Curious Explorers Academy - Richmond, California

Ashli Mo

This review is long overdue! Curious explorers is an amazing school!! My daughter loves it here. She’s excited about coming to school every day!! Sometimes when I come and pick her up, she tells me that she wants to stay. That’s how much she loves curious explorers. This school has been life changing for us. All the staff here are warming and welcoming and you can tell the kids feel safe. There’s also a class pet Bailey who my daughter adores ?.
Curious explorers has been a blessing to my family.
5 stars isn’t enough! 10/10

Sandy Hurtado

We are blessed to have found CEA for my 4 year old daughter. I decided to enroll her here based on the parents reviews and I have nothing but amazing things to say about this school. My daughter is thriving with her speech versus when she started in August ‘23 she was able to only say a few words and now she is able to have a conversation and express herself clearly. I love to see Amrita and all the teacher work together to create learning fun and at the same time teaching them daily life skills. I would encourage every parent who is looking for a place where their kids are treated with kindness, respect and love to enroll them here. I can’t wait to see what my daughter will learn by the end of this year.
Thanks CEA ❤️

M DO

Excellent school!
Update: My son finished pre-school last year. Hands down it was an awesome school to have had the pleasure of being part of. Ms. Diana, Ms. Marie, Amrita and Ms. Sheri were fundamental in making my son happy and smarter. It’s basically a pre-k school for the older children and really for the entire class. We loved the small school feel.

The school has since then moved to a new location and have zero doubts it’s only gotten better.

Thank you Amrita and Team. Alec is half way through Kínder and truly miss Curious Explorers!

Joseph Knapp

We sent our 6 year old here when she was 3 and 4, and she loved it. She is now thriving in kindergarten and we have CEA to thank for that.

Our 2nd (3) is now attending. The new space is beautiful, the staff is incredibly patient and caring, and our daughter loves it.

Thanks CEA!

Yvette Cashmere

Our family came to Curious Explorers Academy in a very unique way. Our son, who is 4 years old, was previously enrolled at an "elite" private Montessori school. He was floundering there. He was stalled socially, emotionally, and academically. We were basically paying top dollar for a daycare situation. We realized that we needed to make a change for him. We had friends at Curious Explorers that absolutely loved it, so we decided to give it a shot. We were not disappointed. I worked in educational administration for most of my career, so I have a very critical eye for "good" teaching/education. Amrita is fabulous. She supports the kids in every way possible. She is so talented at what she does (and has the degrees to prove it!). She had boundless energy and is always engaging wiggly 3, 4, 5 year olds. My son immediately took to the program and is thriving. The lesson plans are awesome and really focus on each child's strengths and build upon their weaknesses. Teacher Sheri, who comes in in the mornings is also an experienced, talented educator. I honestly can't rave about the program or Amrita enough. My son who showed no interest in academics is now asking to do "work" at home, is singing songs about his nouns, and is genuinely excited to go to school everyday. His socio-emotional growth was also a bit stunted and this has dramatically improved since being at Curious Explorers. I so wish we would have found this program 2 years ago. Please don't let the location or the newness of the program detour you from checking it out. You will be missing a true hidden gem.

Elise Marie Heikkinen

This is a wonderful, nurturing place for our preschooler. The children are so well cared for by incredible and fun teachers!