One of the better nursery schools and early learning centers in upper Manhattan. Caring and living…read morestaff. Good facility. Highly Recommend.

AMAZING TERRIFYING!!! Our son just attended 2 months…read morebecause you have to give them a month of notice in advance to withdraw your children. The teachers and supervisor are completely unprofessional. Here are the reasons: - My son came injured 4 days out of 5 day (in a week). One day they called my telling me that my son fell down and hit a chair with the forehead. I asked to to see the video. The supervisor told me that it is impossible to show me the video. She does not know that Division of Child Care Services of New York regulates that video surveillance equipment are for the purpose of allowing parents to view their children in the day care. Anyways, parents are in their right to see what happen with their children at the day care. However, the blonde supervisor thinks that parents have to pay the tuition and forget about WATCH their own children. Very UNPROFESSIONAL. - They told me every day that my son ate all the food every day. A couple of days I took my son from the day care without previous notice at 4 pm. Then, they gave me back the whole lunch back. They did not have time to throw away the lunch. However, the daily report on the app (Tadpoles parent) was written - all the food from home-. When next day I asked about the food the supervisor turned and walk away. , she replied that my son ate all the food that the teacher offered to him. That is impossible because they did not open the food container. That is why, my son got home very very hungry every day. - In a very cold day of December, the teachers gave a ride to the babies in Central Park without gloves. I believe they were very busy to put the gloves on to the babies. - They broke the zip of a brand new jacket of my son and they did not say anything to me. - My wife and I always speak over the phone using head phones. However, my son take any small toy and play to speak over the phone. He did not learn that from us. That means, my son has been seeing teacher speak over their mobile phone over and over and over. That could be the reason that babies get injured because they are not well supervised. - On the Tadpoles parent app, Sunshine's 5th ave staff sent us a TEACHER APPRECIATION PDF. On that file, every staff asked for a gift, like Amazon or Visa gift cards, CASH, even they said what things they do not want to get as a gift. Support staff were the only sensible people. They wrote "ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING IS APPRECIATED". - Once I paid the week tuition with my credit card. A couple of weeks later, I did not take my son to the day care. Then I called them to let them know that I will go to pay the tuition in the afternoon but my surprise was when a lady replied me, "it is not necessary you come to pay, I have your credit card information. I can charge the weekly tuition fee". Why did they keep my credit card information? - Once I met my son teacher. She told me that my son does not listen to her because when she tells him - sit down on that chair, my son does not make it-. My son is 1 year old, he does not understand the word's meaning! Very UNPROFESSIONAL. If you appreciate your children, look for a different day care.

I wish I could give more than 5 stars. As an early childhood educator and mother it was very hard…read morechoosing the right place for my son. But because of my experience it only took me minutes to see if the place was worth it. I am so happy to say this place exceeded my expectations. Things I loved : -very professional and loving teachers - my son LOVED this place ( he would beg me to take him on the weekends) - my son learned so much mainly social emotionally , I was really impressed ! - clean and safe - my son constantly brought home work he did - child centered creative play Things I did not like - they only take kids 2yrs and above :( I can not express how thankful I am I found this place. My son is entering Prek this year and he is ready to start thanks to these ladies. I, on the other hand , am very anxious because I know it will be hard finding a place as good as Rainbowroom.

Rainbow Room was a godsend. It is hard to be objective when Lynda, Mari, and Maria spent more time…read morewith my daughter than me. And my daughter turned out pretty well! This is a warm, safe, child-centric place. It is amazing after lunch to see the children settle down for quiet time and then later see them go out to Bennett Park as a group. When a child has a problem they help the child solve it. They are especially good at defusing conflicts between children. The rules for the children are reasonable and clear and consistent. Rainbow Room does not always take the best behaved and easiest kids. They knowingly take on some true challenges. The staff are communicators. When there is a problem they talk about it with the children (especially) and with the parents. I think this is the key to their success. They perform beautifully in emergencies! Our level of trust in Rainbow Room is off the charts. There is an emphasis on crafts projects and providing an enriched environment. Rainbow Room doesn't promise to make kids smart and competition is deemphasized. Nonetheless in our small group 2 kids tested into city wide talented and gifted programs. Not too shabby!

We are extremely disappointed how Diller handled their classes during pandemic. We've seen other…read moremusic place immediately shift their platform to online class such as zoom while everybody is ordered to stay at home. However, diller didn't provide any online class, the only thing we got is a weekly email with some crappy links, like mp3. With all the things start to reopen in the summer, we start to see outdoor music classes held by others. So we followed up with diller and hope they will arrange some make up classes, if not, get prorated refund. Unfortunately, their respond email is that we will not get any refunds even the classes are only held half during the semister. And we should be appreciate their emails and should be thankful as other families do. We spent around $1,300 for the whole semester, which will be 15 classes, until pandemic happened, we only took 7 classes, and now the rest is just forfeited (who will even count email as a class, not mention for a baby). Diller's class is the most expensive one among other baby music classes, the reason we chose them is that they have a piano player with each class, and we also want to establish a relationship with the school so my kid will learn instruments with them when they grow. But after Covid-19, we realized that the main goal Diller-Quaile has is to make money, they didn't really care if my baby learned any music. Until now, we didn't get any respond from them how they handle the missed classes, we only got respond because we followed up with them. But we still get their emails to donate money to help out kids learn music. We also saw that they updated their next semester registration. They will provide both online and in-person classes. And the price will be different. Our questions to Diller is that: if you have online classes, why you didn't provide it to my baby during pandemic, if the price is different, why we didn't get refund? It is obvious that they only spent time to build up this registration platform so you can pay them, but they will never refund you. Good luck to all who choose Diller-Quaile!

