Our Mission and Philosophy

Barbara Ng was a kindergarten teacher in Hong Kong, a job that she loved for over 5 years. She carried that passion for early childhood education with her when she immigrated to the United States, leading to the launch of Brilliant Kids.

Established in 2010 in the heart of San Francisco’s Excelsior district, ‘Brilliant Kids Childcare and Preschool’ specialises in providing home-based professional daycare services and education for pre-schoolers. After 6 years of a long having waitlist of prospective clients, Barbara decided to expand her childcare and preschool services into a facility that would have the capacity to accommodate more clients. Serena Tsang, her oldest daughter, is currently the site director and educator for the first original location.

Our mission is to positively impact families and help develop their child’s individuality through the nurturing of necessary skills and knowledge that will help navigate them to their next steps of life. We are here to help parents build brilliant relationships with their children by developing their child’s emotional intelligence, compassionate listening, and empowerment.

It is not just about play and learning academics here at Brilliant Kids. Kids feel the happiest and most ready to learn when they can let guards down and be completely vulnerable with themselves and others. To be seen, heard, and felt as individuals is the warm environment that we created to provide here for our students. 

I teach kids, ”it is okay to not to be okay.” Don’t believe me? Here are some feedbacks from our own students:

Here at Brilliant Kids, we understand these needs are met first and foremost so that kids can fully thrive.

Brilliant Kids Child Care and Preschool’s program is committed to:

• Providing children with the right amount of autonomy so they can become capable decision makers

• Developing your child's self- esteem while building up their growth mindset

• Enabling children to become more well-rounded individuals, capable of thinking both critically and independently to solve problems

• Creating an exploratory learning environment where children feel safe in self-expression

• Utilizing a child-led approach to learning nurturing their innate curiosity

• Helping children embrace their individuality and foster growth in both knowledge and learning

• Creating healthy eating habits by providing nutritious and organic meals

• Building a foundation for Chinese and English literacy