The Vine Learning Center

The Vine Learning Center offers activities in math and science, creative expressions, problem solving, language and literacy, balance and coordination, and social development. The program uses play-based learning, hands-on exploration, and structured activities that support social skills, fine motor skills, gross-motor skills, and social-emotional development. It includes a pre-kindergarten curriculum and a structured program that attends to the whole child, along with a full range of summer daycare and childcare for infants to pre-K.

• Ages: 6 weeks–5 years old
• Schedule: Open Monday–Friday, 6:30am–5:30pm
• Price: $25 a week for healthy breakfast, lunch, and snacks

The Vine Learning Center provides infant and toddler care for children 6 weeks to 24 months and an early learning school for ages 2 to 5, with specialized care and low ratios for babies and young toddlers in a calm, nurturing environment. The program offers nurturing infant care starting at 6 weeks and states that children from 6 weeks are fully potty-trained before advancing to the next level. Healthy breakfast, lunch, and snacks are prepared with fresh ingredients for an additional $25 per week, and the program participates in a government food program and accepts all types of subsidy programs for payment assistance. Coupons offered by the program do not have an expiration date and include a $100.00 value offer via coupon.

All staff are fingerprinted and cleared with the state of California Licensing department and are CPR and first aid trained. The day care center is described as always very clean and comfortable. The Vine Learning Center states that it has 20 years of experience of nurturing young minds. The program is involved in church and faith-based activities and teaches children to forgive, to be kind to one another, and about the love God has to offer.

According to its mission statement, The Vine Day Care San Diego aims to provide a nurturing and stimulating environment, promote holistic development across emotional, social, intellectual, and physical areas, create a safe and inclusive community, inspire a lifelong love for learning, encourage creativity and exploration, and instill values of kindness, respect, and compassion. The mission statement also notes a dedicated team of passionate educators and a focus on empowering children to reach their full potential and shaping bright futures.

The Vine Learning Center welcomes children of all abilities and describes itself as a diverse and inclusive community that celebrates individuality. It supports inclusion by providing access to curriculum programs, embracing inclusive participation, and offering support to educators through training and consultation by Education and Inclusion Services teams.

The program notes participation in a government food program and mentions an awards section, and it states that it accepts many methods of paying for its child care programs. It also mentions drop-in daycare as a flexible solution for parents.

Parent testimonials describe teachers as warm and loving, say that the teachers take great care of the children as if they are their own, and refer to The Vine and its teachers as family. One parent reports that a child wakes up eager to get ready for school and talks a lot about things learned during the day. Another parent, a single dad in the military, states that the hours fit his schedule and that his daughter is now ready for kindergarten due to the hard work of the teachers. A parent also notes that the program goes above and beyond expectations of a care provider and recommends it to others looking for child care.

Last updated April 9, 2026.