Our children attended The Branch School for many years. It was a wonderful experience. They…read morereceived a top notch education.. They teach respect for others, peace making, compassion, team work, as well a love for learning. We could not have found a better school for them.

My experience with Ms. Lifsey as a first and second grade teacher has been very disappointing. I…read morewitnessed her speak harshly to children, including insulting, yelling at, and unfairly punishing students, including my own child. A teacher working with young children should show patience, encouragement, and care, but Ms. Lifsey consistently failed to do so. It also seems these concerns are known by the administration, yet little has been done to address them. While many other teachers at The Branch School have been caring and supportive, this review is specifically about Ms. Lifsey and the administration's handling of these concerns. I would encourage parents considering first or second grade placement here to ask careful questions before enrolling their child.

OMG! I cannot tell you how happy I am that I found this location. Not only is it less than 5…read moreminutes from our home, but its clean, the teachers are amazing and my baby boy (11 months old) loves it. Prior to attending Kindercare Spring Branch we had our baby at another daycare that had decent reviews, but it wasn't AT ALL what we thought (i'll keep this positive and leave them out of this). Anyways, we were in the market to find a new daycare and came across this location. (I have always loved Kindercare and even attended as a child and have had many family members who worked for the company. All in all, a great place for kind) Since my son has been attending this location we have immediately seen the difference in his social skills, cognition ability and overall attitude, as well as the level of care he is receiving. The director, Ms. Crystal is GREAT. Not only is she super responsive, but she also made our family feel comfortable immediately. I am able to get an almost immediate responses whenever I message with a question and she even follows up via phone call. Our family also loves Ms. Ashley, the assistant director. She is super friendly and has great rapport with both kiddos and parents.I literally feel so comfortable knowing my son is under their management. One thing that I really like about this location is how clean it is, especially during Covid. At our last daycare, my son was constantly sick and would often have dry snot on his face at pick up. This has NEVER HAPPENED at KinderCare Spring Branch. In fact, every time we pick him up hes clean, and smells as good (if not better) than when he arrived. Being a new mom I was worried about leaving my baby in a new spot, especially since you are not able to enter due to Covid restrictions. This anxiety has been put at ease thanks to the periodically snap shots of my sons day. I can see the enriched activities he is participating in and honestly, I can see a major improvement in his cognition due to some of these activities. It was so important for me to find a daycare that kept my baby clean and healthy, but also helped develop him mentally. He has grown substantially in his abilities since being there. I would recommend this daycare 10/10

My son has been attending Spring Branch Kindercare since he's been about 6 months old and he's…read morecurrently 2.5 years old. Prior to daycare we had a nanny but she wasn't what we thought she was, but that's a different story. Anyways we were in a pinch and needed to find a daycare. In a span of one week I toured 4 different daycares. We chose Kindercare because 1. Ms. Crystal is super responsive and during the tour she answered the list of questions we had clearly, 2. Ms. Lorena had been the main teacher in the infant room for a long time (and she's still there and she really was wonderful with our son while he was in the infant room). 3. I really liked how the babies were getting tummy time and they don't use bouncers/rockers or those sit to stand circular play things. The current assistant director, Ms. Ashley is wonderful and I think she's helped improve this Kindercare location. My son was lucky enough to have her as his teacher in the toddler room before she became to assistant director. In the room my son is now in, there has been one teacher (Ms Shay) that's been in that room since he's started and the second teacher/ helper in that room has changed about 2 or 3 times. I think Ms. Shay has been super helpful with my son's potty training. They really try to adhere to what the parent wants, which made it easier to be more consistent with how the potty training is going at home. One of the or major reasons why we like Kindercare is that they will give your child the food you pack him ( if you choose to do that). In the beginning I would pack all of my son's solid foods because I wanted to make sure he was used to the food I cooked and that I could make sure he got plenty of nutrients as we did not want him to start eating meat too early or get too used to the food offered at the daycare. I won't say it's perfect, nothing ever is, but I honestly don't think we could have made a better choice in the grand scheme of things*. And with the covid pandemic, they've stayed open and have taken the proper precautions to keep the teachers and children safe. It's not as easy to talk to the teachers anymore since I don't want to hold them up at pick up, but I have emailed and they are able to get back to me the within 24hrs about my questions about how my son was doing. If there's one negative I think it is the child to teacher ratio. They go with the state limit, so needless to say I think they could use more teachers. *Side story - there was one point where we were seriously upset and wanted to change daycares because of my son getting bit and we weren't sure if the biting would stop. But after talking with Ms. Crystal about the situation, she laid out the plan to deal with it and the biting stopped. Granted we had to get to step 3 of the plan (remove the bitter from the class). But it showed me that they were really willing to fix the issue and not ignore or brush it under the rug.

We lovvvvve our school and especially teachers!! Ms. Roe and Ms. Maria are such great teachers…read more Very glad we are part of this class for my son's first school experience. This place is focused on teaching love, socialization, exploration, etc. At our age point of 18-30 minths, that's just what I wanted vs. a structured curriculum, however it is definitely not a day care; they do have clear activities including gymnastics, music, etc. Great place!

From the owner: The Ellen Boniuk Early Childhood School is one of the West Houston's finest preschools. Our caring,…read moreprofessional staff provide quality infant and child care and Jewish enrichment. We celebrate Jewish heritage and traditions through school-wide Shabbat, snack and holiday celebrations. We incorporate Jewish customs and values into our daily curriculum. Other features include small class sizes and daily enrichment including gym or music.

