My son attended The Sandbox from 13-months old until 4-years old. We had a great experience and I…read morealways felt my son was loved and cared for while there. He rarely was upset with drop offs but when he was the teachers did a great job redirecting him and providing him love. My son also made some great friends at the Sandbox that have been a strong foundation to his confidence and happiness and I owe this to the wonderful teachers and staff at the Sandbox Early Learning Center. I am so thankful my son spent his early years there.

In the beginning I loved this place but a lot of good teachers were leaving. Also since a certain…read moreteacher left they stopped doing gardening class. Then another teacher left and they stopped posting pictures and videos to the app daily which they were doing and it was great. I'm not sure about the other classes but we went through a couple teachers. They have a big playground my child loved to play on. A lot of toys. Art class. Science class. They had a lot of fun stuff to do there. The have fun extra things on some weekends. They also worked with the school district to get my child eval for an IEP. At the end of the day I went there after a week vacation and my child no longer had the same teacher again. So I didn't really know the new teacher at all. The guy working on the playground was also new and other new staff I just took that opportunity to just take my child out. I also wanted to mention I posted a review previously here when my daughter was still going here and just mentioning a "few small complaints but over all that I loved this place." And 3 stars. It was followed by the Risa in the front office calling me and screaming at me for about 20 minutes. Followed by nagging from other staff to take the review down. Also my complaint was about like basically all my child's teachers leaving. Obviously left a bad taste in my mouth. And the fact that my name isn't even on here and neither is my child's. The call was a bit surprising. But also eye opening.

This is an amazing school they will take care of your kids so well the staff is just amazing I…read morerecommend this school !!!

amazing center , friendly staff perfect curriculum super clean school! it was hard for me to find a…read morecenter after moving to this side of town but we were lucky to find it ! Would recommend

Parents beware…read more TLDR: The direct school administrative staff including Desiree and Kristina were not helpful and frankly were avoidant, dismissive, and uncaring about a resolution to the same concern. These two individuals are not fit to be in positions of directing a place for young children and families. Cadence Academy corporate were kind & helpful following a challenging situation. We chose Cadence, after months of researching & touring for our 3 month old son when I returned to work after maternity leave. On the first day of daycare at Cadence Academy we had the ability to see the classroom through video access and as an anxious, first time, parents, we watched as often as we were allowed to. Our son spent a significant amount of time in a bouncer. It appeared that he was given attention infrequently by the singular teacher in the classroom of several babies. We received a phone call asking if it was okay for our baby to sleep in the bouncer if he was comfortable. This was not something that we wanted, but as it was our first day at daycare, we were a little nervous about anything going wrong and felt that perhaps this was a helpful recommendation from a teacher in the classroom. Watching the video even longer our son appeared to spend about five hours in the bouncer and did not receive that much of an attempt at having a milk bottle across that time, which was disheartening. We were told that he refused the bottle from his teacher. When I asked Desiree why another teacher didn't attempt to feed our son the bottle she said, "we want him to get used to his teacher feeding him", as though feeding our 3 month old wasn't the priority. After a frustrating first day, we decided that it would be our son's last day as we felt that the teacher was not doing an adequate job of caring for our son, nor was the teacher following the guidelines of the handbook that we were made to read and sign. We spoke with the assistant director, Desiree, and let her know that we were withdrawing our son as we did not want to risk any potential harm or future bad days. Our son has been at a different daycare in town, which has been an absolute blessing. The kindness & attentiveness provided by the teachers at the new daycare and the administrative staff have been wonderful showing us that Cadence really had let us down with just one day at their facility. We thought that our time with Cadence was in the past. That was until we received a notice that we were sent to collections in June, an entire 8 months after we unenrolled our son. We called to speak with the Cadence administrative staff to inquire why we were in collections when we hadn't heard from them since we left in October. We were informed that we owed for the week that he was enrolled & we were also charged a $25 fee for not fulfilling the payment in the first place. The frustrating thing about this is that we were unaware of any outstanding bill. At NO point in time did Cadence Academy reach out to us to let us know that we had an outstanding bill as they had previously had all of our banking information to accept deposits and previous payments. They had our email, phone numbers, & mailing address but no notices or bills came. It took 2 weeks to finally get in touch with someone that could answer our questions (thank you Theresa). Kristina (director) & Desiree (assistant director) were beyond unhelpful. When we asked Desiree who they answered to, we were told "corporate" but weren't given any helpful leads as to who to speak with. Instead we were given the generalized Cadence Academy phone number- which is just a VM & after many calls & messages, not one was returned. It wasn't until we used the websites chatbot to access a live agent who was helpful enough to get us in contact with the regional director. The regional director was able to resolve our concern & pay us back the money (as it was agreed that none of this should have happened given the circumstances). The admin team at Cadence Academy OV should be under review for their inability to do their job effectively.

Our son just started cadence and we are very happy with our decision. The staff are extremely…read morefriendly. I love all the cameras and daily updates it makes us feel very comfortable while away from our son. The meals are healthy and the activities are good for learning.

This school should be reviewed by the state. The way they treat students who are on the spectrum is…read moreabsolutely abhorrent. My son attended for two years, and the second year both teachers quit. He had very little aid for his iep, and they claimed over and over to not have resources. How in 2024 do you not have resources? Especially after covid opened up many school resources? They claim to be diverse. They are not. They do not even have cameras on site, not even in the office. 10/10 do not recommend. Take your children anywhere else.

