Little Wildflowers Preschool, Santa Rosa | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

Little Wildflowers (LWP) is hands-down one of the best preschools in Sonoma County. Maria and Evelyn (the co-founders/directors and primary teachers) have created an incredibly nurturing school that has made a lasting impact on our family. These two amazing women have poured so much of their lives into developing the school and programs over the last several years, despite the challenges of opening a preschool directly before the COVID shutdown in 2020.

The school was initially recommended to us in mid-2020 by another family whose child started there when the school first opened. Looking back, we’re incredibly grateful we were told about Little Wildflowers as many of the other preschools had completely shut down due to COVID or had very limited hours (unlike LWP which is open 8am-5:30pm). Our initial meeting/video tour with Maria and Evelyn immediately put our minds at ease given how warm and caring they were, in addition to being very apparent to us that they were not just your standard preschool teachers, but rather business founders and educators who cared deeply about the success of their school and students.

Our daughter began attending Little Wildflowers when she was 2.5 years old in the Spring of 2021 and she stayed through her “graduation” in August 2023. She recently started Kindergarten and we can already tell how well prepared she is from both a social and academic perspective. During her 2+ years at Little Wildflowers she made huge strides in her emotional, cognitive, and social development. Not only is the education program here top-notch with daily time spent on arts and crafts, reading, music, language, number/letter work, etc, but also a large amount of time is dedicated to learning more broad behavioral and social skills. We enrolled our daughter here as she was going through a period of transition due to multiple changes in her home life. Maria and Evelyn appreciated our unique situation and were imperative in assisting our daughter as she worked through changes at home and school. Both of them are incredibly caring and provided such a loving and intimate atmosphere for our daughter during her time there.

Despite the school being located directly across from the Coddingtown shopping center, the facility is beautiful and very well maintained. The two-classroom building sits on a lovely corner lot with thoughtful landscaping and numerous trees to provide shade. The classrooms trends toward minimalist décor with a Montessori inspiration which gives you a sense of calm (unlike many of the messy and chaotic preschools out there). The school also has a huge outdoor play area which our daughter loved – most days the kids get multiple hours of time to play, explore, and participate in education activities outside.

Overall, we can’t speak highly-enough about the school and its educators. Against all odds (COVID restrictions, challenges hiring teachers/assistants, growing a new small business, etc) Maria and Evelyn have done an outstanding job creating an environment where young kids can grow freely in a diverse, nurturing, and caring community. Our daughter truly flourished during her time at the school and ended up making many close friends and countless memories (as did we with the other wonderful parents).

To provide full transparency, some families might be surprised with the school policies and high level of expectations for both parents and students. These include strict drop-off times, numerous COVID policies (though these have been greatly relaxed over the past year), uniforms requirements, and home-prepared food to be sent every day (other than Fridays). While sometimes challenging, we viewed these polices as overwhelmingly positive which contributed not only to the success of the school, but also benefited the families and students. Plus, preschooler’s wearing uniforms is just plain cute.

If you want your child to be in a safe, nurturing, and educationally focused preschool with the most caring teachers in the world, Little Wildflowers is the place!

Little Wildflowers is more than a preschool for us, it’s a family and a community. After moving to Santa Rosa less than 2 years ago, we felt so lucky to have found Little Wildflowers to enroll our two daughters. One of my daughters started here when she was 2.5 years old and the other followed shortly after when she turned 2 and they are both still currently enrolled. We are beyond grateful for Maria and Evelyn’s dedication, commitment and love for providing such a nurturing and engaging learning environment for our girls. Our girls love going to school, they love their teachers, and they love their classmates and I know that’s all due to the nurturing environment they have created. I am always amazed at the efforts of Maria and Evelyn to make each day so engaging and fun, and they work tirelessly to make cultural events, holidays and birthdays such a special part of their curriculum.

One of the things I also greatly appreciate is the level of communication and engagement with parents, and also the emphasis of safety they place in caring for our kids. Maria and Evelyn do regular safety/emergency drills with the kids and it’s such a comforting feeling knowing that after dropping of my girls, they are in a safe and caring place. As one of my girls is getting ready to enter TK, I know her time at Little Wildflowers has prepared her socially and emotionally to thrive. I couldn’t be more thankful for her time at Little Wildflowers Preschool and also thankful we can still be part of this community as our younger daughter will continue on there. I couldn’t imagine a better Preschool experience, and highly recommend Little Wildflowers Preschool to anyone looking for a Preschool.

Our child attended Little Wildflowers Preschool for over 2 years and I have to say, what a wonderful and beautiful experience it was for our family. Maria and Evelyn have created a loving and nurturing environment for the little ones. They care immensely about the kids’ well-being and their development. They taught our child about dinosaurs, colors, the alphabet, about different cultures and holidays and most importantly…how to make good choices [being respectful of others]. The school offers a giant outdoor play area with plenty of toys with a garden and chickens and our daughter would come home happy everyday. The school offers an extended care until the early evening. Our child enjoyed Little Wildflowers so much she would insist that we pick her up as late as possible! Our family fell in love with the Little Wildflowers Preschool and to this day, Maria and Evelyn are family to us. We’ve formed life long friendships with other families that attended the school as well. If you’re looking for a beautiful school for your toddler to flourish, look no further.