We sent both our kids here. Very good local business, staff is very professional and caring. Much…read morebetter than the franchise centers in the area.

While my daughter received decent care from the staff that worked there, the owner was very…read moreunprofessional when I informed her that we would be moving and changing childcare centers. She told me that I would never find the kind of quality care and (my personal favorite) that moving is not a good choice. Really?!!! I guess it's all about money. I cannot believe the lack of professionalism and poor customer service. Completely out of line. What a shame that some lack simple customer service skills. Bad for business. Not to mention, I ended up saving in cost and was very pleased with the services of the new childcare center.

Overall my son only attended maybe 4 months because I felt he could receive a better education…read moreexperience in a more supportive environment. (kindercare Clark is a much better fit) The building itself was kept clean and in order. I did however find the classrooms to be small and restrictive for two reasons: age of busy little students and class size number. The classes seem to have about 10-12 students in a very small room all day. Some may think it's intimate I viewed it as suffocating. While I did find some teachers to be nice, I found many to be fake nice. Smile at you but scream at the kids. Mind you the children are 3-5 years old. I believe they use times excessively for this age group, they use write ups excessively for this age group, they do not provide enough activities, and I felt they were always treating black boys harshly when I was around. They have one teacher I believe her name is Mary who was terrible to toddlers screamed at them from drop off to pick up. I stayed and caught marry yelling at my son as soon as she thought I left . Chastising babies as if they understand her logic. I heard her berating children. She also has a bluelivematters sticker (mind you I have never seen a Blue human) in a place with many black children and teachers which to me directly says black lives do not matter. I spoke to the director about the teachers and the use of 10 minute or more time outs on 3 year olds. Terrible way to treat little ppl. Pay more and go somewhere else.

My child has been attending Busy Bee since Feb. and I can't say anything but amazing things about…read morethis place. I feel like they are not just a childcare but an extension of our family. It truly feels like we are dropping our child off with a family member. We thank Busy Bee for making two worried parents feel at ease and reassured every step of the way. From the Director to all of the teachers we have been impressed. You are making the wrong choice if you go elsewhere!

Now that our daughter is in therapy ( and distinguished honor roll despite her experience) she is…read morecoming forth with the horrible treatment at Plaza (now Ellie's?) child care. They were obviously discriminatory , as you can see from other reviews of people of color. Our daughter finished kindergarten at a Montessori, and it was the best that she left Plaza... Her "teachers" were replaced by those who had masters degrees, and taught her enough math and reading that she is now winning prizes at the local library and doing double digit addition. She knows her prime numbers too!! I couldn't be happier that we had a bad experience at Plaza, because it was a great experience for my daughter. To this day she tells me she's happy that I took her out of that place where they were "mean" in aftercare. It's worth a little more money sometimes to have teachers with Masters degrees vs associates degrees who are glorified babysitters.

We have been sending our children to plaza child care since our oldest was 3. Now almost 7 years…read morelater we are so happy we chose them. All three of our boys have had a wonderful experience there. My middle son who has been going since he was 2 1/2 and is now in the kindergarten program loves school and looks forward to going everyday. My husband and I are are more then happy with the eduction and are amazed with how wonderfully he is progressing. Our 3 year old also loves it. He only goes three days a week and is disappointed he can't go on his days off. We will definitely be sending him five days in the fall. The teachers are warm and caring. You can tell they love what they do. It feels like a family atmosphere when we drop our kids off. All of the staff greet you and know your child's name. When my husband and I drop them off for the day we are comfortable knowing they will be well cared for. Sending our children to plaza has definitely enriched their and our lives.