My niece has had a wonderful experience at Diller Quaile. She loves her instructors and looks…read moreforward to classes. So excited for her becoming a life-long music appreciator and (hopefully!) musician!

As everyone else, due to the pandemic, I worked from exclusively for about a year. However, it…read morecame for me to transition back into the office and I was in dire need of childcare. Some places never followed up on my inquiries, while other didn't make me feel comfortable leaving my two year old with them. Happy Tots LLC is an amazing place to leave your child. It's a family-based, loving and nurturing environment for children to grow and thrive. I felt extremely comfortable with the set up, the hours weren't ideal for my work, but they worked with me and family as best as they could. My Daughter is now in preschool, but I am forever grateful to Happy Tots LLC for the loving care that they gave to my Daughter when I needed it most.

Happy Tots , LLC is a blessing! I am a first time Mother. I was extremely worried about leaving my…read moredaughter in daycare. Just like most working Mothers I did not have choice. I did an extreme amount of research to find just the right place for her. I wanted a daycare that has a family environment but also focused on education. Happy Tots, LLC for-filled all of our needs plus more. I cannot thank this business enough for taking care of my baby like their own. My daughter is happy & loved! The staff is super pleasant to work with. The daycare/ education center is clean and full of awesome decor centered around child learning. The teachers are kind and very informative. This daycare goes beyond the extra mile with the kids and it shows. I cannot say enough good things about this daycare. I wish them all very best as they deserve a huge pat on the back for the extremely good service. I am able to leave my daughter and go to work without a worry in the world. Happy Tots, LLC is an amazing team of beautiful people! We are very thankful for everything and are very happy to be apart of the company. My daughter will happily be a student at Happy Tots, LLC until she starts Pre-K! Thank you for everything!

This is a great small school that goes from Kindergarten to 6th grade. It also offers other…read moreprograms for toddlers. The school is known for having a great balance between academic rigor and broad personal development. Tuition is also competitive vs alternat I have 3 daughters that have attended the school and have been very please to see how they have developed with an amazing level of self awareness and self confidence at a relatively young age. During the ex-mission process of my children I was able to see how well regarded the school is among the top schools in the city. Truly the best well kept secret of the Upper West Side...

My son is just completing his first 3 year Montessori cycle at MMS and it's been incredible…read more Throughout the 3 years, his knowledgable and empathetic teachers have helped him grow from a nervous 3 year old to a confident, well rounded learner. The school and staff take pride in helping children become emotionally intelligent as well as independent life long lovers of learning. In addition, the small school size, frequent communication, and community-oriented philosophy makes it feel like a family. Having seen how articulate, internally-driven, and kind the 6th graders are, I feel confident that we've made the right choice for our son's education. Definitely a far cry from how I learned at public school in nyc!

BT, situated in a brownstone building on the Upper West side, is organized as a "not-for-profit"…read morechild care organization. Yet they charge huge amounts of money from their clients and pay their staff meager wages. Their website has no information at all about cost, admission or about serving the community.

The kids are always happy and smiling. The babies play with each other and the toddlers are good at…read moresharing and are so sweet. As the kids get older they learn and play with all the other children. They have a safe outside space and travel to playgrounds all the time. The kids learn to be good children and even though they fight sometimes they love to be at BT.

Riverdale Presbyterian Church Nursery School is an amazing school. My child has attended since she…read morewas 2 years old and has had an amazing experience. The school remained open for in person instruction for most if the pandemic and kept my child safe. The staff is nurturing and caring. My child has also been equipped with the skills necessary to be successful in Kindergarten. We love RPCNS!

My family had the best experience with RPCNS! We were forced to find a new school when my…read moredaughter's nursery shut down permanently and I didn't think anything could compare but this place was amazing. They handled Covid beautifully, balancing keeping the children safe with understanding logistics and burden on families. We literally missed only one day the entire year. The teachers are loving, intelligent and compassionate. my daughter LOVED going to schoo- activities, playground and learning environment are all exceptional. The director was also top notch- super communicative and responsive and it's a loss for the school that she moved on. (She waited for the end of the year to transition to her new role- she would never have quit mid year...) . I wish I could keep my child at Red Door forever!

great place for children…read more if you ever look for caring and responsible day care here you find it! clean, warm, breakfast, fresh hot lunch, healthy snack, and much much more. the staff are responsible and really care. academy they are young but really learn a lot. strongly commanded. as well the other site on 101 W 85th St New York, NY 10024.

Not a fan of management! I question why my grandson when told no he would cry and walk to the…read morecorner! The level of disrespect to mothers was crazy! I highly recommend anyone from bringing their child there!