I really can't say enough good things about this place! Kids are always happy to go and often…read morebarely notice me when I come to pick them up. They love their teachers and I appreciate the regular communication and feedback. Definitely feels like an extended family and I love the added comfort provided by the cameras and security codes, etc.

From the owner: We offer an open classroom design that allows the children to move about freely from one activity…read moreto the next. With gentle direction, the children can engage in many different things throughout the day. Our wide variety of age appropriate activities include (but are not limited to): creative art, science, dramatic play, manipulative toys, building block areas and a “quiet corner” for reading and relaxing. Each day is filled with love, education and fun! Every teacher in our school plays a vital role in the care, supervision and education of the children we serve. Our teachers work as a team to make sure that every child has the best possible experience in our school. You may see your child interacting with any one of our teachers as it is part of our company goal to connect with all of the children and families. Your child will always feel like part of our family here!

Our family loves Eagle Christian! We have sent all three of our kids there and our kids loved going…read moreas much as we loved sending them. The teachers are all wonderful and you can be confident that your kids will be loved and nurtured and have loads of fun every day but still be learning and growing each day as well. My kids were all very well prepared for kindergarten and were each at the top of their classes in Kindergarten because of the education that got at Eagle Christian. Two thumbs up and 5 Stars!

I have nothing but amazing things to say about Eagle Christian PreSchool. We were new to the area…read moreand I was slightly nervous about how my daughter would adjust to the new environment. Mrs. Sue and Miss Megan made the transition for Jacklynn such a positive experience! She started in the summer program, and now we are enrolled currently in their 2021-2022 school year. I couldn't ask for a better environment for the foundation of my daughter's school years and learning. The Christian environment is important to our family, and I love that is a main focus at the school too. There are plenty of other preschools to choose from in Meridian and closer to where we live... but I will gladly make the drive to Eagle Christian preschool knowing my daughter is thriving and in such good care!!

This school is beyond amazing. My daughter had attended Foothills for 2 years and I cannot express…read morehow happy I am with this school and our experience with it. The teacher to student ratio is extremely low, and the learning environment is ideal for shaping young students lives. I could not be happier with Foothills.

Great school with a great location, a little pricey for private schools but Pre-School (Early…read moreLearners) program is especially strong.

We have been at Wonder School for 2 years now and what an amazing place for my son! His teacher are…read moreso kind and help work on strategies with him for his big emotions. They genuinely care about every student at the school. We are so lucky to be at Wonder School!

Both our kiddos have gone here. It's a great way to get them started and ready for school. We love…read morethat wonder school focuses on play and kids being kids.

We feel so lucky to have found an amazing school and community through Northview Montessori! When…read morewe were moving out to Boise, mid-pandemic, it was hard to navigate getting our son in school in a place that we had no real parent network in place. At the recommendation of a colleague, we looked into Northview and we could not be happier. After months of hard-to-navigate online pre-k programs back home, we enrolled our son in the in-person program at Northview mid-year. The teachers and staff were patient, attentive and showed extra care in getting our son situated and back in the "groove" of attending school. We kept our son there over the summer, where they did an amazing job balancing active play and lots of outdoor time, with the right amount of learning to stave off the summer learning loss. Now, our guy is in Miss. Debbie's kindergarten class and we are so impressed, seriously... she is a child-whisperer. Patient, understanding, calm, smart, creative and loving. Miss. Debbie does a wonderful job setting up her curriculum to incorporate many Montessori principles while also preparing students to enter into 1st grade in a more traditional setting. Added bonus, the before and after school care that is still developmentally stimulating and fun! The size, access, communication and flexibility of the staff make this school a working parent's dream! Finally, while I know people are in many different places when it comes to things like COVID policies and masking, I appreciate the thought and care that Northview takes in constantly reviewing the latest guidance and working on ways to keep students and their families safe. For me, this has provided incredible piece of mind. In a time of a lot of change and chaos, Northview has been one of the absolute best things we've found in moving to Boise and we will forever be grateful for the foundational love of learning they have helped to spark in our son.

TLDR: Punished our 3 year old for potty accidents by making him sit in his own poop until I could…read moreget there to pick him up (despite having clean clothes for him and telling us they would help our newly potty trained 3 year old with accidents). If I could leave zero stars, I would. We have a child who just turned 3 years old in June that we enrolled at Northwest Montessori in August 2025. He had been potty trained for about 2 months before we started but with the change, completely regressed. But we were working on it, asking the teachers for guidance on how to handle it, etc. Our child came home telling me one day that his teachers (Miss Rebecca and Miss Beverly) wouldn't let him play at the station he liked because he had an accident (pooped his pants). But I just thought maybe that's just how a 3 year old tells stories... But then yesterday, I got a call from the school. He had another accident. Now we have extra clothes at the school and in the past the teachers have helped him get cleaned up and change his clothes. This was actually something we SPECIFICALLY asked about during our tour (how accidents would be handled, if they would help with wiping since he's still learning, etc and we were told oh, yes absolutely). Then yesterday I got a very rude call from their "director" Debbie who was angry that my child had another potty accident. She was not kind or apologetic but actually snapped "it's not the teacher's job to do this" ... But this "montessori" has 1 year olds as well. So they are a daycare. They change diapers. They had actually mentioned moving him down a class if we needed to when we started but that was as close as they ever came to working with us to find a good solution. *** And when we enrolled, we specifically asked about this and they said they would make him put on his own clothes but they would help clean him up. She then told me that I needed to come pick him up. When I got there, he was pulled out of his room and sitting in a chair, sitting in his own poop. His clean clothes were literally on the floor next to him that they refused to help him with. Because they were mad that he had an accident, they decided to punish him by making him sit in his poop. Three grown women thought it was appropriate to punish a three year old for a bathroom accident by making him sit with a turd in his pants until I could get there (and btw she initially left me a voicemail so they had no idea how long it would take me to get there or to even get their message).

