Per the suggestion of a friend, we decided to tour A Peaceful Path Montessori (APPM) when our…read morefirstborn was approaching the age to be eligible to enroll. With very little knowledge about the Montessori method, we took a chance and were fortunate to secure a spot for our little one. We couldn't be more pleased and grateful to have not one, but three children under Ms. Julie and Ms. Liz's care. For the past almost six years as APPM parents, it never ceases to amaze me when I ponder how all three of our very different children have blossomed from their time with Ms. Julie and Ms. Liz. I appreciate that the classroom setup, both inside and outdoors, provides many opportunities for the children to develop independence and confidence. They learn to dress themselves, develop vocabulary, tend to the garden and care for a class pet--just to name some examples. Not only have our children learned so much, but so have we. Ms. Julie and Ms. Liz have been models of compassion and nurturing for us. Their parent education sessions have been so helpful and informative. They have led us in learning about the development of our children and how to feed their need for learning and connection by showing us ways to include our children in daily tasks. There aren't enough positive things we can say about this place! We highly recommend APPM to anyone and everyone!

I highly recommend A Peaceful Path Montessori. Our daughter attended for a year and loved every…read moreminute of it. It is a small school so the students get lots of individualized attention. We really felt they knew our daughter very well. It's a very gentle and enriching environment and is quite remarkable that a room full of toddlers could feel so calm and peaceful. The focus on developing practical life skills through choice fostered a lot of independence in our child. There is a lovely outdoors area for exploring nature and they learned a lot about gardening. Ms. Julie is extremely knowledgeable and communicates well with parents, I learned a lot from her myself. My daughter is aging out otherwise we would be back next year for sure. I can't say enough good things about this school and recommend it to all parents of toddlers.

As a working parent of a very young child, making the decision to go back to work can be such a…read moreheart wrenching decision to make. We feel lucky to have found Kiddie Academy in Vancouver and even luckier to have the ability to leave our sweet angel with such talented and awesome teachers. In our search for quality daycare, my husband and I visited countless centers both in Portland as well as in the Vancouver/Camas area and either had our name placed on an extensive waitlist or knew the center we were visiting wasn't the best fit fit for our family. We had the amazing luck of stumbling upon Kiddie Academy during their pre-opening enrollment period and after a meeting with the assistant director and the director, we quickly placed our deposit down and enrolled our youngest in their daycare program. The center is brand new and the technology is wonderful (think real time video monitoring, personalized mid-day updates, and end of day activity summaries). I can honestly say that we've consistently found the team at Kiddie Academy to be smart, genuine, and very caring. This center's team will actively listen, without expressing judgement, to any thoughts or concerns you might have. Every employee we've connected with thus far has been dedicated to continuous improvement; consistently focusing on optimized outcomes which benefit the children. If you have the great fortune of securing your little one a spot here too, don't pass up the opportunity! We're big fans of the Kiddie Academy and looking to the future, we're excited to partner with their team in the care and development of our child.

In 2021, something horrible happened to us at this location and we are speaking out. Our child was…read moreyanked around by her arm, thrown aggressively into a nap cot, and at one point placed in a chair facing the wall as punishment for simply crying during her few weeks attending. Our family member witnessed it on the camera app they provided. She was 2. The owner Deepika denied the whole thing after reviewing her footage and would not let us see the footage to show her when it happened.

Unfortunately called to get some information about this school because of prior reviews but whoever…read moreanswered the phone was extremely rude and cut me off. Hope this isn't a reflection of the rest of the school.

An amazing school, hands down. So glad to have found it in time for both of my kids to attend. An…read moreobservation of a classroom in action speaks for itself. As my oldest finishes up his kindergarten year it's so fun to see all the lessons he's been taught coming together. They really treat each child as an individual and work hard to bring out their best self. The classrooms are well organized with high quality materials and the playground is wonderfully naturalistic. I highly recommend this school.

The staff here are amazing, they care so much for the children and are very communicative. Facility…read moreis nice and inviting. I felt comfortable dropping my child off every day knowing she was in good hands. Highly recommend.

MPCA is a great school for littles! Our daughter is in the 1-2 year old program and loves the…read moreteachers and curriculum. She is always learning so much and we drop her off fully comfortable that she's in a safe and nurturing environment. Staff is communicative and we've had no issues. We couldn't recommend this school more.

We have had a great experience at Tree Hill. Our daughter has attended since she was 6 months old…read more She has grown so much and connected to many wonderful teachers and kids. As a kindergarten teacher I have really high expectations about child care and have recommended Tree Hill to many families. They have a great communication system and provide a clean and safe environment for all children. They truly want each child to be successful. I have also gotten to work with them at my elementary school. They provide great before and after school care. We are grateful for Tree Hill!

