Amazing teachers work at KinderCare Canton! We could not be happier with the activities, all the…read morehelp and love with the daily communication and photo updates, I can tell that the teachers care for each child's needs. Highly recommended!

We have been thrilled with the care our infant daughter has received thus far at KinderCare in…read moreCanton. Her teacher, Miss Yessenia and the directors, Amy and Kaitlyn, have really gone above and beyond to make us feel safe sending our child to daycare during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are excellent at communicating each day at drop off and pick up, and are always available over phone and email for questions. Everyone we have worked with has been incredibly kind and loving, and we are confident that our daughter is well cared for every single day! We also love seeing the pictures and updates through the day on the app!!

We began our journey at GQCC in the Infant Room and now have a happy, energetic, and curious…read moreToddler who truly loves attending the center. We are grateful to have found such a strong and supportive community of teachers, administrators, and local families. The staff are creative, caring, and highly attentive, consistently designing thoughtful, developmentally appropriate activities and programs. The center operates year-round from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., eliminating the need for additional aftercare or summer programs. Tuition is transparent, with no hidden fees, and includes a full meal plan and three additional enrichment activities. Although our child can be a picky eater at home, he has become much more willing to try new foods at daycare. GQCC also offers a large playground and is conveniently located near a highway exit. Our child receives Early Intervention services, and the staff have been exceptional in collaborating with EI providers and expanding strategies to support regulation and sensory development. Teachers are always accessible for check-ins, and we regularly receive photos and updates about daily activities. GQCC is a wonderful center with caring, attentive, and professional staff. We highly recommend it.

My daughters both attend Greater Quincy Child Care Center. They love it and so do myself and my…read morewife. It is like a second home for Eila and Maebh. The teachers and administrators are all very kind and supportive. The girls learn a lot and are always safe. They have made lots of friends and are constantly talking about all the fun activities they do at the center. Both of our girls started when they were just a few months old. Eila is now almost 4 and Maebh is 19 months old. The pandemic has been challenging but the center staff got us all through it so far safely and my daughter Eila was able to quickly make up ground in her language skills after staying home for several months when the pandemic first hit. Now she's talkative as ever and even is writing her own name. Maebh is strong-willed and loving and she enjoys spending time with other kids and her teachers. I would recommend GQCCC to any families or teachers.

Needham location needs severe improvement. My son did not…read morelearn Spanish and his naps were way too long. He would arrived at 8:00am and at noon they went to nap until 3:00. I would then pick him up at 3:30. Terrible if you ask me. My son is 5 (late birthday) and he only needed an hour of rest. He never wanted to nap honestly. The teachers at times would put them to nap at 11:50 which made me a bit furious....I would pick my son up for lunch and sure enough when I would drop him off at 11:50 the teachers would place the kids down for a nap 10 min early. They need to move this location into a bigger suite/building. It doesn't look like they invest much because it's obvious inside they need new toys/everything really just an upgrade. For the amount I spent to have my son attend, I expected better. Lastly, Jenn Doyle from enrollment needs to be fired. She's rude and takes forever to get back to you. She typically has the same lame excuse stating that she is in a meeting which an attitude. I pulled my son out of Pine Village because I felt that he was not learning at all. He is now in another Preschool where he's been learning really quick academically in order to be ready for kindergarten. Look elsewhere or stay away from the Needham location. Lastly, my son learned horrible habits of hitting and biting from other children. That stopped at his new school because the teachers would not tolerate this. But, at Pine Village the teachers my guess is that they did not pay attention to the kids or no consequences happened for example. pulling the child aside. And this is why it persisted. The teachers are nice here but they have a high turnover...My guess is that the higher up's do not value them and simply do not pay them well. The higher up's only cares about profit and they are rude. They should try treating the staff every Friday to maybe lunch as a thank you. Lastly, in order for teachers to receive a bonus they ask us parents to donate money. We pay a lot for our kids to attend school. They should maybe give them a bonus on their end...

Pine Village is a Spanish immersion daycare and preschool, with classes from infant to…read morekindergarten. There are a number of locations (10 by now?) and my son went to two: Brighton (for a transition summer before the new school opened) and Newton Highlands, and we toured West Newton. We LOVE PINE VILLAGE! It's clean, organized, professional, and so warm (emotionally, but also on cold winter days, literally). Spanish immersion. The teachers are native Spanish speakers but there are teachers who speak English (for kids who don't speak Spanish yet, and to talk to the parents who don't speak Spanish). The Directors are fluently bilingual and are around at dropoff and pickup if there is any linguistic confusion. (So no Spanish? No problem. Kids are supported in learning but are understood in English and parents can communicate.) My kid came in as a toddler knowing no Spanish and within a couple months he understood everything but responded in English, and now in preschool is expected to speak Spanish (with gentle prompting) given his abilities. There are Spanish books everywhere to read, or for teachers to read out loud. The price is on the lower side of area daycare/preschool, based on about 13 other schools I looked at. Still not cheap exactly, but maybe licensed trained and educational child care shouldn't be cheap, right? The 3 facilities I looked at are in different spaces, but all seem pretty nice and have access to play areas. The West Newton one is in a UU church basement near Mass Pike, and has a HUGE indoor space for winter running around. The Brighton one is in the bottom of a city block, with big windows, and a small playground/big field across the street, and a short walk away over a sky bridge is a huge glorious public water park with 2 big playgrounds, and Charles River walkways. (Pretty awesome especially in summer.) The Newton Highlands one is also in the basement of a church, in two large rooms, with a permanent smaller indoor play area and (depending on church uses eg play) access to the large empty room next door. There are two small fenced playgrounds and a short walk away is a big field. I'm told there are sprinklers for hot summer outdoor play. In addition they have group exercise classes, such as yoga or Zumba, which kids do according to interest & ability. Pine Village has a dedicated curriculum quality rep, who goes between all the locations to ensure that quality of education stays high across the sites and that best practices are shared. They're ok with different locations having their own 'flavor' or feel, so long as the quality stays consistent. They also really focus on emotional self regulation. Deep breathing like blowing up a balloon, and taking a time out to gather one's reserves when too emotional.

