This is my son's second year at St. Matthew's. We love it. The environment is so caring. The…read morechildren can be seen all over Niles on local fieldtips via the Niles and PAce bus. They also learn real life skills like working in a real vegetable garden on the school property. They have a great time and are given lots of positive reinforement, not to mention they are instructed with love and a wonderful value system. I couldn't be happier with the care and educational foundation my son is receiving.

We had to unenroll our daughter due to a move, but my family absolutely loved being part of the…read moreGreen Bean community--it truly became a second home for our sweet girl. Her teachers genuinely cared about our daughter and treated her with such kindness, love, and respect. Green Bean set the standards very high for what we want in a daycare.

We love Green Bean, and more importantly, Maddox loved them! He started there as a 3 month old, and…read morethe teachers were so warm, caring, and communicative. They made drop-offs easy and always kept us in the loop. The space feels happy and safe, and it's clear everyone there truly loves these kiddos. Couldn't recommend them more!

!!ATTENTION ALL SKOKIE PARENTS!! Please keep your children away from this daycare by any means…read morenecessary! Look for other daycare alternatives. This place is a public safety hazard. In less than 2 months my son contracted 3 diseases/viruses: (1) HFM (Hand, Foot & Mouth), (2) Strep Throat and (3) recently RSV. They do a terrible job of properly communicating and reporting children with illnesses. I believe they underreport the number of illnesses that occur. They have zero standards for cleanliness and hygiene. Their standards are so low, they make a Motel 6 look like a Ritz-Carlton. Not to mention, the beds these poor children sleep on look like military field gurney stretchers dating back to the Gulf War. When I picked up my son during lunch hour there was a foul smell of spoiled rotten food. It smelled like a forgotten dumpster. I'd rather walkthrough the streets of Manhattan on garbage day and the streets of Tenderloin in San Francisco. They even forgot to change his clothes after lunchtime and gave him to me with food all over him. I had to clean and change him in the car before I put him in the car seat. It's next door to a very sketchy "CASH ONLY" salon & spa business.

We had a great experience sending our now 2-year-old son to Mosaic. He became very attached to his…read moreteachers (and they, him), he had blossoming friendships, and his language skills developed far quicker than with his nanny. In addition to the standard baseline requirements (safety, hygiene, friendliness), we were looking for a place that would offer diversity. Mosiac delivered in spades - staff and students came from varied cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds. Erum, the Director, is amazing at communicating expectations to the parent community and responding to individual parent's needs. Thank you, Mosaic team, for making our life easier by knowing our son is well taken care of!

We struggled, finding someplace to take our kids when we first moved to Chicago and once we found…read moreToddler Town, we haven't looked back. They've been great to work with very attentive and they love our kids. Our kids warmed up to them very quickly and we feel extremely safe that they're there. Can't recommend enough!

I had a great experience at toddler town both of my Kids were there until kindergarden. I would…read morerecommand toddler town to any parents looking foe daycare.

If you're looking for academic based..look here! Kids are learning vs just being baby sat and…read moreplaying. Teachers are caring, listen and adapt to any concerns. My child has been attending since he was almost 2.he is way more advanced than the average toddler with the help of kings kidz! They learn but also have activities for the kids and families. I toured other daycares but they were either play based, teaching things my child already knows and just ddnt offer the things offered here (Spanish, swimming, yoga, black history etc)..choose kings kidz if you are looking for a place to help your child get ahead

I have 2 boys enrolled at kings kidz for the past 2 years my kids love to get to day care everyday…read more They have grown tremendously with communicating with others. At kings kidz they have a great curriculum that keeps the kids interactive and learning throughout the course of the day.

For the last year, my son & I have participated in Forest Playschool's parent/child program and we…read moreare so grateful for the experience. I believe, even at one day a week attendance, he's grown into an nature-loving, all-weather-kinda-kid that's shaped his adaptability and appreciation for all things outdoors. As a mom who gets to be there each week, I observe the faculty and how they interact with the children. It's beautiful and respectful. I'm very hands-off with my kid and I don't take on the role of entertaining him because I believe he should figure this out himself. I hinder this a bit by being there but for the drop-off kids, their imaginations are incredible because they relate best to their peers and have the space to do so. When they want a big person to join in, one does, happily. But they wait for the invitation. They don't force themselves into the kid's world and play time. Having just finished weathering our first winter in Forest Playschool, I'll add this last detail. I saw so much love around our campfires. When the kids just needed some arms to hold them to shake off the colder weather, there were more than enough open sets. And as I sat there wondering if I could ever drop my kid off and leave him in the forest, that sealed the deal for me.

Forest Playschool has been a great experience for our small daughter. Having grown up playing in…read morethe woods as a child in Texas, I am very happy that I we are able to access that type of play in our sometimes too urban landscape. I attend with my daughter one day a week, so I have gotten to see first hand what a wonderful opportunity Forest School has been not only for my child, but for lots of the older kids as well. The strength of the program, in my opinion, is that it is relatively unstructured. There are some teacher-led activities for the children to do (i.e. making candles, crafting cornhusk dolls and felt birds, filling the bird feeders, etc.) but kids fluidly move between these activities and climbing a tree, rolling down a hill, or making "cookies" out of mud. It is great to see children using their bodies, their imaginations, and the natural environment to develop their sense of confidence and competence in the world. These are opportunities that are sorely lacking for many of our urban little ones. I do also want to mention that the teachers provide a great balance of providing an environment for children to independently find and create their own challenges, while also providing a totally appropriate degree of redirection and expectations for appropriate and safe behavior. I would also be remiss if I did not mention everyones favorite part of Forest School: The "stick bread." Watching a group of 2-6 year-olds cook salted and herbed dough on a stick over an open fire, you get the sense that there are some very special early memories being formed here. We are very grateful to have found Forest Playschool.

We love the Nook Studio and feel SO lucky to be in the Nook community! Our little one has been in…read morevarious Nook classrooms since he was six months old and has been at the Nook Studio for the past year. We've watched him thrive while there-- he's learned so many social and developmental skills and he loves his daycare buddies and teachers. The entire Nook Studio staff is incredible-- they create fun, engaging curriculum/programming, are communicative with parents and most importantly I know my little one is safe. Ms. Tati, Ms. Stephanie and Ms. Jackie put so much time, thought and care into developing fun activities for the kids and my toddler comes home every day talking about what they worked on or played with. We're so grateful for his teachers and highly recommend The Nook Studio!

The teachers at the nook are very kind and attentive to my son. His overall development since…read morejoining has been outstanding. I am very pleased with the warm and nurturing environment my son has to look forward to when he arrives in the mornings

I LOVE this school. My children attend J Low for the special education preschool program and…read morereceive speech therapy services. The staff/team is very involved and very welcoming of parent involvement. The child's needs are first priority, always. There are all sorts of fun activities going on throughout the school year. I genuinely feel like my children are safe and cared for when at school. My son's teacher for the past 2 years was Mrs. Theresa Maloney and she is GREAT. My daughter's teacher is Mrs. Raksha Papa-and she is GREAT too! The school psychologist is also awesome, as well as the speech pathologists and social workers. I am heartbroken that my son has to leave this school and go to John Jay next year for kindergarten (Jay is our assigned school for our residence). John Jay is also a great school, according to reviews on GreatSchools.org but I really wish my kids could stay at Juliette Low FOREVER! lol I would definitely recommend this elementary school!