We love Taney Ave Kindercare! They love and care for my daughter as if she were their own! Great…read morestaff and I'm constantly impressed with what my daughter has learned- even in the tots and two year old classrooms! So excited to bring our second child here soon too!

Sending our first child to a daycare was definitely an anxiety-ridden experience. When we toured…read moreKindercare, everyone was so kind and knowledgeable. After touring at least 8 other daycares, we chose to go with Taney Ave. The location was perfect for us and the cost even better. Let me start by saying that Kindercare on Taney Avenue has been one of the best places for us and for our son. Every single teacher knows our name, and always greets us with a smile. When we drop our son off and he decides to have a tantrum, they immediately know what to do to make sure he is smiling within 30 seconds. We are kept up-to-date on his experience during the day and even get to see pictures of his activities. When we were having trouble transitioning him over from purees to solid foods, Kindercare helped us make the transition so much easier. He gets outside time and loves playing with the other children. He loves his teachers too! For a kid who is going through stranger danger phase, I've never seen him run to anyone like he does Ms. Vicky and Ms. Eva (besides our family). In situations where there is a problem (sickness, emergency, etc) Kindercare immediately informs us, even if he fell over and scraped his knee. We are always the first to know within less than a half hour of the situation. They keep us updated through phone call, email, and their app. If they are concerned at any time for his health, they are very straightforward about the situation. I have to say I appreciate that considering how much more experience they have than I do. I am grateful for every teacher and director at Kindercare on Taney Avenue and we will be so glad to see our son grow with them. Thank you all for making this a wonderful experience.

this school is TERRIBLE!…read more I had my daughter enrolled there for 1 term last year. the director is a young girl named Danielle. she is too young to be running a business and this became apparent pretty quickly!! she is overly unorganized, her web site, facebook page, emails and phone calls are NEVER returned and NEVER updated. she had no assistant in her 3 & 4 year old class and kept telling the parents how she had one the previous year and how helpful it was!! by midterm she was clearly frustrated at her own lack of ability to teach small children and keep their attention! the web site... it looks pretty but there is information here from 2 years ago including class times and events schedules. how am i to know what is happening this year? there was even a mom that offered to keep her pages updated for free and Danielle just laughed it off. saying something like "ooohhh yeah. i really need to get my web guy to do some updating"! ya think?? the school's facebook page is touted as a place to ask her questions and keep updated with events. yet this as well is not utilized as it should be. there are messages there from the winter months over the last couple of years asking if school was closed for the day due to snow. of course she, in 2 years, hasn't made time to respond??? when you have a billing question good luck. even if your phone call is returned by the billing woman it's not going to be a pleasant experience as she is rude! and when i say if your phone call is returned that's no joke! one of the other mothers had serious billing issues throughout the term and kept asking "how do i pay you guys? i have the money but nobody is telling me what to do". she left 3 messages via email and phone per week with no response. it was finally worked out after 3 months but come on?? 3 months? the school obviously doesn't need the business if they are unwilling to collect fees when a parent is practically throwing it at them! on one Saturday class blues fest was going on down town. not living in Hagerstown for very long i had no idea how big of a party this is. so... my husband gets up and takes our daughter to class only to be rerouted numerous times by police. finally, after parking the car 8 blocks away and walking in with our then 3 year old and getting there with 10 minutes left in class, Danielle isn't even there. needless to say my husband was furious. so when i took my child to class later in the week i asked Danielle about school being closed and why we didn't get a notification or why didn't she mention it to us last week or post it on her facebook page. she giggled like a teenager and proceeds to say "oh. i thought you guys would all notice the poster in the lobby". REALLY??? another thing i found out recently was pretty enlightening. i called the photography studio that did the girls recital photos. i had asked them if i could come in and get my photos. the nice young lady then proceeded to ask me if i had requested they be kept at the studio or if they were sent to Danielle directly. i wasn't sure and i asked if a lot of the parents had wanted to come and pick them up? the girl told me, "oh yeah. nobody wanted to go and pick their photos up from the school because they weren't going to be sending them back the next term". not surprising! all of us moms would hang out while classes were happening. conversation would inevitably turn to Danielle and how we really didn't want to bring our kids back the following term!! there were plenty of parents who took their kids out mid term! please read this carefully: i heard, with my own ears, Danielle berate a 3 1/2 year old little girl in one of her classes on a Saturday morning!! the poor little thing was having a bad day and i watched her get down to the child's level, just a few inches from her face and say in a terrible tone, "what is your problem"!!! this chick is not good teaching children! i witnessed her, on numerous occasions, roll her eyes at the them! the other ballet school here in town, ballet and all that jazz, is amazing! their director is there to meet you with a smile every day and everyone is so kind AND they actually teach the little ones positions, classes are fun and they are all around involved in the parents lives!! they genuinely love teaching children and, wait for it, look like they have fun doing it!! i have to repeat myself here, do not, under any circumstances take your child to this school! do yourself a favor and take them to ballet and all that jazz. you won't regret it! let's support our local businesses that really deserve our funding and not some school that charges a premium for what Danielle likes to think is a sophisticated, a-one experience. but really it's just some young girl packaging a turd in a gold box and spraying it down with perfume... it looks OK but when you open it up it's still just a steaming pile!... oh yeah and that tattered foam logo beside her door... classy!

