This review is in reference only to the Townsend Location as I have no experience with the other locations. This place should be shut down. They are only interested in profits. The children do not get personalized care and are herded around like cattle. My 4 year old has been there for a year and had 4 different head teachers. She is currently (and has been for the past month) without a head teacher at all. She is plunked into another classroom where she does not even have a cubby. She has different teachers every day and different teachers throughout the day. Her cubby is falling apart and the office told me there was nothing they could do about it even though it could injure her (I was told that all the cubbies are that way). Communication is terrible. If she does get a daily sheet, it rarely gives any personal information and usually does not even include whether or not she napped. I mistakenly enrolled my other child in their Junior summer camp and she is getting the same kind of treatment as they routinely cancel the field trips that were on the calendar for the summer. Teachers - The teachers I have experienced in this facility are caring and loving people. The problem is that they have no control over their day with the children and are shuffled around at the discretion of the main office. They are not given information from the office and therefore can not offer any information or communication to the parents. Most of the good teachers leave for this reason which causes a VERY HIGH turnover on teachers. CHILDREN NEED CONSISTENCY! I do not have terribly high expectations of a daycare / early learning center, but I do expect that my child receives at least some personalized care, respect and education. I have seen very little, if any, of that at Beach Babies, Townsend, DE. I beg of you, as a fellow parent, please do not enroll your children in this facility. They deserve better and there are many better centers in the area. read more

The last review was written a long time ago. Beach Babies now is a great place. They really care about the children and do a wonderful job educating them. My three year old knows more letters than many of the kindergarteners I know. The only bad thing I could say about the place is that it is getting quite crowded, but I guess that could be looked at as a good thing since so many people want to get in. They are reasonably priced and it s a very friendly environment. I love each and every person in this facility. I am a teacher and I can say that they are really doing their best to educate our children before they get into kindergarten. read more

My daughter has been attending Beach Babies for two years now. I love the interactions between the teachers and the children. My child always comes home singing new songs and is excited about going to school. One of the things that keeps us there is their exceptionally high standards and values. I recommend Beach Babies Childcare to everyone. read more

I agree with the other parents' comment. Do not go to this daycare. As far as SOME of the teachers there they are nice and caring but the main office controls them and the people in the main office have no idea how to run a daycare properly. My child has gotten bit numerous times I cannot even count on both hands anymore. They are supposed to contact the parents and I always leave two phone numbers I can be reached at and am never called. My child has never had an incident biting other children but she gets bit every week at least once but that's a good week. She hasn't even been enrolled a year and I am already looking elsewhere because the daycare tell me there's nothing they can do about it That they normally don't disenroll children. I dropped off my child at school and another child walked up and hit her in her face, the teachers put the other child in "timeout" within in second(no exaggeration) the child stood up to go play and nothing else was done. What discipline, I don't expect the other child to get hit back or anything but they didn't even talk to him or make him sit longer or say sorry or anything to learn his lesson. I was told by the teacher and she's new because the other teacher quit, that they have kids biting at least 15 times a day!! That's insane and this is not my first daycare I have been too. If you're in the dover location Beginnings and Beyond is a GREAT place and the only reason I had to leave is because we moved and my job is in Middletown. I have already reported this daycare to the state of Delaware as well! read more