Play Learn Grow Family Daycare

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About

Play Learn Grow Family Daycare in College Area, San Diego, is a women-owned, bilingual home daycare at 5111 Leo Street in the 92115 ZIP, founded in 2019 by Jeanet, a child development educator with over 14 years of experience and degrees in both child development and early childhood education. Before opening the program, Jeanet spent 12 years as a lead teacher at one of the country's largest educational institutions, and she built the Leo Street daycare to apply that institutional training within a small-group, home-based format for children ages two through five. The bilingual program operates in English and Spanish, and the structured routine balances small-group instruction, child-initiated activities, outdoor play, and family-style meals where children practice table manners, conversation, and shared dining etiquette. The College Area location near SDSU draws families from across the 92115 ZIP, and parents building multi-activity schedules for their children combine the daycare with youth discipline programs in the same corridor, including Dynasty Martial Arts in College Area. Jeanet's curriculum emphasizes positive social interactions, self-discipline, and self-control through structured play that targets cognitive, motor, and language development simultaneously. The home environment is purpose-designed for young children, with safety modifications, age-appropriate learning stations, and an enclosed outdoor area for regular physical activity. A parent communication app provides real-time updates, photos, and developmental notes throughout the day, keeping families connected to their child's activities without requiring phone calls or end-of-day reports. Healthy homemade snacks and meals are prepared on site, and the family-style dining model teaches children to serve themselves, pass dishes, and try new foods in a social setting. Children approaching kindergarten age develop school-readiness benchmarks through the same academic enrichment pathway that includes tutoring and test-prep resources at Mathnasium in Grantville for older siblings. Jeanet's early childhood education degree informs a play-based assessment system that tracks each child's progress in letter recognition, number sense, fine motor control, and social-emotional regulation across monthly developmental checkpoints.