Tender Years Mechanicsburg has been our daughter's "school" for over 4 years now. We could not have…read morefound a better place for her to learn and grow. She built deep relationships with each teacher, every year- and they always treated her with love and respect. The leadership shines here with communication and availability- I don't know if they ever take a day off! We toured multiple daycares in the area and felt very confident that Tender Years was the best environment we could find for our little one- and that continued to prove to be the case every year. Our daughter has thrived and learned so much during her time here and I highly recommend Tender Years.

Ms. Vanessa has been an exceptional teacher for my child. Her ability to create a fun and engaging…read morelearning environment is truly remarkable. She has a unique way of making complex subjects accessible, which has led to incredible growth in my child's learning. In just two months, my child has mastered 22 sight words, learned basic math concepts, and even started picking up sentences and greetings in other languages! Her patience, creativity and genuine love for children are evident in everything she does. We are incredibly grateful for her positive impact in my kiddo's development and consider ourselves fortunate to have her as a teacher. Tender Years is truly lucky to have her!

Their "Inclusion Philosophy" states that they welcome children of all abilities; however, they made…read moreit pretty clear that my niece with autism could not come back this summer because your staff does not know how to handle her. I would avoid this daycare if your child has special needs.

Lack of supervision of children!!! My child has come home almost every week with an incident…read morereport! Several of them have been head injuries! Teachers need to have more education and training! Way overpriced for the care your child will receive. The Director and Teachers also favor some families and children over others. It is very noticeable when you walk in the center. Please think twice before subjecting your child to this daycare. :(

Anyone looking for full-time in home childcare should contact Lori (LoLo) of LoLo's Angels! She…read morehas been caring for my infant daughter for 6 months. I cannot say enough good things about Lori, she helped us as a caregiver by treating our daughter as one of her own and becoming a friend. We are sad to leave but needed to merge care with my oldest for convenience. I highly recommend her!

Lolo's Angels is a wonderful daycare for any child. Miss Lolo is so warm and caring! She loves all…read morethe children she watches like they are her own. My children loved going there and still talk about being there to this day. She makes her home a place where the children have fun through toys and fun experiences. She also prepares children academically for preschool and kindergarten. Going to Lolo's Angels was like a second home for my kids because they were so loved and cared for there. I would highly recommend Lolo's Angels.

The owner is rude and a liar. She would say that certain information had been communicated to us…read more"multiple times" and, upon reviewing all communications we had from her or anyone else at the school, nothing had been received in ANY of our email accounts. The staff turnover is insane because people don't want to work for her. At one point a teacher asked parents to please consider not sending in peanut butter products because one child was allergic (if you know anything about peanut allergies, even peanut residue in the air can cause BIG problems) and was yelled at by the owner that they could not ask that of the parents. The classrooms are constantly at or over capacity because of the inability to keep staff, and thankfully the former director did have the foresight to shut down one day because they legally did not have the help to be open. There were plenty of other times this probably should have happened too. I haven't felt like my child was truly safe at that school for a while and started looking for other options once the ones I felt did keep him safe left. Oh there was also the COVID scare where they did not enforce their own policy that parents had to wear a mask to drop off and pick up their child(ren) which resulted in said parent coming in direct contact with teachers while infected, but also resulted in said parent sending the child (in my son's room) to school while infected. There were also two teachers infected by other sources and that fact was NEVER officially communicates to parents. There is also the mandatory super camp activities that are NOT in the enrollment agreement and add an extra $200 one month to the cost of tuition. I would recommend that anyone with other options steers clear of this particular school. If you like the Goddard curriculum, try to enroll in one of the other ones in the area, as they do have a different owner. This is school does not live up to the standards I had heard about for YEARS for Goddard.

I called yesterday to get information about this location. I was greeted and had a wonderful…read moreconversation with Ashley about enrolling my little one. I called back this morning to set up an interview/walkthrough of the facility. This is how the call went: Brooke: good morning thank you for calling Goddard in Mechanicsburg, this is Brooke. Me: Good morning Brooke, how are you? Brooke: click... hung up the phone. I assume that maybe because my wife and I are military and our phones are out of state, maybe she thought I was a telemarketer. I call back and they let it go to voicemail. I left a very polite voicemail thanking Ashley for her time, and we will be enrolling our child in a different school.