We love this school. My son has learned so much. Everyone is kind and always happy to be there. I…read morewould drive the distance if we moved to keep my son here. We can't say enough good things about this place:

Alianza has a well thought out curriculum. They follow reggio-emilia even at the infant level which…read moreinclude tons of hands on projects and movement encouraged academic activities. Alianza has regular assemblies with encourages a fellowship among the parents. The school communicates extremely well with the parents via email and a phone application where you receive daily pictures of all of the fun things your child is doing. The teachers and directors truly love their jobs and it shows!

We absolutely LOVE CC Blalock!…read more We've been there for about three years now and have nothing but great things to say. Because of the age gap in our kids, we've experienced almost every classroom and can whole heartedly say that everyone there is amazing. The teachers are very loving and work hard to provide a well rounded curriculum from an early age. Our daugther is know school age and loves the after school program (which they pick her up from school as part of the tuition). During the summer she is enrolled full time and we have been SUPER impressed with the summer schedule of events for the school age kids. They have gotten to take some pretty amazing field trips as well as have some very cool on campus experiences. We can't thank CC enough for all the steps they took to continue to provide childecare to essential workers (which both me and my husband are) during the heart of the pandemic. Their safety measures and open communication really put us at ease and allowed us to continue helping others at work. Can't say enough great things about this place!

This smile says it ALL!! I can't thank Creative Care enough for the joy they bring my son daily,…read morefor the love they give him daily and the knowledge they teach him daily! He is learning things at 2 years old that blow me away! He knows ALL his letters and words that start with them in any order you give them. He knows his numbers and his vocabulary is amazing. He is a sponge and absorbs everything they are teaching him. WE truly love this school and ALL their teachers!!! We are truly blessed my son goes to such an AMAZING day care!!!

We enrolled our son at this school and, overall, he had positive experiences with his teachers. He…read morewas always treated kindly, and we appreciate the care and effort that his classroom teachers provided during his time there. Unfortunately, our experience with the administration was much different. When our family needed to withdraw our son, we provided three weeks' notice. We were informed that because we did not provide a full four weeks' notice, the school would retain our entire deposit. While we understand that policies exist for a reason, keeping the full deposit over a one-week difference felt unnecessarily rigid and disappointing, especially given the significant financial investment families make to attend this school. What was most frustrating was the lack of flexibility and consideration for our family's circumstances. A partial refund or compromise would have felt much more reasonable and demonstrated that the school values its relationship with families beyond simply enforcing policies. We also noticed a high amount of staff turnover during our time there. While we cannot speak to the reasons behind it, it was something that stood out to us. Additionally, several staff members we interacted with did not seem particularly happy or supported in their roles, which raised concerns for us about the overall culture of the school. If your primary concern is the day-to-day classroom experience, we had positive interactions with our son's teachers. However, if customer service, administrative flexibility, and financial fairness are important factors in your decision, I would encourage you to carefully consider those aspects before enrolling. For a school that requires a substantial financial commitment from families, we expected a more reasonable and family-centered approach. I will include that administration did offer what they described as an adjustment by allowing us to hold our deposit and apply it toward a future enrollment, and they stated that they would not charge another deposit if we chose to return. They appeared to view this as good customer service and a reasonable accommodation. However, these options were not helpful in our family's circumstances, and the school was aware of the reasons we were leaving. Re-enrolling was not a realistic option for us, so offering to preserve the deposit for a future enrollment did not address the actual issue we were facing. While we appreciate that an alternative was offered, it felt like a solution that the administration knew we would not be able to use, rather than a meaningful effort to work with our family on a fair resolution.

I cannot believe I received email like this from a daycare facility. The new principal is…read moreruthlessly strict. This facility now escort children by force to classroom once they arrive later than 9 am. Any arrival later than 9:30 requires a doctor approval. God knows, how easy it is for a child to get sick from daycare virus. By all means, many kids here are less than 3 years old. Not recommend it to any friends!!!

My daughter was at another daycare and switching her to Big Little School was the best decision we…read morehave made. The teachers are all amazing and everyone knows her name and says hi to her. They are always having such fun events and activities for the kids and she goes to music, gross motor class, and chapel. She absolutely loves school now and it makes my heart happy to drop her off every day. I have not seen any teacher turnover in the year and a half that we have been here (which was an issue at her previous daycare) and the teachers seem to genuinely love what they do and love the kids. My son is there too now and their infant program is wonderful. Small classes with 2 teachers in each class. We love Big Little School!

I love this place. If I'd not moved more than an hour away my son would have been there in a…read moreheartbeat. I worked here for a year and was always impressed at the child/teacher ratios, employee support and input. They have built more classrooms since I have been there and unlike a lot of centers that expand and change focus from the children to money Big Little School never did that. It's always children first here.

A Heartfelt Thank You to Ms. Elena Morales and Smaller Scholars Montessori Academy !…read more Our son has been at the school since he was just 18 months old, and this place has truly become a second home for our family. As he now prepares to start elementary here, we reflect with deep gratitude on the impact Ms. Elena has had on his journey. Ms. Elena's dedication, warmth, and the thoughtful application of Montessori principles have been transformational. Thanks to her care and guidance, our son is not only well-prepared to start Elementary but he has also grown into a more confident, independent, and kind-hearted little boy. She has nurtured his curiosity, encouraged his growth, and helped shape the values he will carry with him into this next chapter. Thank you Smaller Scholars for everything you've done for our son and to Ms Elena for all the children lucky enough to be in your classroom. -- The Iannone Family

Great school and great community! We love the school and our daughter has flourished here. Any…read morequestions or concerns are always addressed immediately. I love that all the teachers know all the students name in the school regardless if they are in that class or not. Couldn't be happier with our decision to send our toddler here!