Our dancer has been here for about 5 years. The instruction is excellent. Attention to detail is…read morebetter than any other school we've tried in the area. Instructors are professional, competent, and caring. Learning what makes your student tick, then getting them to express themselves through beautiful movement is what they love to do and they do it so well!

Today was a fun day to skate with Moana. Lots of good music, good food, the best pizza, games and…read moreeven dancing.

This place has rats, also they don't care about loyal customers. The food is also bad and…read moreoverpriced. Lady with the headband is mean.

staff pay more attention to there phones then servicing you upfront and alot of the equipment has…read moreduck tape on it so you can tell the place isn't being kept up. Not to mention i didn't see anyone cleaning anything the whole time we were there.

I've been to this location many times and have even had my son's birthday party here. It's always a…read morehit or miss on whether you get an empty place with plenty of room for the kids to run around in or complete chaos. With the amount of foot traffic this place receives, I would hope staff kept it a bit cleaner. Especially, since there's so many kids running around. Things are getting a little rundown and there were trash on the floor. One can only hope they do occasional deep cleaning since you're expected to take your shoes off the minute you enter the playground. All in all, I do recommend Me Land as a place for your kids to let out some energy. Weekdays are less busy unless school is out, then it's crazy just like the weekends.

Edited in 2018: I just saw this again and decided to set at 5 stars even though I still miss having…read moreA/C. Adjusted that part below too. Highly recommended! Do be sure to being cash. If you bring your own skates, make sure they're not road-used; they're trying to protect their nice floor. Though I really love it here, be aware that they have heat but no A/C. Plan accordingly for the weather and dress lightly on warm days. Although I still miss the convenience of having a skating rink right there in Rockville on Gude Drive from years ago... Honestly, Starland is better in so many ways. Music is varied and they mix some classics in with newer, even on kids nights. The staff are always so nice and gave us great advice and service for my husband's skates, giving them their first ever wheel change in 25 years. (And believe me, he quad skates a lot!)

The place is wonderful, it's great when some things stay the same and skatng here is like going…read moreback in time. Friendly staff, plenty of parking, convenient location and an inexpensive night out. Get ready to do the limbo, and listen to some of your favorite tunes. Great for the whole family or for just the kids to have a fun place to spend their weekend nights. My parents met in a roller rink, I have roller skated my entire life and we are blessed to still have roller skating venues like this to carry on the tradition.