Our experience with the school was unpleasant to say the least. There were multiple incidents of…read moreour 2 year old daughter going hungry, and the answer we were given is because it is 'policy'. Once our daughter's name on her lunchbox had one letter fade away. The result was that she was not fed because it's against school policy to feed lunch in such situations. The interesting thing to note is that no one on her classroom had a name even remotely close to hers, leave alone being a letter away, and it was very clear who the lunchbox belonged to. Another time, my wife had been to ER due to complications from flu the previous day, and the school knew it because we had called them to release our daughter to my brother in law. The next morning, mom was pretty much out of business and I was trying my best to get the kids to school. I was 15 mins past the class' snack time. I did not realize it while dropping but 5 mins later called them from my home explaining the circumstances and the medical issue and asking them to make a one time exception to feed her outside of schedule. My request was denied with the reason that it's against school policy and no exception can be made.I then lost my patience, yelled at the person on the phone , picked up my kid back and vowed never to send her to this school again. When I entered her class to pick her up, I was visibly upset but was trying not to talk because there were kids present. However, I was greeted with this remark from the teacher in her class - 'had you brought her early, we would have fed her'. I told her that I do not want to get into an argument in front of the kids. The next day, while discussing this situation with Mr. Noel, I brought this point up and asked him why was I being instigated into an argument by the teacher in front of the kids. I did not get an answer. My sense is that the school is being run more like an organization riddled with policies, rather than a place geared towards the welfare of the child. They do a lot of lip service to their vision and goals - however when asked questions like 'would you be happy had your kid had to go through the same suffering' the answer was always 'no but it's policy and we can't make an exception to the policy'. In my discussion with Mr. Noel the next day, in the space of 10 mins , he let me know that the school was much more fun years ago than it is now but also that they have pride in the school. The only thing I let him know is that you, as the owner of the school, agree with me that the school policies caused my child to go hungry but you cannot and have not done anything about it. You are powerless to make an exception under genuine circumstances. I think your pride is misplaced. And the fact that you were ready to let a child go hungry, especially knowing that the family is under stress due to a medical emergency, should make you rethink what your school has become, and who are the policies designed for - certainly not the children. And let me say this, we have never had to have a discussion like this with the school that our older son goes to (3 years now) Teachers should be empathetic, caring and affectionate towards the child. I hope that as fellow human beings, they (and the school staff) are cognizant of when parents are under duress, and make a good faith effort to help. We all face such situations at one point of time or other, and as working adults sometimes we look for help. We entrust our kids to the school at a tender age, with the hope that they understand that the well being of the child should be a priority. However, when the child suffers because of the school 'a policy, I am not ready to continue to send my daughter to this school. . I hope the staff and teachers realize that there's much more to being a teacher than being able to read policies over the phone. The kids spend more time with you then with us. And in 5 months, if you were not able to develop a little affection and caring for the child to at least ensure that she is well fed while the dad is running hairy, I am not sure what to say. I know my review comes across as rather tedious and especially scathing, but I've tried to cover the facts, as well the overall sense that I have of how the school functions. I have already discussed all of this with Mr Noel, providing him a calm but honest feedback. It is up to him what he makes of it.

We pulled our son from his preschool and put him in Goddard since they got rave reviews. Biggest…read moremistake we made, made our son suffer. My son, 3.5 years old at the time, started in December 2016 and we were out by April 2017. He was in the preschool room with Ms. Jen and Ms. Sharon, teachers who shouldn't be allowed to be "teachers". In the beginning things were "okay", he was adjusting to being in a new school. Few weeks later his teachers told me he's doing well and better than before. Few weeks after that the director, Noel, told us the teachers were at their boiling point with our son and didn't know what to do with him. Up until then, we never heard about then not being able to handle him. Had a talk with the teachers and they said he doesn't listen to them and often isn't nice to his friends. I started observing the teachers and realized they would call out to him from across the room and expect him to listen to them. Anyone who is qualified to teach 3 year olds should know that you must get near them and catch their attention. Also noticed that he was lashing out on his friends because he was being teased. The teachers ,conveniently, never noticed him being teased. They only ever noticed what my kid was doing wrong. Meanwhile, the director is telling me that my son may need a behavior therapist or a psychologist. I went and spoke to several professionals, all of them told me it's normal 3-year-old behavior. The director assured me that we can work together and figure out how to make him better at school. I was a damn fool for believing that man. The minute I told him my son doesn't need therapy, he threw his hands up and said there's nothing more they could do for him. At that point, I had already enrolled him elsewhere. We called a meeting with a director to give them a month notice but in that meaning he asked us to remove our child from the school, they couldn't handle him. I tried to explain to him that my child is being teased and labeled and his smug face had no response to it, he didn't give a damn. In addition to the above, let me tell you how they treated my child. The assistant teacher, Ms. Sharon, never even smiled except for 2 occasions when I gave her a gift. She was constantly complaining about my child. They even took things away from my child. It was another child's birthday party and the parents brought in goody bags, my son was refused a goody bag by the teacher because he didn't listen earlier that day. On another occasion, the teachers brought in pudding packs for the class and they gave a pudding to every single child except mine. You think a 3 year old is going to listen to you when you embarrass him like that? There was another child hitting mine in front of me and the afternoon teacher, Ms. Lauren, laughed at it. I wonder if they laughed when my son, supposedly, hit another child. I saw that same child lie to the teachers, IN FRONT OF ME, that my son hit him when my son did not touch him. When I brought it to their attention, they did nothing. My husband and I seriously wonder if he even hit other kids like the teachers say he did. My child is far from innocent but he IS NOT A MONSTER like they painted him out to be. He came from a school prior to Goddard where he was a favorite amongst the teachers, kids and parents. How does a kid go from favorite to most hated? The minute I put him back in his old school, I haven't gotten a complaint. The teachers at his school know how to deal with children. If you want to do right for your child, DO NOT SEND THEM TO GODDARD ISELIN. The owner is useless and the director, well she doesn't even talk to parents.

