids to choose from. My kids have fully embraced their motto — Be kind to animals, people and earth. I am so grateful that we found Child Craft.

As a former daycare teacher and current elementary school teacher I am picky about childcare. This place is the absolute best child development center. The staff really love kids and take care of them. My toddler and preschooler are engaged constantly. It is an amazing place full of hands on activities and loving staff.

I, too, cannot say enough good things about this place. My daughter has been there three years, and every single day is a happy one. She comes home full to the brim with positive notions – how to treat people, how to treat the world. The kids have lots of special activities and presentations like trips to Zilker, Sesame Street Live, musicians, animal specialists, etc. The kids are ALWAYS learning and creating.

We have sent our 3 year old there for 6 months. She entered hating naps and being disruptive and demanding while other kids slept. After a few months, she has learned to play happily and quietly by herself while others sleep. This is just one example of how the patient, caring staff at Child Craft have had a positive influence on our family life. At our daughter’s old day care, she came home with bad habits. From Child Craft, she comes home proud of new skills and and new friends. Also, they have accommodated our vegan diet and they are almost never closed for vacation. They are not elitist, there is racial diversity, and every child there seems happy. I can’t say enough good about them.

Child Craft is a family-​run preschool that’s been around for over 50 years. Both my kids have gone here. The older one landed here after jumping around a bunch of different places and now goes to the after-​school program next door. The younger one started here from the get-​go, because we already knew it was a good program. There’s nothing fancy at Child Craft– don’t expect a trendy new curriculum or an organic vegan menu. What they do have is very low staff turnover and caring employees– from the maintenance staff all the way up to the director. Everybody knows all of the kids and they cherish them. Really. The kids that go all the way through (16 months to kindergarten) are absolutely part of the family– the staff just falls all over them when they come back to visit. Cost is low-​average. They don’t take many holidays. Hot lunch is served M-​Th. Morning and afternoon snack served every day. Hours are 7:30−6:00 (though during nice days, you’ll often find families and staff hanging out outside long past 6). My daughter comes home from school with armfuls of glued-​together projects and pocketfuls of rocks and a big smile on her face. It’s a good place to be.