The Learning Experience in Rivercrest is a wonderful school. My daughter attends the school five…read moredays a week. My husband and I were excited to have our daughter return to The Learning Experience when she could. The staff is thorough with the CDC guidelines in dealing with the Covid-19 virus. Jackie and her staff are so warm and welcoming every morning at drop off and during pick-up. My daughter's teacher sends me a few pictures of what she works on and plays with during their outside time. The food options are healthy for her meals and snacks. They staff does a wonderful job with creativity; making ice cream in a plastic baggie, and bringing in donuts for the kids. She is learning to become independent and using her imagination. She gives the staff hugs and really builds a bond with everyone there.

From the owner: The Learning Experience is a leading daycare in Riverview providing infant care, toddler daycare,…read morepreschool, and pre-k programs for children ages six weeks to six years. Families searching for dependable child care in Riverview trust our safe, nurturing classrooms and engaging early childhood education programs. Our proprietary curriculum supports kindergarten readiness through hands on learning, STEM activities, music, fitness, and social emotional development. From infant daycare and toddler programs to private preschool and after school care in Riverview, our experienced teachers deliver structured learning, enrichment programs, and reliable child care near Riverview for working families.

Mr B has been great all year making the children feel safe in the classroom. He always takes the…read moretime to talk to the children one on one if they are sad. He also makes time to play with the children .

I've had 3 kids enrolled here and getting to enroll my 4th. The staff and teachers are awesome and…read moretake great care of our kiddos. We receive school readiness and the cost is very reasonable compared to others in the area. They always answer my calls and maintain a super clean facility!

Great daycare! Excellent staff members! My daughter is learning so much and having fun, she looks…read moreforward to going to daycare! I appreciate the kind teachers I genuinely feel they love my daughter just as much as I do!

I urge any parent who is thinking of enrolling their children here to please reconsider. The front…read morestaff is very disorganized and lack a welcoming environment. This establishment is dirty and the staff lack empathy and compassion for children. As a paying customer, I was very displeased with the lack of communication I received. I asked about food menus and was told they didn't have any. The "curriculum" that was advertised was essentially non-existent. The care that my child received was inadequate and I am very unhappy that we spent our money here. After taking my child here for 2 days we decided that he needed to receive better care elsewhere. This place is terrible and I don't recommend it to anyone. As a teacher myself, I know what a welcoming school should be like and this place is NOT it.

My children have loved attending the Village year round since 2014. Couldn't imagine sending the…read morekids elsewhere with all the fun activities and learning that occurs at the Village!

Not only is this a great place for children, it is a wonderful place to work as well. The school…read moreuses a nationally recognized curriculum and provides mentorship at all levels of the child care profession. Over the 7.5 years that I worked there, I enjoyed ongoing training, flexibility and support as I experienced significant life challenges, and paid educational opportunities that prepared me to take on new and exciting roles. Benefits and pay are competitive, and the owners and staff are like a family.

From the owner: Families Can Expect: A warm welcome,…read moreSafe environment, Caring, and knowledgeable teacher that positively engages with each child, Transparent communication , Low classroom ratios w/ small more intimate setting, Seasoned staff with low turnover, Individualized learning/care, We push education for our staff and students, Accredited program, Huge parent involvement including our Campus Parent Advisory (CPA) Electives: Sports/Spanish/Dance

I attended the kindergarten/elementary graduation a few months ago. It was so inspirational. The…read morechildren sang beautiful community building songs and enjoyed their interactions with each other so much. They play outside a lot and have so many nature based activities. It seems to be a wonderful educational adventure.

Highly recommend this daycare. They're so friendly and the staff is so nice and they really care…read moreand it shows. After I went through a nightmare with another daycare, I am so relieved to have people I trust my child with now. Love Morgan and Megan at the office, they're so kind even after a long day. Ms. Kathy and Ms. Suzanne are AMAZING! They have such kind hearts and you can tell they love what they do. River is awesome with my kiddo and so patient. I just love everyone we've met there so far. Thanks again for everything you all do!

What a wonderful school! The teachers are loving. All of my kids have went to school here with no…read moreissues.

If I could give this place specifically the South location 0 stars I would. I have attempted to get…read moremy daughter enrolled there as I had to return to work in 2 weeks. I took the tour, I filled out the enrollment forms AND turned them in on Friday Nov. 17th the lady told me all she had to do was email over my forms to the Enrollment Department so they could pull my account over and then she would call me when they did that so I could pay the registration fee, obviously it was the weekend and then Monday came around and I called the Enrollment Department and they said they didn't receive anything and they were going to reach out to the center. Didn't hear anything on Tuesday. Wednesday came and I called early morning and the enrollment department STILL hasn't received any forms (how hard is it to just email over some forms??) so I called the center and they asked for me and my daughters information, put me on hold, came back and said she would have some kind of director call me back. 5PM came around and still did not hear anything so I called again cause I know they closed at 6 or 6:30 and for the holidays Thursday and Friday. Enrollment Department was closed for the holidays so I called the center again... whoever answered must've hated her job cause she had such a hostile attitude but she asked for me and my daughters information again... put me on hold... came back and said "the enrollment department is closed for the holidays so we are gonna have to revisit this discussion on Monday" (When I put on the form that I would like for her to start attending) I heard great things about this place but you'd think that I am trying to get a service from and pay them they would want to hurry things up.... Such a inconvenience and I didn't know it was so hard to get my child enrolled. Not to mention they STILL have automated numbers calling asking how my TOUR went. Definitely not the environment I want my Daughter around. Clearly they don't take children as a priority.

