I highly recommend the Montessori Learning Center of Fort Walton Beach. It is a fantastic school…read morelocated in FWB near the Uptown Station. I first found the school through their website, http://montessorifwb/com/ My son has attended MLC for two years(Pre-k and now Kindergarten) and has loved his teachers. The three teachers/educators at the school are fantastic, dynamic women. These teachers, (Ms. Connie, Ms. Lois, and Ms. Stacey), are the heart and soul of the school. They push the children to excel while giving them the support, love, and encouragement they need. MLC is for children in pre-k 3, pre-k 4, and kindergarten. Tuition is very competitive. The school is located in a house and does not have the look or feel of a public school. Touring the inside, you see that the children are learning in a very comfortable, warm atmosphere. The montessori method is at work in this stimulating environment. For what it is worth, I did not know much about the montessori method previously, but the website for the school provides a vast array of links to explain the montessori method. The teachers truly love the children and WANT to be there every day. They greet the students upon drop off and the principal/director (Ms. Stacey) physically greets you with your child at pick-up. It is truly a connected and loving environment. You can see photos and read more information here: http://montessorifwb.com/

This institution harassed our family endlessly and was utterly unapologetic. They were smug,…read moreunhelpful and so terrible that I was forced to pull my daughter out of schooling. DO NOT allow your child to attend at their own risk and yours. She is now in the Florida school system and we have had not experienced any of the god awful problems we saw from this particular school.

Great small child care center. The owners are very nice. It is bring your own lunch though. They…read moreprovide snacks. in case you forget or don't have lunch they provide something hot for the kids to eat. And give something light for breakfast as well. Your kids will definitely learn as older and younger are grouped together and sit around a table for lesson time. There is a big yard for them to run around. The place could use some updating but nothing really negative to say. If we didnt have.to move we would still be here. I recommend this place to anyone

If you are looking for a safe, caring, clean, engaging, and fun place for your precious little one…read more- look no more! My son has been going to the Little People's Place for two years, and the only thing we are worrying about is having to leave this little kids' safe haven because we are moving out of the area soon. True, this place has no shiny hardwood floors or fancy furnishings. Instead, they provide your child with plenty of individual warm loving attention; their Creative Curriculum works great to help your little one develop to the best of their ability. The teachers are a wonderful family, very welcoming and open to kids and parents; there have never been any substitute staff. We always get feedback about our son's day, they text us pictures of him playing or discovering the world, they know his likes and needs. Best of all, they CARE. We have a feeling that when my son is gone from here, he will be missed, for real. And we will miss them for sure!

My daughter is very slow to warm up to people. But she absolutely adores this place. I had a lot…read moreof reservations about putting my daughter in a religion based school but they're definitely meant it when they said they only talk about Gods love and use love instead of fear base tactics when addressing kids behavior. They worked so well with my daughters regressions. One time she had an accident (potty training and in 2yr old program) I was so upset but they just said "oh no, next time you'll get it!" And got her dressed and told me not to stress. They've been a huge blessing in our lives.

Choose another place. They constantly y places my child in time out and she hated the summer here…read more The coparent chose this place. I would have left day one. Unfortunately my children have to attend a daycare with minimal care. They are dishonest when speaking with parents.

It's unfortunate that I have to post this review, but it's necessary. This daycare has an extremely…read morehigh turnover rate for employees. They have video, but be mindful that "Allegedly"it is only live feed so if something occurs on their watch, then it's your word against theirs. If your child is injured, they never have any answers, they will just say they don't know. Look at the reviews, it speaks for itself. They charge $220 a week, which is an increase of last years rate, just for piss poor care. Who in their right mind wants to send their baby to a facility where they are potentially mistreated, and they had the audacity to increase the rate. There is a 9:30 drop off time, God forbid you're running a few minutes behind they will turn your child around. They have a lot of early closing days, for "training" but for what exactly, they're not even getting properly trained on have to hydrate the kids during the summer months. Do not enroll your child here, they will not have any consistency, there is always someone new in the classroom. New employees come into this facility so quickly, one must question if a thorough background check is completed. I have lost faith in this daycare and it probably is the worst thing that I could have subjected my child to. I should have removed my child from this daycare before now, sadly it took an injury for me to remove my child. And of course, no one knows what happened, they're oblivious and that is unacceptable for a daycare. You know it's bad, when they are offering parents credits to their account to get new enrollees. SMH. They do not care about your child, they only care about having bodies and receiving your $220 weekly. Beware.

