My experience with this school was extremely disappointing…read more My son spent 4 years here and completed 2nd grade unable to read independently. During that time, we trusted the school's guidance, paid thousands of dollars in tuition, and believed he was making academic progress. Only after seeking outside evaluations did we discover that he was significantly behind in reading and writing. In my opinion, this school is not properly equipped to support children who need additional academic help or who have speech and communication delays. Rather than providing meaningful support and intervention, it often felt as though children with extra needs were viewed as a burden. What disappointed me most was the lack of urgency and concern regarding my child's learning progress. As parents, we expected honest communication, early intervention, and a clear plan to help him succeed. Unfortunately, that was not our experience. Parents should carefully monitor their child's academic development and ask questions early and often. Do not assume everything is on track simply because your child is being promoted to the next grade. Every child deserves educators who are genuinely committed to their success and willing to provide the support they need to thrive.

I am a huge fan of Mount Hope Christian School! They take kids from the community starting at 15…read moremonths. We love the community of educators and families that make the school. We feel that our children are safe, loved and being taught the values that represent our family's core values. The corner stone, of course, is that the education is great - my children are equipped with life skills and a solid educational foundation for a bright future. I have three kids: one who went to the toddler program, preschool, pre-K and is now in the elementary school; another is in pre-K; the last will begin preschool when she's 2.9 years old. One thing that continues to impress me is that every single year, we get an awesome group of teachers to instruct and partner with us to raise our kids. most of the classes are pretty small but have consistent and ample staffing to provide a stable and engaging environment. They are accredited by EEC & have a fun but challenging curriculum for each age/grade. Through early Covid, the school reacted and engaged with the students at a very high level online. In fall 2020, they opened back up for in person learning. Our family did not partake in that school year but we missed a lot of things about it and tried to stay informed. The only thing that has made me sad is when families move to public school for elementary and the little friendships and parent relationships fall off. I am encouraged that there is talk of expanding the school to include middle school in the near future and I hope this has an impact on more kids staying. Either way, we know Mount Hope is the right place for us! The facilities are well-kept and have recently been renovated (all of the bathrooms are new and updated and the playground equipment has been recently changed). There is a hot lunch program, which is prepared on site and catered by Burlington famous pizza. There is also for school and after school care options available. It's definitely an investment to get great childcare and education, but it's an investment well worth it! Our kids are our now and our future!

We have nothing but wonderful things to say about the TLC educators and staff members. During our…read moretime at TLC, they really took the time to make us feel so comfortable with our daughter in their care. We absolutely loved her teachers Lisa and Leilany as they were friendly, paid attention to detail, and really encouraged our daughter's daily development. Cassie especially went above and beyond to make us feel comfortable with the whole process, and Taryn was great too. We were so sad to leave but recommend this center to anyone searching for a place for their children. They will be in such good hands with TLC in Burlington.

We have two kids at TLC and love the service! Our youngest has been going here for the last year,…read moresince infancy, and our eldest (4 years) transferred in a few months ago from another school. between the two kids we're experienced 4 different classrooms at TLC, and all have been excellent. We love that the classrooms are broken up into smaller age groups than we've seen at other schools, which keeps the kids engaged in age-appropriate groups. very low staff turnover, and the kids love their teachers! A+!

Our son was given the best environment to explore new exciting things, socialize and really grow…read moreinto himself. The teachers are so caring, and genuine. It's just a wonderful place, I couldn't recommend enough.

This preschool has truly been a blessing for our son Nicholas. He has spent 2,5 years there and we…read morecould not be happier. Principal Donna and all the staff are amazing and caring people that love kids. Nicholas started going there when he was just 2 years and 9 months. His native language was Russian, and he didn't speak any English at the time. Also he was very attached to home and us - his parents. So it was quite a transition for him, but his teachers went above and beyond to make him feel welcome and help him get adjusted. And in the course of 2,5 years he has made a lot of friends, both among kids and teachers. The school has a bright spacious facility with lots of room to play, both inside and outside. Preschool programs are very creative and engaging. Nicholas was very happy to go to school every morning and came back with lots of memories and lots of crafty little (and sometimes large) things he has made together with his class during the day. Overall this was the best preschool we could have chosen for our son!