We love this learning center for our little one. I appreciate the updates and pictures. I know…read moreshe's safe and cared for.

Amazing staff and best director! We loved Joyful Learning, our 5 year old was already writing and…read morereading before the end of the school year. She will definitely be ready for kindergarten!

As a family, we felt seen, known, and loved. The joyful learning crew is so genuine and cares…read moredeeply for each child. My daughter made wonderful friendships, learned important social skills, learned her entire alphabet and sounds, as well learned how to write letters and her name. She also learned about Jesus, the bible, kids worship songs, and more. We loved our experience at Joyful Learning and would 100% recommend it!

I was an employee there just this year recently I do NOT recommend sending your kids there! They…read moreallow the staff to physically abuse the kids to talk to them inappropriate language (cuss words) allows them to threaten them by putting their hands on them, they allow the kids to be gossiped about terribly, I even had my own kid going there and went through sooo many problems my sisters wanted their kids to go their until they seen and heard for themselves how it is! The owner Is there everyday and has knowledge of everything that is going on and she doesnt do anything! All the bosses and managers just sit in the front and no nothing but talk and gossip, even the bosses take into yanking the kids putting chairs on top of the kids, I've tried to tell them many times about what is going on and they did nothing never fired the staff that does harm the kids they are still there. They have even stated They just want the money from the parents, if you are thinking about working there DONT ! Protect your kids by NOT sending them there.

Unfortunately I can give a pretty good review as I got to see how the daycare was run as a parent…read morewith my work schedule. Some of the people there were awesome so sad the turnover rate was crazy, the owner doesn't like when you have an issue instead gets ride of parents and employees when you start having issues with something there. Im a school bus driver so I work with children also so there were in my duration of time being there some concerns, I have seen there high turn over rate and some in which were not competent to be hired around kids giving good quality care others that were good and nasty interactions with the owner and staff was crazy. How many times the state was contacted for complaints on the daycare one being the constant spread of hand foot mouth, there are some that are great there like Vennessa she was awesome in the infant room, Jenn seems to be good but unfortunately after being there it's a matter of time until all staff is turned over. The cook was an amazing change as the last one was not doing a good job of giving age appropriate food sizes to the 1 year class as I know as someone who gets my first aid and CPR training every other year for my job and also being an experienced parent know that the first and most important step in kids choking is prevention. Don't know how many times I picked up big bark dust chips or little toys they could choke on left on floor with no one watching in the one year class or how dirty kids are kept so your kids always sick, but what really started doing it for me is when I witnessed them leaving children with no shoes on playground and they have these huge bark dust chips that not only the babies shove in there mouth, they are quite the slivers they can get in there feet and infection from a bad enough sliver or injury. To me it's straight up neglectful to not put kids shoes on for safety, at my job there are a lot of common sense things we do as drivers to take care of children to ensure their safety, especially so as a special needs driver so for me when I see this it's unexceptionable and neglectful as one morning I brought my daughter at 6:30 am and came back at 10am after my mourning route to bring her shoes as we rushed out of house in her socks and forgot her shoes and the daycare actually had my daughter outside with no shoes in the bark dust out on playground her feet were cold to me this was absolutely not acceptable and i questioned the common since of those that thought that was ok to do. Also my 1 year old was being taken outside in pouring rain clothes soaked and dirty and left in them even with a change of clothes in his bag, he was getting sick from being out in the cold and left in soggy wet clothes. And the bitting is what also did it they allowed a child to behaviorally bite my children a total of 6 times and others peoples kids without taking any intervention to keep it from happing again. Just not acceptable to ignore issues and remove people for bringing it to their attention I don't recommend this daycare very much some neglectful things witnessed here. Also when I was in the back playground to get my daughter there is an unsecured spot in the fence that I have seen little kids squeeze through, also 2 times the people opening at this daycare have not showed up by 6:30 and parents are waiting in Parking lot and for me if im past the 10 minute mark at my job they have to cover your route and send you home without pay which also would have made me loose all my overtime for that week.

My daughter has attended Goddard for the past year, and we've had a great experience so far. Her…read moreteachers provide her with much love and care, whether it's giving hugs or helping her with her lunch or improving her social and handwriting skills, and have been a joy to work with. The director and owner have always been very kind and responsive to whenever I had a question or concern too, and place a lot of importance on the health, safety, and well-being of the kids. We plan to enroll my daughter next year as well, because she doesn't want to leave her beloved teachers and friends!