Drove by today during lunch hour and there were unsupervised kids played outside the fence near the…read moreroad while an adult with a camera was almost a football field distance away from them digging through her car. I pulled over to tell her how dangerous it was and she said she had another kid watching them. THESE KIDS WERE NOT OVER 6 YEARS OF AGE!!!! DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE!!! they obviously don't care and when I called office everyone seemed to think it was fine and no director could come to the phone, what a joke. I hope these parents don't get calls about there child getting hurt or worse going missing with no supervison.

After moving to the area in April I originally had my beautiful daughter Violet put into another…read moredaycare in the area. After a couple weeks I noticed some things I wasn't crazy about the original daycare so we found an opening at the Wright Daycare and switched. I absolutely love this daycare and I am very sad about my daughter going to school in the future because she would spend less time at the daycare. The minute we open the door the owner Mrs. Fawn immediately makes my daughter a breakfast and greets my daughter. She also sits down with my daughter when she gets upset with mom having to leave and go to work. We also enjoy her teacher is Miss Lisa in this LJ. When I come to pick up my daughter she is very excited to come home with me but also sad because she has to leave her daycare and her friends. I also appreciate that the teacher Miss Lisa let's my daughter help out around the daycare and feel like that is a positive influence on my daughter, her behavior has improved greatly since starting this daycare. I give this daycare an A+ five star rating and would recommend it to anyone who asked. We are excited to also start VPK this year in August and in the future my daughter will use this to daycare for a before and after care while in school. I can't recommend this daycare enough!

Child turned evil when I decided on this daycare. My 2 year old turned disrespectful and back…read moretalks. Childcare network may seem expensive but my child was more behaved than this. I am going back to them even if it breaks my bank account each week.

I don't know if the people that reviewed this place has EVER BEEN THERE…read more My husband has been TDY to this area twice in the summer and was referred to this place after I had a medical emergency and wound up hospitalized. My girls LOVED IT. The staff, the activities, the animals, the field trips. They have always spoke of this place with great affection and such happy memories. We were able to stop by and visit with them and they remembered us and our situation and they were so sweet and friendly and the owner hugged my girls and spoke with them like they have been part of the family the whole time. My girls have been fortunate to go to some really exclusive day cares, but this one is far and away their all time favorite. Go and talk with them. Learn about their programs. See how they interact with the kids. This is a family business and you can feel it.

After leaving this negative review I was harassed by a staff member who works there. Nichole…read moreEverland. This is exactly why I reviewed this daycare. Unprofessional attitude and actions by all staff members. And no there are no cameras like she stated. I have asked to see camera footage before when I caught them trying charge me for things I had turned in and as stated by the owner herself they do not have cameras. This was also confirmed by another parent as well last year. The daycare worker who engaged in this post currently works there and judging by the grammar used, should show the type of staff you'll be involved with if you mention anything to your disliking. I am NOT the only parent to report this daycare. Please check their Google reviews as well If you are considering this facility, please do your child and yourself a favor and as soon as you walk in walk out. The facility is unclean, animals running around, and staff that does not watch over the children. They frequently change their contracts to their liking despite being funded by the ELC. Enacting exorbitant fees that working parents can not help. They offered a 10-hour waiver for years and then abruptly ended it without any valid explanation. They do not have cameras in the facilities and will not install them. My child has been significantly hurt there many times. Recently a black eye that lasted for 4 days due to their negligence. Please follow in the footsteps of other parents in these reviews and report report. They take advantage of the fact that they are one of the few daycares with openings because parents frequently leave. Edited to add; Search for the CARES Search tool in Google and you can see a list of all the inspections they have had had and the violations they received. Also edited to add that they have stated it's not a DCF requirement to report any daily activities of your child unless they are one and under. When asked if they would regardless they offered only a one word response "No". This response came after they discriminated against my child and stopped reporting anything after I confronted them on numerous issues after receiving reports well after a year old....No childcare facility should make your child's daily activities including meals, diaper changes, nap times and activities a secret for their eyes only or selectively to parents. Compounded with no cameras and no current lock or code to enter the building. They do not even have a staff member to watch the doors. Nor do they actually check the log in activities on the computer before releasing a child. They actually had to send out messages making sure parents were checking out their children correctly .. this is alarming as a parent. No parent should ever have to be disrespected and locked out of their child's lives by a daycare center claiming to care for your child. Ultimate bait and switch. We promise to look after your child but we won't tell you what goes on even if asked. It is family owned and they will deflect and defend themselves if you bring any singular issue up to them. DCF was made aware and owners stated that they told them to just keep doing what they were doing....Appalling!