Went to check out their guitar gear. I like to support local music shops and hadn't been to this…read moreone before today. Most of their guitar stock is focused on entry level models rather than high trim models. On the plus side they had a good selection of nice Orange amps and carried a line of affordable pedals, by outlaw effects, that I've never seen elsewhere. The two young store employees were nice and friendly. On the negative side, I was really turned off by the store owner and didnt want to do business with him as a result. He approached me while I was checking out a Jaguar guitar and I asked him a few questions about how the controls on the guitar worked (because they were really different) and what the B stock label meant and how that could affect resale down the road if I decided to sell it. His conversational tone and somewhat combative statements were really off putting. The guitar was a pretty good deal but I really didn't want to do business with a guy like him. Shopping for guitars should be a fun experience, but this was just an upsetting one. This visit made me appreciate Guitar Center a lot more because they treat customers (including kids) so well there and don't make you feel bad asking questions about guitars or taking your time checking out gear.

I was in a pinch and needed a new strap for my bass guitar. I found Duet With Music on Yelp and I…read morewas surprised they were still open as all the other music stores in Frederick were closed. I drove over and found a strap and was able to make it to my gig in time. The strap was definitely quality and will last me for sometime.

We booked Tim for my 9 year old daughter's birthday and I can't recommend this experience enough…read more He was right on time, organized, efficient, knowledgeable and just an all around good guy. He was fantastic with the kids and really kept them engaged and excited for the full hour. My daughter said this was her best birthday yet.

Can't say enough good things about Tim and his gems truck! He was very responsive to my questions,…read moregreat with the kids, accommodating, and the kids had so much fun. All the kids at my daughters' party loved the mining experience and learning about their treasures. He was able to share little tidbits and facts with the kids about their treasure. He was patient with the giddy kids and all ages as well. His truck is awesome, which he shared that he made all by himself as a retired carpenter. He came in advance and was all set to go once the party started. Thank you Tim, for your gems truck and this awesome experience. Parents of kids who attended the party told me their kids were talking about the mining experience for days. His prices are affordable and he comes to you. I definitely recommend booking Tim's Gems for a party.

We had a couple years of positive experiences but something has changed dramatically recently. I…read morecould detail my many minor frustrations with the lack of communication and what seems to be intentional deceit with moving students between classes without notifying parents, but I feel the two major incidents that caused us to leave will speak for themselves: In the last week and a half my daughter was first directly given a known allergen by a staff member, causing an ER visit and extremely stressful day for my whole family. To be clear, this was not an accidental exposure - she was handed a cup of milk despite having a well-documented allergy to milk. Yesterday, my daughter was sent home with dried feces caked on the back of her shirt from a BM that occurred at 10 AM. She was walking around all day with a significant amount of feces on her. Based on the fingerprints and smudges she was touching it frequently, so it is fair to assume that everything she touched and even the other children she interacted with were exposed to the potential bacteria and illnesses known to be in feces. When I called to address both issues their response essentially amounted to 'mistakes happen.' Obviously this was extremely upsetting given these two incidents so close together, which clearly indicates a larger issue. After a tense but professional phone call with the owner I was told my daughter was no longer allowed to attend, effective immediately. Luckily we were already making plans since we didn't feel she was safe there anyway, but I was still appalled that rather than bear responsibility they chose to dismiss it. I am truly fearful for every student in that center. I don't know what it is happening but there is a clear lack of appropriate management and it is putting kids' well being at risk.

I can't say enough about how wonderful The Learning Bee and its staff have been for us as parents…read moreand for our daughter. She started there at three months and is almost two years old now. Every day, she surprises us with how much she's learned: letters, words (English, Spanish, and sign language), colors, animals- and she genuinely enjoys it. Sometimes, I have to work to entice her to leave! As two working parents with often opposing schedules, the on site chef is a major convenience as it leaves one less thing for us to worry about. The staff is warm, patient, kind, fun, and engage the kids in a variety of activities to keep them learning and having fun. They readily chat with me about her day and answer any questions I may have. I get daily reports about what she's learning, eating, dsiaper changes and potty training, naps, and loads of fun pictures! She's not always an angel and they apply patience, thoughtful boundaries, and kindness in helping her learn the appropriate behaviors. I had to chime in and improve the rating as one person had a different experience eight years ago and gave one star, but we truly value this business and wanted to share our experience.