A mindful toddler daycare in Downtown Sacramento for ages roughly 18 months to 3 years. Emerging independence, first sentences, and big feelings, all met with both love and limits ... on the top floor of 750 N Street, a five-minute walk from the State Capitol.
Scroll to exploreA toddler is not a problem to manage. They are a brand-new person, learning that they are a person ... testing every limit, naming every feeling, insisting on doing it themselves. We meet that work with patience instead of hurry.
Both love and limits, every day.
In the toddler years, a child discovers they are their own person. Our toddler care in Sacramento follows that discovery. We carry RIE practice forward from infancy into the toddler room, treating your child as capable, letting them do what they can do, and standing close with both love and limits when the feelings get bigger than the words. Present, playful, and rooted ... you will see all three before lunch.
Mindfulness and self-regulation, toddler-sized.
Toddlers feel everything at full volume. We name feelings out loud, take big breaths together, and stay calm and close while a wave passes. RIE-into-autonomy means we narrate rather than rush ... so a toddler slowly borrows our calm and learns to settle themselves. Those are the first roots of self-regulation.
See a toddler day →Sensory play, language, and big movement.
A toddler's curiosity is the curriculum. Water, sand, and dough for busy hands; books and songs for emerging language; weekly yoga and music, daily outdoor play, and monthly gymnastics for bodies that need to move. Organic, additive-free snacks. Inclusion of every kind of learner.
See what is included →Made for working Sacramento families.
Top floor of 750 N Street, five minutes from the Capitol. Anyone working at our four neighbor buildings receives our VIP Rate, the deepest tuition discount we offer, written into our agreement with the state. Close enough to drop your toddler and still make a 9:00 meeting ... or visit on a lunch break.
See if you qualify for VIP →Growing Mindfully is the only mindfulness-based preschool within a five-minute walk of the California State Capitol corridor. If you work at any of the four buildings below, you qualify for our VIP Rate: the deepest tuition discount we offer, negotiated as part of our agreement with the State of California and these buildings.
Our most discounted tuition tier, exclusive to families employed at the four state buildings within our walking radius. Every age band, every schedule, every week, lower than our standard or state-employee rates.
VIP Rate verification at enrollment via state-issued ID or pay stub. State employees who work elsewhere still receive our State Employee Rate, also discounted from standard tuition.
Claim your VIP Rate →Tap any block to see what we're doing, why, and how it supports your toddler.
Mon–Fri · 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM · Toddler ratio we strive for: 1:4 · Two snacks daily, organic and additive-free · Weekly yoga & music · Monthly gymnastics · Nut-free facility
Most Sacramento daycares hide tuition behind a contact form. We don't. Three quick questions and we'll show you exactly what your toddler's weekly rate looks like, including the VIP Rate (our deepest discount) if you work at one of our four neighbor state buildings. Tuition is also eligible for a Dependent Care FSA, so many families pay with pre-tax dollars.
Ours is a toddler program Downtown Sacramento families can walk to, one room of a school that runs from six weeks through Kindergarten, so your toddler grows up down the same hallway. No starting over with a new place and new teachers ... siblings grow together, from infancy to their last preschool year.
RIE-informed infant care for our youngest, where mindfulness begins at six weeks. A slow, attuned day built around each baby's own rhythm.
Explore infant careRIE care growing into autonomy. Emerging independence, fast-arriving language, and big feelings met with both love and limits. Yoga, music, and daily outdoor play.
Join the toddler waitlistA play-based day where children's questions become the curriculum. Mindfulness, small-group learning, and kindergarten readiness without flashcards.
Explore preschoolOur toddler rooms are built for children roughly 18 months to 3 years, the stretch when walking turns into running, single words turn into sentences, and big feelings arrive faster than the words to name them. Growing Mindfully as a whole serves ages 6 weeks through 6 years, so toddlers grow into our preschool down the same hallway when they are ready.
We carry RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) practice into the toddler years as RIE-into-autonomy: we treat a toddler as a capable person, narrate what is happening, and let them do for themselves what they can. Mindfulness is woven through the day, and our discipline approach is "both love and limits," supporting emotional regulation, curiosity, and resilience.
We meet big feelings with both love and limits. The feeling is always welcome; the behavior sometimes has a limit. Educators stay calm and close, name what they see ("you are so frustrated that the tower fell"), and hold the limit without shame. Over time, toddlers borrow that calm and begin to name and settle their own feelings, the early roots of self-regulation.
A predictable rhythm of welcome and breakfast, sensory play, music and movement, outdoor play, two organic snacks, a family-style lunch, nap, and a calm wind-down toward pickup. Weekly yoga and music and monthly gymnastics are part of the rhythm. Mon to Fri, 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM. You can tap through every block of the toddler day on this page.
We strive for roughly 1:4 in our toddler rooms, tighter than the California state minimum, so an educator can genuinely see and respond to each toddler through the day. It is a target we reach for, not a promise we can keep every single day.
Yes. Growing Mindfully is licensed by the California Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing Division and complies with California's childcare-licensing standards. We are a licensed toddler daycare and childcare center in Downtown Sacramento.
Two snacks per day are included, prepared with organic and additive-free ingredients in our nut-free facility. Lunch is brought from home. Toddler tuition also includes weekly yoga and music, monthly gymnastics, daily outdoor play, all classroom materials, and the Brightwheel parent communication app.
Yes. We are a toddler daycare and childcare center on the top floor of 750 N Street, a five-minute walk from the California State Capitol. Families searching for toddler care Sacramento, toddler daycare Sacramento, toddler childcare near me, or a toddler program in Downtown Sacramento, including state employees at the nearby office buildings, are exactly who we serve.
Toddler places open as space appears, so the first step is the waitlist. Apply through our online portal, we reach out to talk schedule and philosophy, and when a toddler place opens we send the full enrollment packet. A signed agreement and deposit secure the spot. Start your waitlist application.
Toddler places open as space appears. The waitlist is how families hold their spot ... apply today and we'll reach out as openings come up.
Tell us a little about your family and your toddler. Takes about five minutes through our online portal. We'll confirm receipt and let you know where you sit.
Begin applicationWhen a toddler space opens, we reach out by email to talk through schedule, set up a tour, and walk you through enrollment and the practical details. This is the moment to ask us anything.
Once you've enrolled, we confirm your start date, and plan a gentle first day for your toddler.