We love this place. I can attest to what everyone else said in their positive reviews. Always had…read moreopen communication with everyone there. Great curriculum. Great caring people. Always clean, smells good. We've been to Young Ideas, Children's Wold Academy, St Anthonys Study Hall, which suited my needs for different reasons at different times, I wouldn't say anything bad about them but my favorite by far is The Learning Junction. I really feel like they are the best. My 1 year old, 7 year old, and 10 year old would say the same.

My daughter went to The Learning Junction Day Care in Port Reading since she was 11 months old…read moreuntil she graduated kindergarten. I must confess that I was a nervous wreck at first, but once I started to know everyone there and started to notice how much they really care for the chikdren I realized that they go beyond and above to exceed parents's expectations academically and in every other aspect. They are respectful yet friendly and professional, caring and highly dedicated to what they do. My husband and I will forever be grateful for their service, great foundation and great experience. I highly recommend it... Best day care in town!

Overcrowded , dim , dirty,not enough teachers with the amount of children brought in . 12 babies in…read morea tiny room with one stressed out teacher. I took my child right out. Turn over rate is insane . Teachers constantly leaving probably over poor management. I am sure there are several things going on to get them shut down . Do not bring your child here !

I love this daycare! From the layout to the teachers, to their check-in system, which i've never…read moreseen before and i've used three different day cares. You check your child in and they give you a daily report of your child and send pics too! There's an awesome app you use! My daughter has been coming her just about a month. They are very well put together and i was so happy. My one year old took but 4 or so days to be completely comfortable with them. I felt my daughter was in a safe environment and nothing is more important. I leave my daughter there feeling 'well' inside if that makes sense. Very friendly too.

JCC is attached and nice. Lots of people so it can be crowded after working hours. Give it a try…read moreand see if you like it.

If you're a swimmer don't come here. Don't do it…read more I have been swimming with one of my friends at this YMCA for over a year. The AD knew and it seemed alright. The moment I moved and had to find a new Y I still made time to meet up with my friend to swim and work on her basics. I would swim laps, she'd work on her freestyle. Today management or someone who didn't tell me her name stormed in and told me to leave because I was "selling" lessons. ?????? This never happened. When I told her I was with my friend, she asked my friend if that was the case and she said yes, family friend. This made this manager (?) really angry and she claimed I didn't have a membership even though there's a national membership program. She tried to tell my friend she didn't have a membership and she has one too. This enraged her and she threatened to call security on me after she didn't get the answers that she wanted. Mind you, it was addressed over a year ago with the AD that I would come ON MY OWN TIME to work with my friend. She claimed I was "fighting" but I was seriously confused by this exchange and the threat of security when I didn't do anything was crazy! I don't feel comfortable going to this establishment ever again and I will not promote it either. How disheartening. Swimmers beware.

My son has been at Lightbridge in Woodbridge since September…read more He loves going to school and seeing his friends and teachers in the Yellow Ducks class every day. In the beginning there were some transitions with teachers and my son was having more behavior issues due to the new environment and people. Once Ms. Tiya became head teacher though the class seemed to have more of a routine which helps young children especially my child. When he is home he talks about his friends and Ms. Tiya almost all the time. He loves Ms. Tiya and always greets her with a big hug. Whenever my son accomplishes something new Ms. Tiya will tell me in the morning when I drop him off. She has his best interest at heart and that is extremely important, especially when he is there for so long during the day.

Front office staff is extremely nice and friendly! However…read moreMrs Tyia the "teacher" in the yellow ducks classroom was terrible. She very aggressive and rough with my defenseless 3 year old. They have cameras and saw with my own eyes. I took him out but I still fear for the safety of other kids in that class. I witnessed her roughing up not only my kid but other children and would never recommend putting your kids in her class!