I have had my 3 children in various daycares throughout the years- probably over 6 by now. Without…read morehesitation this one is by far the best, by a mile. I am beyond impressed by everyone at this school. From the director who is kind, personal, and wonderful, the admin staff are amazing coming up with creative ways to celebrate and teach, the staff always having a smile and hello when you pass, and of course the teachers. The teachers are what any parent is looking for for their children. The amount of effort and skill that goes into the daily learning is incredible. My 5 year old is in Ms Kim and Ms Maria's class, she has grown so much in a year. She just scored 99 %tile on the state testing and the knowledge she teaches us at dinner is beyond her years. She's leaving pre K knowing how to read, write, addition/subtraction. My other one is in Ms Marisol and Ms Teresitas 2's class and learning so much. I highly recommend this daycare for anyone questioning it. I highly recommend it to anyone who asks.

We absolutely love this school! I am blown away daily at the incredible amount of knowledge my…read morechild has obtained. He started in the "upper" 3s preschool program over a year ago.His wonderful teachers Ms. Elissa & Ms. Marwa have instilled values, respect, culture, independence with lots of learning through play. These teachers are high quality, educated and have 15-20 years experience. Our son is always creating, exploring and problemsolving. We've loved having consistent teachers who are absolutely amazing with our son! We started our baby in the baby room and it's been such a wonderful experience! Ms. Lisa, Ms. Kerry and Ms. Mckenzie along with the other providers are so loving, sweet & we'vefelt very comfortable having our babe in their care. He's now in the 1 year old room & excelling with the wonderful care there as well! Ms. Angela & Ms. Natalee are incredibly sweet! I love that at such a young age our babe is exploring & already learningso much. We feel so lucky to have our children in such a wonderful environment. Setting the foundation is important to us and The Goddard School is assisting us as working parents to do so. We are so appreciative & thankful for the wonderful teachers & establishment!

My grandsons go here for VPK. It is a free program. Everyone here is very nice, the building is…read morealways clean (a little clutter in the lobby). They are very flexible with daycare (if I cannot sit, my son can leave the boys there with short notice. Of course there is a fee for that, but I do not know what it is). Almost everyone here speaks Spanish as well as English which I'm sure is a plus to many in this area. My grandsons seem very happy here, they are always excited about "going to school" They had no socialization skills before this because they were in private daycare, so this has helped the very much. Their teachers are great, really care about the kids in their class. I wholeheartedly recommend Discovery Point (On Symmes Road) for your child's PVK and daycare needs.

I have 2 boys- D (4) and A (2.5). From the very first week at the center (end of July), I had many…read morered flags. We were typically the first few to drop off. It was more often than not, my children were never greeted with a hello, much less a hug or even a high five. The boys were never made to feel like their teachers were excited to see them. A sense of community/emotional safety was not obvious in this center...ever. I let this go, as I know my teacher background leaves me hyper-aware to subjects and research that not everyone has access to. It wasn't directly impacting my boys, so I let it go. Fast forward to school year starting- D in VPK and A in Pre K. D was coming home stating that he was the "the bad kid" and his teachers "hated him". D is very intelligent and manipulative at times, so again, I let it go. I am a teacher...I know what kids can say to skirt around the truth. And he is not always an angel of a child. :-) However, weeks of this went on. I tried everything I could at home to reassure him that he was not the bad kid, that sometimes he made poor choices but he was NOT a BAD kid. They boys' father attempted to speak to the director and teacher as well, but they blamed the emotional shaming on the other kids. Stating the other kids were the ones making him feel that way. Well, you're the teacher. Make this stop. Immediately. What sent me for a whirl, is when D told me about how his name was always on the "bad list". The next day I went into the classroom to confirm this "bad list", and sure as anything, there it was. A HUGE list on a chalk board, titled with a sad face ":-(" and a list of children's names. I quickly erased his name, reassured him again this does not define him and left. This is literally public shaming. Current research shows that behaviors should NOT be public knowledge. That only the child and their grown ups should be made aware of their areas for improvement. After weeks of this shaming, D took on the role of bad child. While this is also inexcusable, D felt he could do no right in the classroom, so he didn't. He was getting in trouble more and more. The behaviors got worse and worse. The only way behaviors were communicated were through extremely broken English, or a translator. I am unsure how they are communicating to my child if the teachers were barely able to communicate with me. NO attempt was made at filling in the social gaps that D was exhibiting. Shaming and disciplining were the only actions the center offered. And while D's actions were completely unacceptable, he was never given the support for the social-emotional lessons he needed. My children spent 40 hours a week with this center, and I paid a pretty penny to the center. I expect social-emotional skills to be taught just as much, if not more, than reading and math. I cannot teach D these skills in a home where there aren't 18 other kids. The school is responsible for these lessons. Long story short, the center ended up dismissing D for a scenario that NO ONE can explicitly explain. No details were given about what happened, just that the following day would be his last day. When I attempted to seek more information and ask clarifying questions, the director felt it appropriate to talk to me on speaker phone and gave me attitude when I requested for her to take me off. I also asked to speak to the owners (who I had never seen or met), and was told I would receive a call by the end of the business day. That was 3 weeks ago...I never received a call. I will say, A (a very 'in the box' and easy going child), never experienced any of this is his classroom. He probably never exuded behaviors to warrant any redirection, but his teachers were all very kind and warm. It was mainly Ms. Soraya and the director that were very cold to myself and D. I would not send your kids here if emotional safety is a priority for you and your family. It just is not a center that hugs first and teaches second.