My family is relocating to Austin and the thing I'm the most sad about is losing this daycare for…read moremy 17 month old. He's been going since he was 6 months old and they feel like family! 12 months and younger, they update an app and follow your schedule for your baby. In the trans room, my son has good friends that literally cry when he leaves! My heart is breaking for taking my son from such a wonderful place with wonderful teachers and directors!! River and I will sincerely miss you all! Thanks for everything!!

A wonderful place to bring your child! My daughter loves going here everyday and runs up to her…read moremorning teacher and gives her a big hug! The owners are really kind and thoughtful people. We bring our daughters food everyday and they do a great job putting it together for her... We don't want her drinking any juice and they are sure to make certain that she does not. We were recommended the school by someone my wife and I work with and she had the same positive things to say about the school..she put her 2 children through there. When my daughter leaves she walks over to her old class room and gives her old teacher Ms. Berry a big hug...It really shows how much the teachers care for the kids!

Neighborhood Service Council is a nonprofit charitable organization designed to combat juvenile…read moredelinquency. The goal is to provide a safe haven to kids who would otherwise be at home alone after school. They provide help with homework, outings and fieldtrips, and a generally safe environment to disadvantaged kids

If I could give this school 10 stars I would. My son had nanny care from birth to 15 months. The…read morePrimrose campus nearest our home couldn't accommodate placement, but the Valley Ranch campus could. The location is very easy to get to and its midway from home and work for me. My son is thriving in Young Toddler program and I'm thankful for every loving adult he comes in contact with there each day. PSVR is extremely communicative about my child's daily behavior through the ProCare app. Private Montessori school is an investment. Although there are cheaper programs available, I plan to keep him enrolled through PreK. Take the tour, meet the staff, get enrolled. Primrose Valley Ranch will be the best place for your child. Its been an amazing educational asset for mine!

My younger son attended this school for about a year . We…read morelove this school as it has a awesome leadership and people with great hearts. Our little boy has been loved and guided at this school everyday he went . The staff has been so patient and always teaching him great things. He would come home everyday with awesome skills and in comparison he has awesome go do it attitude when it comes to helping, cleaning, and willing to learn always curious . Thank you for being such awesome school and you'll always have a place in our hearts!!!

My kids have been going to little tykes for 7 years! I love them like family! I feel safe with my…read morekids in their care. My kids will continue with little tykes until they get older!

I have been sick to my stomach all day since my tour here . I truly hope for the safety and care of…read morethe children that are left here. The place is dirty, looks unorganized , dark, gloomy, it just had a negative vibe from the minute the doors were open to look inside. I was being toured the room where my daughter would be - it was outdated - looked like it was an old thrift store - no thought or love or care put into the facilities but whatever .. but then it got real bad when I was toured in the cafeteria . the lights were turned off , they had some weird meditation music , and 5 watchers standing around awkwardly like prison guards. The group of children sat there looking miserable and scared . One child sat there crying at the top of his lungs and NO ONE - not even the director (who stopped her conversation with me to let me know it was his first day ) ever acknowledged the child or nurtured him . He continued to cry and the director kept speaking and the 5 prison guards just stood there with blank faces - and at that point I wanted to go to the child and just hold him and my mind just couldn't focus on anything that lady was saying to me anymore - at that point the child made a run for the door and one of the prison guards ran quickly to grab him . That dude grabbed the child like a rag doll by his arms and plopped the baby back in the chair - again never talking to the child or acknowledging that the baby was clearly scared and highly upset. I saw enough and just told blurted - "yeah I'm going to leave I can't - so no one is going to nurture the child or hold him or anything ? This is definti not the place for me". If your baby started Little Tykes today Thursday Dec. 14, 2023 - he had a traumatic day. Figure out a way to borrow money if you need to and find a better place to leave your children. This has me sick to my stomach all day. That was with a prospect around - imagine when they are alone with these people !!!!!

Both of my kids have been attending Cadence Academy for about two years now, and we've had a great…read moreexperience. I have one child in Kindergarten and another in 3rd grade who attends their after-school program, and both programs have been wonderful for our family. The teachers and staff are caring, attentive, and clearly love working with the kids. My kindergartener has learned so much and always comes home excited to share about their day. For my 3rd grader, the after-school program has been incredibly convenient. Cadence provides pickup from the elementary school, which makes life so much easier for busy parents. They also offer a summer program that keeps the kids active and engaged. Overall, we've been very happy with Cadence. The teachers are great, the staff is friendly, and it's reassuring knowing our kids are in a safe and supportive environment.

