Donya Home Daycare

When we were initially looking for day care for our then 6 month old daughter, we looked at a few options, some fancier and more expensive than others but Donya was our first stop. When my fiancée and I got back into our car, we knew that no matter what we looked at over the next few days, no one was going to give us the sense of relaxation and trust we felt after one meeting with Donya.

Now, almost 2 years later, our daughter's development had been astonishing to watch, and this is due largely to the way Donya has taken care of her. Donya's family is a musical family and so music and all of its cognitive benefits are being soaked up on a daily basis by my Daughter, Olivia. Donya also dedicated time during the day for drawing, for writing, for outside play time, and even dancing! Most importantly dancing! Olivia comes home singing songs she has learned with Donya, drawing letters Donya has shown her how to draw, articulating and identifying things in the world that Donya has given her the language for.

This is to say nothing of the care and attention she takes in preparing meals for the children in her care. My fiancée and I are constantly asking for her recipes.

We not only have someone incredibly warm and family oriented taking care of our daughter, but our small family, most importantly, has made a special kind of friend in Donya, her husband (and brilliant musician) Aydin, and the incredible example their young daughter Dyana sets for the other children. I'm not just lucky to have found someone like Donya for the day to day care of my daughter, but honored to know them as the incredible people, the incredible artists, the great friends that they have become.