This school is happy to create rules that distory families and little ones stabiltiy. I never…read moreimagined it would come to this, I am heartbroken for all the families throughout Camas, I'll never trust this school again

I went to this mini school when I was little, when it was time to find a school for my son my dad…read morerecommended this mini school because they were so good to us as kids. My son went there for 2 years, GREAT EXPERIENCE!!! Mrs. McCool was AMAZING. My son loved her so much, moving on to the 4 year old class he still stopped by every day to tell her hi. Mrs waudby was also amazing as my son had a bit of a hard time going to school in his second year, she was so patient and did a great job making him feel comfortably leaving me for the school day. They are both so sweet and patient with the little ones. A lot of preschools seem to be more like daycares, but mini school is more like a classroom Setting and school time like you would have in kindergarten. They learn a lot everyday, do projects, play outside, have snack, and dance party's! It was a great way for my son to learn to be around other kids, make friends and socialize. They welcome parents to come in anytime to check in or watch what class is like, there is no hiding anything from parents which is important. I think with a combination of the two years in Mini School and keeping up the learning at home, this is why my son did so well in kindergarten and ended up Exceeding his grade level. I'm working on getting my 3 year old into mini school but he's a stubborn potty trainer. I would highly recommend For your family!

We loved Mini School. They have a super convenient drop off / pick up system. The staff are kind…read moreand skilled in working with young children in a developmentally appropriate way. They do crafts, have a daily snack, learn social/emotional skills, letters and numbers, etc. storytime and q outdoor play area. Lots of play time a a good variety of toys to help engage students. My son loved his Teacher there and his experience has helped him become well prepared for Kindergarten, where he is currently successful.

We will have our oldest child at this Fisher's Landing KinderCare for 9 years come this fall, our…read moresecond child here for 6 years as he started a few months after he was born. The reason we've been at this specific care center for so long is the staff and how it is run. If there is ever sickness exposure, an injury, something between two kids, etc, we are always made aware via the app and email, we have never hesitated to speak directly with the staff about our children's situation, let alone the Director if we ever felt her input or support would be helpful. Big or small, Director Megan and the staff have taken it seriously, listened to all sides, and made necessary steps to address. It is also our top priority to take our kids somewhere where the staff's priority is safety and making sure the kids are cared for, something we haven't had to question for 9 years. I also appreciate that the areas where we would like to see improvement are really nothing we'd consider a "big deal" or a "make or break". First, we've at times felt there's a bit overcommunication or it is dramatized when a kid isn't "perfect" all day. What I mean is, if my kid pushed my other kid, I do appreciate being informed, but I don't necessarily need a staff member to flag me down with wide eyes and say "it was a rough day" and then proceed to tell me that's why. Other staff, typically that have children of their own, are usually a bit softer on that front, informing us of the situation, how they addressed it, and ask if we have any questions. They don't look the other way, they don't allow it to go unaddressed or let me go uninformed, but it's not dramatized and the first thing I hear when I'm seeing my kids for the first time that day at pickup. Second, KinderCare is not a free-for-all, let kids go at it, facility, however I will say I wish there was sometimes a bit more structure in the School Age classroom. It's a challenge with that many different ages, grades, schedules in one room but I know my kids have done better when it's either summer when there's a full curriculum, or when the classroom goes through projects or other planned activities after school/on short days. The last thing I want to say is while no center is perfect, I just appreciate the heck out of this staff and their Director. Whenever we've heard any wild story from our kids, or our kids are the ones who are at fault, I feel like their team is our partner in finding a solution. They care about each of these kids and are additional cheerleaders for them. Our kid's first teacher at this KinderCare from almost 9 years ago is still a close friend and our go-to babysitter.

We toured Goddard, Kiddie Academy, other Kindercare locations trying to find the best fit for our 2…read moreyear old son. This is his first time in daycare and I was so concerned about him adapting to a new environment. He is starting his 3rd week and he is getting more comfortable each day. He is speech delayed and I was worried about his interactions with his teachers. Luckily he's built a strong bond with them all and especially Miss Gwen and Miss MJ. We've already had him come home with several art projects and so many pictures of him to look at throughout the day. I have zero concerns about his safety and well being here. I really appreciate that Megan (the center director) is extremely responsive via email and the app. Any little question or concern is immediately addressed. And all the teachers are so kind and willing to talk about my son's day at pick up. So far, I am thrilled about this daycare experience and am looking forward to seeing my son's continued growth!