Such a wonderful daycare with so many loving and caring people! We were nervous to bring our new…read morebaby to daycare but also needed to find a place that we could rely on with our variable work schedules. My husband and I both work in health care and often our shifts go later into the night, so that was another issue with many daycares. Not only did we find Noah's Ark to be a safe and happy place for our baby girl, but we were able to find a place that worked with our busy schedules! Our baby has flourished here with lots of attention from her loving teachers, and lots of new little friends. We couldn't be happier with this daycare and feel so blessed to have found it.

poor customer service from staff. Rude to parent during pick up time in front of my children. sadly…read moreI don't recommend this day care, go somewhere else if you can.

Been going here for the past 9 years my last kiddo just graduated, there was no turnover in…read moreteachers the time I was there which is unheard of in preschool and all my kiddos surprised their kindergarten teachers with their knowledge! ABC has extremely low ratios so your child gets personalized learning experiences. Each child of mine decided to go back during the summers for swimming and field trips so I'm glad we will still be able to be a part of this amazing community!

We love ABC Creativity Center. My two year old daughter runs out the door every morning, telling us…read moreto hurry up. She often tells us how much she likes school. This is a great daycare, and while it is technically under new ownership, the new owner (Elisa) has been there for several years as the director. Elisa took care of my cousin's son nearly 20 years ago - when I mentioned that to her, she remembered not only him but also his parents. I have found this type of sincere interest in not only the children but also the families of ABC to be one of the reasons we love it here. The teachers are so good with the children and really make each one feel so special. In addition to great teachers, there is a strong and active parent-teacher organization (PTO) that helps support the children and center through various means. Further, we love all the activities and opportunities that our daughter gets exposed to such as gymnastics, swim, theater, art, and music. She often comes home singing new songs and doing new gymnastics tricks. This is truly a community daycare and we are so happy to be a part of it. I would highly recommend it to others.

Initially, my wife wanted to enroll our three year old son in a Montessori preschool. In some ways,…read moreThe Goddard School is the opposite of Montessori: where Montessori stresses free, unstructured, child-led activities, Goddard stresses organized, structured, teacher-led activities. For our son, who is naturally independent and creative, the structure Goddard provides, rather than stifling his independence and creativity, helps him channel it in new, more social and collaborative ways. Sometimes this is difficult for him. But we think it's challenging him to develop skills that a Montessori-type approach might not provide. Plus, the teachers are incredibly well-qualified, the facility is new, clean, beautiful, and very well-managed, and the security and health precautions are advanced and well-applied. The Goddard School and its proprietary curriculum may not be well-suited to fit every child's needs and all familys' budgets, but we feel it's well-suited to our child's needs and well-worth the added expense over some of its competitors. Also, it's good to know that TGS is a franchise, so each individual facility will only be as good as its owner-operator. And the owner-operator at this facility, himself a father, is kind, respectful, organized, efficient, dedicated, detail-oriented, professional, and an excellent manager of both property and personnel. We highly recommend this school to anyone who feels that their child would benefit from this kind of learning environment.

My family loves The Goddard School. The facility is clean safe. The staff has always been very…read moreprofessional. My son loves all the teachers and you can tell they genuinely care about him. They have a focus on early learning and my son really enjoyed the STEM based lessons. I have no complaints and wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone.

Our son attended Hillside for over a year, and during that time we saw his behavior greatly…read moredeteriorate. As he struggled the director made no effort to figure out why he was acting out, she just punished and belittled him. We eventually pulled him out when her behavior became unprofessional and unkind towards our son. We also raised a few safety concerns like the front door being propped open, which has immediate access to Hill Road. I would not recommend sending any child to Hillside.

I really wish we would have found Hillside Academy sooner. My son has just blossomed since I…read moreenrolled him there. He loves to learn now and comes home every day full of new knowledge. Highly, highly recommended.

I am so happy we found River Academy! My children absolutely love everything about this center. The…read morestaff is friendly, the facility is amazing, the owner is great. We were pleasantly surprised to find out that a lot of the staff were gals who had worked at a previous daycare my children attended. That made the transition into a new place much easier for my kids. The teachers communicate with you and let you know how your childs day went and what activities they did. My youngest has learned so much since starting here. They have an after school homework program for the school age children, that my oldest is a part of. They help with homework, the kids can hang out and read or study. They open at 6:30 and actually show up and open the facility on time. We had issues with the previous daycare and the staff not being able to show up on time. And when I have to be to work by 7, it's important the doors are open at 6:30. I honestly can't say enough about this daycare center. We definitely lucked out finding them and I am so thankful!

River Academy made false claims that my child had HSV. He never tested positive and this was proven…read morefrom our pediatrician at St Luke's. Now my child has to be uprooted from a school at 18 months old. This is poor judgement and disgusting action on their part. They also have kept a child at the school that has tested positive for HSV! Very disappointing.