Thankful that my daughter has the opportunity to be taught by Miss Tamra and Miss Steph. She was…read moreaway from her friends and learning all summer but they welcomed her back with open arms making the transition incredibly smooth. She comes home each day excited to share what she learned and eager to head back the next morning. I am thrilled that she is not only learning and developing intellectually & socially, but actually enjoying it! Thank you to these amazing teachers!

My daughter has been attending this school for a little over a year (since she was 4 months) and I…read morecannot say how happy we are with her care! Her infant teachers were so attentive and nurturing. It is so nice to be able to drop off your child and they are happy to see their teachers! Her toddlers teachers have been great as well, so helpful and understanding. You can tell all the teachers really care about their students and have their best interest in mind. My daughter loves coming to school! We love the daily pictures through the app and their great curriculum! Highly recommended TLE

i witnessed my nephew crying and screaming that he did not want to go there he looked so scared…read more Then i saw he got a black eye from there.

Dove's Nest has been a life line and stable support system for myself and sons during an extremely…read moredifficult time. They are amazing and care about the kids there. This is not like the other daycares where I have had 1 of my children at where the teachers and children are like a revolving door. The teachers and director (Linda) have become family as well as parents of kids because they have been with the same group for years. If you acut ally want people who care about your kids and you can trust than this is the place for you and this is coming from a very overprotective helicopter mom.

My son has been in this school last year and this year. Excellent school…read more Very caring staff that go out of their way to help. I was sceptical after moving here from Scottsdale,AZ but quickly learned that South Shore Head Start has surpassed anything that I have seen in AZ. We will miss the kind caring teachers next year.[ starting kindergarten]

The worst daycare I have ever dealt with. my son came home with poop so old and dried to his bum…read moreand diapers filled with hours of pee. He got rashes all the time from this place. The teacher called almost everyday complaining about my 3 year old who was just being your typical 3 year old. my son learned so much at his old daycare and I cannot tell you one thing he learned at this one. He comes home crying that his teacher is mean and I stressed this concern to her supervisor. 1 day later and as revenge the school literally reported my family because my son had the tiniest bruise on his hip. we grabbed him from running out of time out to put him back in. If you were to see the picture of the bruise...its so small you would ask where it is!!!Call child services on people who deserve to have it called on them. you don't go trying to ruin families and children's lives because someone complained about how there son is being taken Care of at school in the first place. i Considered taking him out for weeks before this and I knew I should have! ALWAYS TRUST YOUR GUT AND REMOVE YOUR CHILDREN FROM TOXIC PLACES!

We have our two young girls at this school and really enjoy the staff, school, and neighborhood…read morefeel. We regularly see other parents walking kids to/from the school or around the neighborhood. The staff seem to genuinely care about our family.

We had put in a deposit to reserve a spot starting the summer of 2020, which obviously came and…read morewent and child care was out of the question. That said, we were still curious about what the status was, but have yet to hear a peep from anyone here. Our emails went unanswered and their voice mailbox is full. Not the kind of response from a place you are considering leaving your children. Not even one email update or call after a year? Really sad, because we live so close and I was looking for place where I could invest in our community and get to know more families in the neighborhood.

My daughter is now in kindergarten after three years at Wellesley Montessori, and she is thriving!…read more I credit the wonderful teachers and staff for giving her the building blocks to be successful in her kindergarten year. My son is in his second year, and he has made amazing strides from toddler life to being a pre-K student. He loves his teachers (a different room from his sister, but just as wonderful) and will be as ready for kindergarten as her sister. The families at the school are wonderful as well, and I feel like it's been an amazing home away from home for my kids. I will be sad when my youngest moves on from the school. They both learned so much, had so much fun, and made great friends! It's also been a practical choice for our family -- with two working parents, the ability to have our kids there from 7:30-5:30 has been a life saver!!

Not the school it used to be... This used to be a great…read moreschool, and it still has some good teachers (not all, teaching staff is mixed), but with the loss of Miss Martha, a teacher there for 20+ years, the addition of a relatively new director, who has no imagination or problem-solving skills, does not know the local area, and is not very nice to the children, the school has taken a nose dive. Combine that with a tiny playground, not a lot of indoor space, and you do not have a great situation.