• Owner: Renata Zimany
• Phone: 510.717-8494 (Campus Dr.) 510.530.1585 (Mountain Blvd)
• Email: renatazimany@msn.com
• Neighborhood: 2 sites in the Oakland Hills
• Zip: 94619
• License #: 013420579 (Campus Dr) 013419424 (Mountain Blvd)
• Capacity: 23 (both sites)
• Website: http://www.tudorkatots.org/
• Bilingual:
• Ages: infant, toddler, preschool

Re: Affordable pre-K program in Oakland
Our three girls have been at Tudorka Tots (East Hills site off Redwood Road) for the past two years and have been very happy. TT has pre-K at the main site and is recruiting kids to start up another pre-K at East Hills. They currently serve infant through toddler. The teachers are great and the facility is nice. Food is provided and the rates are reasonable. Highly recommend that you (and anyone else) look into TT and recommend the East Hills site and staff in particular. http://www.tudorkatots.org/tudorkatots/Home.html Dan

We have had our daughter at Tudorka for three years, starting at three and a half months, and are sadly moving on. Our daughter has loved all her teachers, from the infant room to toddlers and twos, and onto preschool. We've always felt she was safe and well-looked after. We will remember our experience here for years to come: the daily reports we received as brand new parents, the activities and crafts made during special holidays, the organic lunches and snacks, parents' night out, and all the friends we've made along the way. We want to thank Tudorka for being there for us!

My daughter was 6 months old when she started going to Tudorka Tots one day a week. She had the best time ever there! The teachers are very nurturing and I was very upset when I had to take my daughter out due to moving. She was going to Tudorka Tots for 6 months.I highly recommend this daycare/preschool to new parents! anita

My son Jamison has been going to Tudorka Tots since January, he is almost 11 months old now. As a first time Mom I looked at several places before my husband and I decided on Tudorka, but the minute I walked in I knew this was the place we HAD to get Jamison into! We have had nothing but a great experience with Tudorka, and feel so fortunate to have found an open spot in this very popular center.I feel totally comfortable leaving my son everyday I know he is in great hands!The teachers are very friendly and seem to take extra steps to really get to know each little person.Jamison is always a super happy little guy when I pick him up, and the staff seems genuinely happy that HE is happy! Their program is also very attractive because it goes right up through pre-school, so there is a great chance to have a consistant early childhood experience without having to hop to new schools before kindergarten. I highly reccomend Tudorka Tots for anyone out there looking for childcare in a clean, friendly and consistent environment.sarahberridge@gmail.com this reference is posted on www.yelp.com .

My two year old has been at Tudorka Tots in Oakland for 5 months now after a very negative experience at a different (now closed) daycare. She loves going to ''school'' each day and talks about her friends and teachers constantly. They serve breakfast and lunch and snacks and have a wonderful yard and playrooms upstairs and downstairs. There is a preschool program and toddler program, but I like that they often will mix the kids - great exposure for each age group. I've been very impressed with the professional staff and the types of structured activities. Lots of arts, preschool learning games, but also free play time with all kinds of manipulatives. The staff is warm and caring and extremely professional. I'm not sure if they have room, but I'd highly recommend them for a toddler program that grows with the child!
Rebecca

Tudorka Tots Daycare in Oakland was a wonderful find! My son (who is now 2, and has been going for almost a year) attends on a part time basis, and he loves it. He can't wait to go back each week! The daycare is housed in a beautiful house, with a beautiful, very large backyard, with lots of fun things for the kids to do. They provide meals (breakfast and lunch). During the summer months they play outside, and during the winter months there are lots of inside activities to keep them busy. At Christmas time, there was a visit from ''Santa'' and gifts for all the kids. At Easter, a petting zoo was brought in, and pictures were taken of all the kids. They also provide ''babysitting'' services one Saturday a month so parents can go out and enjoy themselves. They are currently getting ready to open a preschool. Im really excited that my son will be able to stay with the kids he grew up with until he goes to kindergarten. I cant recommend Tudorka Tots enough... if you are in need of a daycare I strongly suggest you call them up and check it out!!!!
Tracy

Hello - we are planning to send our 2 year old to Tudorka Tots in a couple of weeks and may have our new baby there from 3 mos old. The review on BPN is from last year and I'm not sure if it's from the owner or a parent. If anyone has had experiences there (good or bad) it would be great to know. Many thanks, Lainey

I don't know much about the older kids situation there-but if the baby care is any indication, its a wonderful, healthy, loving place to be a kid.

My only complaint is that I'm trying to get my daughter on an eat-play-sleep schedule and its not working out too well there. But I don't know how much of that is my daughter and how much of that is them.

My three year old son has been at Tudorka Tots Daycare for almost 2 years, and he loves it there, and he also loves his teachers. Its always clean, and the staff is so dedicated, not to mention the delicious food. its intellectually a very stimulating environment for my son and I love bringing him there every morning. I would recommend this place to everybody that is interested bringing their child(ren) there.
A happy mom of a happy 3 year old

My son Holden is 7 months and has been with Renata since he was 2 months. He adores her, a fact that makes me somewhat jealous. My nephew Dillon is 3 years and is also thriving there. Renata is a wonderful caregiver, in the truest sense of that word: She cares about the children she care for, and in return, they adore her.

Holden is my first and only, and I trust Renata to take care of him. I saw her take care of Dill when he first started daycare there 2 years ago, so I knew I had nothing to worry about. She put Holdie on a nap schedule and helped me to work it into my weekends. She has taught Dill his colors, numbers, letters, animals, shapes--all the stuff he'd learn in pre-school.

I highly, highly recommend Renata.She is currenty expanding her program to an infant and preschool center and is enrolling from June-Sept. Feel free to call me if you have any questions. Lisa

My daycare provider is expanding her daycare into an infant and preschool center called Tudorka Tots. Her goal is to provide early childhood education for children in a home like environment that will be conducive to a child’s total growth and development. Our program offers care from infancy to age 5. I cannot recommend her center enough and think this is a great opportunity to join the preschool. She and the other providers respect each child's individual and unique needs. They build trust and let each child grow at his or her own pace. They are very sensitive, observant and follow Magda Gerber's philosophy. They also provide all means and snacks. Good home cooked food! Her center is run from her home and is unbelievably neat and organized. The kids are also taught good habits, like cleaning up after themselves, good hygiene, please and thank you, the works.