This is a wonderful school. They have many extra curricular activities. They have a gate with a…read morecamera and you need to ring the doorbell before they allow you to enter. Only a dumb*ss would think of kidnapping a child there. There are camera's everywhere. The rooms do NOT smell like mold. It is a beautiful campus and the teachers are wonderful educators. Just beware of Mr. Krauses dad jokes.

Brichta is definitely more of a pre-school then daycare. It's at an actual former elementary…read moreschool, so you don't get the yucky daycare smell as you walk in. However, outside the superficial, Britcha is anything but. The teachers in each classroom are very well supported. Each usually has one or two class aids. Additionally, students from the UA come to get some of their teaching hours there. They have a very welcoming environment and refer to children in gender neutral terms as "friends." They also have referrals for AZEip if your child needs it. This is NOT a money run business like you find at places like Adventure time with inconsistent staff. They even have rates for government employees. It took us 3 years to find the best place for our kiddo. Don't pass up Brichta without checking it out first. It is truly a west side gem. In addition to their regular curriculum they also offer enrichment class! During the day!!! While your little is already at school! Music! Sign Language! Spanish! Soccer! These are taught by actual instructors and coaches.

We are so glad a friend of ours recommended Brichta Infant & Early Learning Center for childcare…read moreafter the birth of our son! For the last 2.5 years, our son has attended Brichta and has been shown the utmost love and attention by all teachers and staff. Brichta is an exceptionally well run learning center focused on nurturing the growth and development of students while also promoting the health, wellbeing and safety of both students and staff. We love our Brichta family and encourage all parents to consider them when looking for childcare!

My children have attended little ranch day school since 2024. Of course I understand through school…read moreand different ages and atmospheres children will act certain ways and accidents happen. With that being said my oldest son (4) has been being bullied by multiple children and adults in his class. More often than not the classroom ratio is severely off. It has gotten to the point where my son is afraid to go to school where as that was his favorite thing to do last year. He scream cries and physically vibrates from shaking so bad out of FEAR of a TEACHER....Priscilla. Priscilla is allowed to have her son in the same classroom as she is monitoring however her son is older than the other children and much bigger over all. Her child is autistic and non verbal. Majority of the time I am picking up or dropping off i see Priscilla physically overpowering her son, dragging him by the arm or just over all yelling. I understand autism is its own to handle but this child is left to use the other kids as biting toys and punching bags. I've witnessed multiple children get shoved across the room by said child while Priscilla was worried about facing me and denying anything I said. My four year old son was also able to make it out of the classroom (child locked door) out of the campus and out the front office before an adult saw him running down Glenn because he was so afraid of this specific teacher. His reasoning was "but mommy I stayed on the sidewalk i was safer ". The corporate office of small miracles conducted an investigation supposedly and the fix would be moving Priscilla out of her own class into training and then she would not be allowed to be alone with her own class. They moved the teachers schedules around so she's not in my sons class at drop off or pick up but she has continuously found reason to write my son up immediately after being reprimanded for her behavior (feels like retaliation at this point) My son has also informed me that Priscilla pinches him. -I asked if he liked a list of teachers, his answers were all yes except Priscilla I asked why and he stated "she touches me and yells at me" I asked him to show me how she touches him and he pinched himself on his shoulders. This is not the first time Priscilla has been found in the middle of child abuse allegations at this specific school. 2024 another mother found her sons head covered with a blanket (by Priscilla) and the cot was also kicked out from under the child's head. Speaking with the director of the school Maria Monaco does nothing. She is very good at rebuttals and not listening. She's cold and tends to appear as fake. Speaking to the corporate Maria apparently also does nothing because there is very little follow up on her end.

I witnessed Norma pinch my son. To hold his legs up for a diaper change. In young ones class room…read more Cameras are also positioned to not have access to the full class room.

This is the first preschool my granddaughter has attended and she loves it! The daily program and…read moreroutine is awesome and I can't say enough about the wonderful and caring staff. She is happy to be dropped off in the morning and still has a smile when I pick her up, which speaks for itself. Thank you for taking such great care of her and all the other children.

The review that was negative seems crazy to me. We have had several family members at the at the…read moreschool. Some are in middle school now and 3 granddaughters are attending now...and I pay the tuition. We love Sonshine!

We had so many negative experiences here that I had to pull my child. When we started, I said that…read moreI would be there for the first day, but was told that this was not allowed, which was a red flag to me. Most facilities have an open door policy. To me, if a parent is not allowed on site, it's an indication that things are not above board. My child also had such a difficult time transitioning that I could hear them screaming on the other side of the building. But while things were still brand new, we tried to wait it out. They did not improve. One day when I walked past a classroom, I heard a teacher telling a child that they had made God sad because they weren't listening to her. I emailed the director the same day because I found that to be very inappropriate. I never heard back from her. There were just too many red flags. We pulled our child and never looked back.

I had both my children here for several years, until they started school. The staff always bent…read moreover backwards to make sure my children were safe, and had all of their needs met. They let me volunteer in the classroom, they made sure I had my background check and fingerprints before I could start helping. I appreciated that they didn't let just anyone in the classroom, interacting with children (who at times may be in a CPS related situation and security is a priority). The Director is the sweetest southern lady you will ever meet and treats every child like they are her grand-babies. I loved it there. My kids were well prepared for elementary school, we've even received compliments on how well prepared they were.