We decided to withdraw our place at Goddard for our infant after we toured it. While we were…read morethere, we saw a teacher gruffly push the head of an infant back down after they woke up. We were deeply concerned by this and shared our feedback with the management. They reacted dismissively to our feedback. It was an easy decision for us to not move forward despite losing our full $3,000 deposit and having to scramble to find alternative childcare.

I can't say enough about what the Goddard School has done for our family…read more In our previous center, We were told my son was a "problem and "what are we going to do with him." At one point, I dropped him off and I went to pick him up 5 minutes later. I couldn't. And I searched for another center. Our son started in a room on the cusp of the younger kids because of his speech and social development. He fell in love with one teacher, Kelly. She (and Goddard!) saw what we saw in Vincent. Goddard helped Vincent learn to love school. He's now in pre-k and loves all of the teachers, friends and now learning. He loves animals, math, writing, asked when he can start reading, and surprises us every day! My son is in speech through the Belmont Public Schools and needed an evaluation to assess the whole picture of his education. After the school visited Goddard, they expressed their approval of Ms Kim and Ms Nicole in their control in the classroom (even with some high energy little boys-- my son being one of them :)) and what love they had for teaching. I know he'll excel in kindergarten! My daughter loved every second of everything. Goddard brought out the best in her and created life long friendships! She loves to go pick up brother and say hi to all of the staff, teachers and friends. It's a place you'll always feel welcome! We'll be sad to leave Goddard this summer and recommend to anyone and everyone. The owners truly care about not only the success of Goddard, but every individual student and staff. It shows in everything at Goddard!

I've two kids - one Pre-K and the other being in 1st grade. The school builds on five principles:…read morecommunity, stewardship, integrity, simplicity, and equality - but it doesn't just talk about it. It _embraces_ them. It instills the value of community teaching the kids to be good people - to care about other folks, to think of other folk feelings. At the same time it balances the individual spark each kid has - recognizing our differences and building on the strengths. With the class sizes being on the small size it means that the kids who are excelling can get more individual attention to get more challenging problems (so that they don't get lazy), and for those who are having a harder time they can get the attention to improve. The older kids are buddies with the younger ones - sending inter-school mail, to foster reading and writing skills. Stewardship is manifested via its focus on the tangible things - recycling, carrying for the butterflies (yup, every day in the spring they learn about metamorphosis seeing caterpillars turning into butterflies), and taking care of the garden. Integrity - the kids learn to take ownership of their actions, of being truthful by setting plans out ahead and understanding ones strengths and weakness. This is a hard -try asking a kid "what were you thinking?" and the answer is never straightforward. But the teachers have a knack of asking and listening and getting to the bottom of the issue and un-jamming the emotions the little ones have. Simplicity and equality is embraced by their social justice program. The kids learn about very touchy subjects such as class injustice and racial injustice at Pre-K level! They did a play where each kid would take a different role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott - bus driver, Rosa, etc. And then swap to have other roles to try to understand each person viewpoint. Academically they are able to focus on high performers to challenge them and on the low-performers to help them. This is math, writing and reading, gym, etc. They also are able to deal with the more "energetic" kids by having ways in the class for those kids to get their energy out (swing, or climbing structures, chairs with balloon), and for the Pre-K kids having _two_ recess time. This was especially important for me as our kids are very high energy. We are very happy with our kids at CFS.

A sad excuse for a school. Back when I went here I was bullied and even spanked by teachers, in…read moreaddition I got locked in a closet for forgetting to put a block away. Not to mention the relentless bullying which included attempted strangling, isolation, physical assault, harassment, etc, and later led to death threats so bad that I had to switch towns and schools, and of course the teachers didn't do anything about it. The sheer lack of supervision also meant that kids (under the age of 10 even) would be making out in the bathrooms, in addition to vaping. And don't even get me started on the faculty, that's a whole other story. In short, I'm for the schools ultimate downfall.

