About Us

Our Story

Playfactory is a high-quality program promoting the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development of young children, based on modern scientific understanding of preschool-age child development.

Playfactory was started by the Temple City Christian Church in 1973 to answer the needs of the communities of Temple City, San Gabriel, Arcadia, Pasadena,

Rosemead, and the San Gabriel Valley as a whole, with the increasing number of single-parent families needing high quality but affordable day care and preschool education. Partially supported by the church and located in the church complex, Playfactory is a non-sectarian program and welcomes children of all religions and creeds.

We are licensed by State of California (#198021797).

Our Philosophy

Our philosophy is that children need a warm, comfortable non-competitive place to learn about themselves, other people, and the world around them. Philosophy is important because it affects everything we do in school. We believe each child can develop fully physically, emotionally, socially, and intellectually in an atmosphere of love and trust.

Our philosophy determines the goals we set up for the children and also the program we employ to carry out these goals. A very simple way to determine one's philosophy is to ask, "What kind of adult do I want each child to become?" We want our children to become competent, self-confident adults. To this end, we accept each child for the individual they are and to help them develop a good self-image as a contributing member of society.

Our Staff

Our Educators are trained in Early Childhood Education and follow the State Matrix for Continuing Education. Some of our Educators are parents, also!

Our Educators enjoy their profession, they relate well with children, and are skilled in providing the loving guidance necessary for each child's development.

Our Educators are encouraged to attend annual child educator conferences and schooling to further their own professional development. We are licensed by the State of California. Educator (Teacher) to student ratio is low allowing for individual attention.

We also have a full time cook to prepare fresh food daily!

Students and Parents love us!

We are proud to maintain a 5-star rating on Yelp ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ . See why local families trust us and read what our parents have to say about their experience:

We were hesitant to send our son back to school during the pandemic but every time we asked him if he wanted to go he always emphatically said yes. He loved going before COVID-19 and often would wake up asking if he was going back to school during the shut down so we decided to give it a try and see how things went and wow, were we surprised. Our son loves school even more now “with the virus” as he likes to say and doesn’t even give us trouble about wearing his mask since he knows he has to to be able to go. We, as parents, also feel more comfortable knowing only the staff is on campus, they wear masks, the kids still have lots of outdoor time, the kids have their own activity boxes to play with, and the indoor time is spaced out appropriately. In such an uncertain and challenging time it’s been a nice reprieve to hear about all the fun activities our son has been enjoying at school. We now have our second child asking when he can go :)

Heather and Matthew Mendez

We enrolled our daughter in Playfactory when she turned 2 yrs. At that pt, she barely spoke 20-30 words and no sentences. We had done everything on our end to help her speak at home, speech therapy, play dates, group activities with other kids etc. but with no sibling at home, our last hope was that school might help. We were extremely nervous that even if school didn't help what would we do. In a matter of months, we saw our daughter speaking more. She started with more words and started speaking sentences something we never thought would happen so soon. We had to continue with speech therapy but without Playfactory's help there is absolutely no way the progress would have been so quick. My daughter is also extremely fussy with food and thanks to Playfactory, she has been open to trying new food items. We also had to make a special request on what to give her in the afternoon, which Playfactory diligent follows (Thanks much Ms. Gaby and Ms. Alex). Afternoon naps and potty training at home were a struggle too but that's something Playfactory helped get my daughter into a rhythm. When the Covid pandemic started, no one knew guidelines etc. Playfactory did the right thing of closing the school down, internally assessing when is the right time to open up based on CDC guidelines. Even though schools are an essential service and could stay open, we personally thought this was the right decision as no one knew impact of someone going to school, how would a school be prepared internally when they themselves have not been in this situation before and have been given no time to prepare. When Playfactory opened up, we were still nervous to send our daughter in. We spoke to Ms. Lana. She provided us a whole list of guidelines that were going to be followed. Ms. Lana also personally called us to reassure us that things would be managed to the best extent that is realistic. Having the past good experience with Playfactory, we decided to resend our daughter. More important is not when a school says they will do something and then not do it. It's always best to paint a realistic picture. Playfactory does follow safety guidelines and it's reflected in the photos sent every day and in conversations with our daughter. With the current situation on the pandemic, it's unrealistic to expect it will end soon. A child needs the necessary development at this growing stage but it can't come at the cost of safety. Playfactory has shown that in tough times like these they are able to stay strong, assess the situation and implement right processes to ensure safety to the best and realistic degree they can. Not to forget that our little one comes home happy every day meeting all our friends and teachers.

Parents of a former student

Playfactory is a favorite place for Jordan. He has been at Playfactory almost 2 years. Jordan started at 3.5 years old. First he was in the Butterflies class with Ms. Xing. He just graduated Busybee's Class and now is with Day Camper's with Ms.Linda. His teacher Ms. Linda is a very wonderful and caring person to each student. She teaches us a lot of different activities in class: sign language, Spanish, yoga, reading, writing, drawing, etc. One of the things I appreciate most about Ms. Linda is she sends pictures of your child while at school and activities done for that day. I also want to Thank Director Ms. Lana, Assistance Director Ms. Tammy and rest of the staff for taking care of us. Also Thanks for having special events Graduate Days and Breakfast with Dad and making me feel like home. Ms. Emma the cook makes wonderful homemade food for us. My favorite Albondigas soup, Chicken chow mein, Chicken with Spanish rice and Turkey Dinner we all will miss. Since coming back from reopening from Pandemic Playfactory has been a very safe place for Jordan to come back to. 1st staff will check temperature of your child and sanitize water bottle. Kids are all social distancing 6 feet in class and outdoor area, wearing face mask and washing hands often. Jordan is having fun at Day Camper's playing with his friends Oliver, Carter, Layla, Kaia and Sophia. He also learning in class, water play, play hockey, soccer, cooking class, science class with Ms. Lana and having Ms. Emma’s cooking. I would recommend Playfactory to anyone looking for school.

Jordan's Dad

I would like to say since being back at school the twins are in a very safe environment. The check-in in the morning is fast and safe....masks, hands, water bottles sanitized and temperature check...Parents have hand sanitizer for hands and pens for sign-in. Desk set-up is separated with plexiglass and individual pencils and markers. Water play days and the food they get is off the wall (Ms. Emma’s the best) I can’t say enough about the staff...they make the experience eventful every day with the Hi Mama app....fix any boo boos they get and photograph and send email to document them.... I feel this environment is the best for the twins, they get to see friends and other adults and just be little kids having fun.

Mike

Legal Statements

Playfactory Preschool provides fresh cooked/prepared meals (Breakfast, Lunch, Afternoon Sanck) daily. We are on the California Department of Social Services Child & Adult Care Food Program. Please see the non-discrimination statement below:

In accordance with federal civil rights law and USDA civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its agencies, offices, employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, family/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the state or local agency that administers the program or contact USDA through the Telecommunications Relay Service at 711 (voice and TTY). Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at How to File a Program Discrimination Complaint and at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Mail Stop 9410, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;

Fax: (202) 690-7442; or

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