So the Owner (Cristy) and the 2nd in Command (Kim) recently had a major disagreement and have…read moredecided to go their separate ways. Kim is opening her own daycare called The Little Learning Academy. A large number of the long-time teaching staff have decided to leave Creative Play School and follow Kim. Apparently any staff member who states their intention to switch daycares is terminated on the spot. Trust the staff to know which Owner they want to work for. Interestingly enough, a large portion of the parents are also leaving Creative Play School to follow Kim to her new place. Numerous parent rumors say that Cristy has been strong-arming families to commit to staying with her at Creative Play School or potentially losing their current spot at Creative Play School while they wait for the new day to open. Any smart parent will lie to Cristy's face and promise to stay, then jump ship on opening day for The Little Learning Academy. Your allegiance is to what's best for your child, not Cristy's strong arm business. For context of where my review is coming from, I'm a parent of 3 children. We spent two years at Creative Play School before and during covid. We removed our child from Creative Play School during Covid due to Cristy's shady business practices. The daycare policy was that if your child attended one day of daycare, you had to pay for the entire week. Our kids would go to school on Monday, we'd be notified Monday early afternoon and the kids would be sent home for Covid policy. Yet we had to pay for the entire week. And what's worse, Cristy did not pay any of the teachers. So she provided a few hours of daycare each week, and then charged everyone for a full week, and kept all the money herself. We had to leave Creative Play School because we were paying so much money and the school was basically never open. There were other issues during our stay at Creative Play School. There were constant transparency issues about what is actually happening at the school. They are very tight lipped and close door policy on so many things. The actual classroom teachers are great, but management is super shady. And if a significant number of the staff is now leaving that should clearly say something. So why am I speaking out now? We have since moved on to Cinco Daycare but are looking strongly into the new The Learning Academy. Since our departure from Creative Play School we continue to follow the quality of the school as we live down the street from them and we continue to be friends with current students and teachers. When enough people get together to experience a common problem, a community needs to speak up and address the problem. At some point Cristy should address these issues if she is to be trusted with taking care of all our small children. A good start would be for Cristy to address the increasing number of negative reviews popping up on Google, Yelp, and Facebook.

My review was reported by the owner for conflict of interest becuase she believes Im a staff member…read moreunfortunately I'm not im a current parents that you are trying to hold "hostage" how dare you try to delete and hide what is going on behind closed doors. All of this is knowledge known by parents due to staff past and present telling parents what is happening becuase they are in happy! This is a truthful review that does not deserve to be deleted! Unfortunately, parents are getting scared so it is time to make a public post. The creative play school was a great preschool up until a few months ago. A few months ago something changed with management the assistant director that has been there for years had left due "pro-fessional differences". The owner or director is never around and was rarely around when the assistant director was there, either hiding or not there all together. The VPK teacher is running the place now and not in her room so those kids are not being taught when the state and parents are paying for. Multiple teachers have left due to the management being unprofessional, gossip-ing, and being inconsiderate. Some staff are now bullying other staff leaving on social media. Teachers are being shoved wherever a staff member leaves and most don't even get proper training. To top it all off, parents are deciding on whether to go to a new place that the assistant director opened and the owner is cornering parents who may potentially leave and threatening them that they will not have a spot for a month if they are leaving. Bottom line...do not go here children learning is not the priority.