Despite its great reputation in the area, we had a terrible experience at Kids-A-Lot. High student…read moreto teacher ratio, combined with a lack of policies on aggression and other behavioral issues, results in no one ensuring the wellbeing of non-aggressive kids whatsoever. We asked the teachers and the director to address the problem of hitting, pushing and bullying multiple times and never got a positive resolution. The director should be ashamed of her response and intervention to the repeated requests to solve this problem.

Very well maintained and managed day care. Very impressed with all of the early childhood…read moredevelopment staff. They take a keen interest in your child. Its broken up into a campus like setting, looking down over a hill. Great Staff, Management and people.

We have been part of the Weston Wing family for 3 years, entering our 4th year now, and we couldn't…read morebe happier!! My two boys LOVE the place and the teachers! My older son has graduated from Weston Wing (now in K), and he grew so much over the past three years. He is now completely ready for Kindergarten thanks to his amazing teachers! I do wish he could have had another year at Weston Wing, in their new TK (Transitional Kindergarten) program, especially since a long-time Weston public school (K) teacher is teaching that class. The teachers are all caring and extremely attentive, ensuring every student gets the attention she/he needs. The director is always on top of everything, and gets to know each and every single student and their families very well. The facilities are amazing, and they had a major renovation done in classrooms. Everything is clean and sparkling! Their new playground is perfect for the kids, huge, and away from the street, nicely tucked in. They do ask for donations, but it's a non-profit, so they would need donations to help with having more facilities for our own children! Donations are obviously completely voluntary, but we witnessed how the money went directly into making better playgrounds and classrooms. We toured many other daycares/preschools before we settled on Weston Wing, and I have to say, it was love at first sight! The caring people, the atmosphere, the clean environment, and just everything was what we had hoped for. A huge plus for us is their flexibility with our schedules, and being able to add hours if something comes up. With both of us working, this has been an added bonus for us! Thank you Weston Wing for making our kids (and us) so happy! So happy that my youngest one drove us nuts over the long weekend because he wanted to go to school! We are VERY lucky to be a part of your family!

Wonderful school with fantastic, experienced teachers, attentive staff and an amazing play- based…read morecurriculum. I can't say enough great things about Weston Wing! The school embraces the well researched and documented play- based curriculum. As opposed to sitting in front of a computer screen, or name-writing drills, Weston Wing students learn through age appropriate play and STEM based activities. All 4 of our children have attended Weston Wing. Our oldest has been so well prepared for kindergarten that their teacher has commented on their preparedness, abilities and successes in the classroom. The school campus is unmatched, not only have the classrooms been recently renovated, but the outdoor space is incredible - a brand new climbing structure, swing set, large playhouse, expansive sand area, hard top for riding activities, and a great hill for winter "sledding". Healthy snacks are provided to all of the children in the morning and in the afternoon and always include fresh fruit and/or veggies. In addition, the school has a garden where many different vegetables and herbs are planted, cared for and enjoyed by the students. We researched many different schools for our children and Weston Wing's pricing is right in line with (and often less expensive than) nearby schools. As a non-profit organization they offer optional opportunities for donations. The children and the school community as a whole benefit from any and all donations (i.e. playground updates, special programs such as aquarium visits, etc). At no time have we EVER felt pressured to contribute! We feel so lucky to have found Weston Wing. Not only have our children learned from the most caring and experienced team of teachers (& Director) I've ever seen, they have also blossomed socially. They have formed many close friendships that will last into elementary school and beyond!! What more could you possibly ask for?

I absolutely love BMS! Both of my kids have attended the school from 18 months through…read moreKindergarten, and the teachers are always patient and kind. Even during pickup after a long day, they still maintain a positive and warm attitude :) The school itself may be small, but the classrooms are spacious and bright with a Montessori setup (I liked it immediately at my first visit). Though it's a small community, it feels like a close-knit family where everyone knows each other. Room parents communicate often and organize activities outside of school, which helps the kids bond, and my children have made their best friends there. I highly recommend it!

Both of my children, now elementary-age, attended Bedford Montessori School and had a wonderful…read moreexperience. The school is well run and the staff are experienced and kind. If you want a small school with Montessori style teaching, then this is an excellent option.