My son has been going to Cadence Academy since he was 9 months old and they have been nothing but…read morewonderful for the past 2 years. We recently moved and will have to start looking for a new daycare nearby but I don't want to leave them, even though the commute is 30+ min now. My son is completely potty trained, thanks in large part to the support of their staff by kicking off the process. They have a unique, open concept with no enclosed rooms and I love that the kids (and parents) all know each other. Also, one of the biggest ways they supported my son is their flexibility with his meals due to a milk protein allergy. They substitute what they can for him and I only bring in a couple of things every now and then to supplement. I'm finding out now that not all daycares are as accommodating! My son talks about them all the time and I absolutely love them too.

I know taking care of children is one of the toughest jobs out there and no one center is perfect…read morebut after leaving bright horizons POTA, our daughter (and us, her parents) is so much happier. This was our first experience with daycare and Bright Horizons was supposed to be one of the better ones so I just assumed that the problems and inconveniences we had were all a part of process. Now that our daughter goes to another school, I realized that Bright Horizons POTA has a few flaws. I especially dreaded pick up and drop off due to no fault of their own. Bright Horizons POTA is just in an inconvenient location. Pick ups and drop offs could take upwards of 30 minutes each! The parking is on the fifth floor and the daycare is in the basement. The parking garage is supposed to read your toll tag when exiting but this was inoperable so we had to wait to get our parking validated each time. It just took too much time waiting for parking validation, waiting for elevators, etc. As a working parent, I wanted to spend that precious time with my child. At pick ups in the evenings, the front desk attendant was never at the desk because she also served as a float for whatever classroom was needing a teacher as they left for the day. This was especially problematic getting parking validated or if I needed to call. I tried calling once later in the day during business hours and no one ever answered. When I got there and told them, the front desk attendant just told me that THEY would call ME if there was a problem. In the beginning, I was also given a business card with the wrong number on it. The director ended up giving me her cell phone number which I really appreciated but she was not there all day. The daytime teachers were great but the children had different teachers in the afternoons and it seemed like there was little continuity with this. Every time I picked up my daughter, someone new was watching her. I felt like my daughter was constantly with strangers half of the day. One of them even asked if I was the nanny when I was picking up my daughter one afternoon. I liked that they used an app to provide updates but after the first month, they no longer took photos of our daughter and we had to continually ask to see pictures. One afternoon, my daughter had a black eye when I picked her up! A BLACK EYE!!!!!!! I never had any concerns for my daughters safety while at bright horizons and I'm sure it was an accident but what bothered me is that no one seemed to notice. The biggest take away I had from our experience at Bright Horizons is that I will never put any of my children into a center in which they are expected to sleep in the same classroom that other children are playing/screaming/crying. I feel horrible for making my daughter suffer through that. The school we use now has a separate, quiet area for sleeping children. I feel like I'm a pretty low-maintenance parent and the whole time we sent our daughter to Bright Horizons, I only had one request which was to allow her to attempt to feed herself and this was met with resistance. They even sent a photo of her being spoon-fed by her teacher while the teacher was holding her arms down. When I brought up my concerns about this, the front desk attendant said that she would pass them on to my daughter's teachers. I was never once offered a conference or meeting with my daughter's teachers. All information between parents and teachers had to be transmitted through the front desk attendant. To Bright Horizons credit, our daughter did develop a love of books while attending. She was able to turn pages from a very young age and is still book-obsessed. If you only need care in the mornings AND you work in POTA or surrounding buildings, then Bright Horizons would be a good choice. If you need care throughout the whole day and/or you need to drive to POTA just for childcare I would recommend against this place.

I was offered this company as backup daycare so we used them for 2 weeks. The staff is very…read morefriendly and helpful. The daycare itself is smaller which is a plus. They update your will a report at the end of the day. Their COVID parameters are also CDC compliant. I give this an average rating because the location and accessibility is miserable. Unless you work directly downtown, it is an inconvenient location that easily takes an additional 30min out of your day from just dropping off and picking up. 30min doesn't sound like alot but it makes a big difference when you only have 1.5 hr after work for your child before their bedtime.

My daughter has been going here for a year and I am so happy with it! The teachers are so sweet…read moreand they know all the kids by name whether or not they are in their class. They have a toddler shaded playground, a scooter room, and lots of arts/crafts. This is a great school for music, singing, finger painting, playground, holiday parties, playing games. If you want a montessori, tri-lingual, organic option, look elsewhere. For a great school that gives your tots a good foundation, look no further.

This is a wonderful place that provides ABA therapy for children. My son has been going for over 3…read moreyears and he loves the entire staff. They are very patient with him and do a great job. Thank you especially to Kathleen the director and Amanda who oversees my son with the various therapists. They have been incredibly helpful with all of my questions and various issues over the years. They are very easy to work with and they try to go out of their way to provide multiple solutions in helping my son. I truly recommend Lonestar to anyone who has a kid on the spectrum.

This place has been amazing with flexibility and staffing. The staff is great and my child likes…read moregoing there and has made huge amounts of progress!