I would like to give a review for my child Jay. He is now 15 and knew I was commenting on…read moreKindercare. I asked Jay what his thoughts were and he said : I loved Kindercare. The teachers were always special to me. They were loving especially when I had tuff days. They were always reassuring that I would have the best day ever. Kindercare was my second family Thank you

Kindercare in jackson is amazing... the teacher Ms Emily is sooo sweet to my daughter…read more The facility is clean and they are such a prompt center responding to email and providing updates on my daughter throughout the day

I do not usually write reviews, but I believe this is an issue of safety so I would like to warn…read moreother parents. My daughter attended one day at this preschool, and while she did like it and seemed to be well cared for, my issue is with the complete lack of security and seeming protocols this school has. The doors to the building are not locked as there is no separate entrance for the school. During drop off EVERYTHING is wide open and there is no security about who is coming in and out at all. We dropped our daughter off and were loosely told to sign her in and out. We were not shown where to sign a name or anything, or shown anything at all. There was just a place for the time. I put the time and my husband and I left. My husband went alone to pick up our daughter, I have two other children, and he was able to pick her up without 1. Signing her out 2. Saying who he was. He basically walked in, the teacher told him what her day was like and he took her home, ON THE FIRST DAY! They didn't know who he was? What if we had a custody agreement and her father wasn't supposed to be picking her up? To say the least I was alarmed. I called Christine and explained my concerns to her and got response like "well it was the first day" and "well the teachers know the parents from orientation". Just a note, we were not at orientation because my daughter was very ill that day, so they didn't know us at all. By the end of the conversation I told her I thought there practices were out of date and that I'd like a refund. She said she's "never experienced anything like this before" and I would get a refund by the end of the month. I also received an email with individual pictures of every child in the class. Not group pictures, not pictures of just my child, but a mass email of individual pictures to all parents. When I brought this up to Christine she said "well they're not on social media." Well they might as well be because I do not know any of those parents in the class and I did not remember signing a waiver, and even if I did, are you just too lazy to send the three pictures of each child to each parent? To say the least I am appalled at the lack of security in protecting my child and then the unapologetic reactions to my concerns. Times have changed and protocols should be updated.

I toured many schools when I first moved to the area and I'm so happy that I chose Busy Bear. My…read morechildren learned so much and loved it!! They always received one on one attention and with smaller class sizes excelled greatly and made life long friends. The staff is amazing and it truly felt like an extended family. My twins are just finishing their 1st grade year of school and they are off the charts academically but even more importantly teacher's have expressed that they are role models for their fellow class mates and I can definitely attribute much of that to their wonderful beginnings at Busy Bear!

An excellent school focused on play based learning! My twins were enrolled and we were comforted…read morewith warmth and encouragement! I am also a teacher there, 1000/10 recommend!

This school has made amazing strides in the last couple years. My child attended when they first…read moreopened and it was fine but my second child is attending now and it genuinely feels like a family. The teachers are amazing and are truly teaching the children even at this young an age. There are a lot of choices out there but definitely check out the Malvern School you will not be sorry!!

Apple hill review…read more Would give apple hill 0 stars if I could! My family usually loves to build up others and their businesses, so this was very difficult to write. We sent our young daughter to Apple Hill and trusted the staff with our baby girl. However, I am heartbroken to say that she is about to turn 2 years old, and on her birthday will be littered with welts and bruises. It breaks my heart when we look back on photos of this milestone she is going to ask me "daddy why so I have so many injuries?" The staff at Apple Hill was not only condescending, but dismissive of our constant concerns of our daughters repeated injuries. (It also seemed the language barrier between us was something they heavily used to their advantage). I want to be very clear that I understand that toddlers are still learning to walk and are not always stable on their feet. I understand that sometimes babies do get hurt. But there is a difference between the occasional bump and scrape versus consistent and nearly constant injuries on a nearly daily basis. Not to mention, this facility should be baby proof! I expect if she falls she would be protected! Her injuries were constant. I had clients at my job questioning me as to why every time they saw my daughter she had a new injury. Some of these clients see my daughter once or twice a month! She was picked up 2-3 days in a row with new lumps on her head. The black eye she received has left a scar. Each time I look at it, I feel I failed her. The worst part was seeing my daughter so badly bruised, knowing the people that were supposed to protect her were the ones who couldn't give me any answers. When I asked for documentation, they had none when I asked for video they had none. They also suggested watching the live stream video from their lobby, but if I was able to sit and watch my daughter all day from their lobby, I would've had her in my home where I knew she would be safe. Instead, I was working to give her the best life possible. Instead of listening and trying to reassure us, they downplayed our feelings and tried to pass off some of these wounds as bug bites. However, after taking her to a doctor, it was confirmed they were welts and bruises and not bug bites. Sadly, I do not feel comfortable, leaving our daughter in their care anymore, as they had no idea what was going on with her. I fear I will never know if it was a staff member, another child, or unsafe facilities. I also learned many new things about this facility only after my concerns were brought to light, such as at the end of the day all ages of children are brought together, and the teachers couldn't explain how she got hurt which means they weren't watching her. I don't write this review to hurt them because tarnishes a reputation doesn't bring me joy, I write it to hopefully protect another child from injury.

The teachers are unqualified and have screamed at the children right in front of parents. They kick…read moreyou to the curb the second they don't want to deal with a child. They took 8 hours a day worth of subsidy money that I get for my child when he was only going 4 hours a week and still made us pay a copay. This place use to be good until they got new owners and now this place is a nightmare. They also keep all the kids in one class for a good part of the morning cause they don't have enough staff. So you have 2 year Olds with 4 and 5 year olds. I pray no body has to go through what we went through with my son. If they kept the childrem busy and not just sitting then maybe the children wouldnt get into things.

If you are considering this school, please pay attention to all of the reviews. FYI, The recent 5…read morestar review is from the owner. My child started at M&E and had a wonderful experience there, until the director left, all the teachers followed her out the door. Things went down hill fast and the change was noticeable. Shortly into the new ownership, I came in to bring my child something and as I walked down the hall I heard someone screaming. An adult, not a child, yelling like a maniac. As I passed the class where the screaming came from, I saw a teacher in a child face. The owner was behind me and saw what I observed and said into the class 'You better listen!' Red flag. About a week later, we got a text that some children had gotten sick in the school. Within the next hour, I received 4 more messages that more than 10 children were throwing up and that we had to pick up our children. When I arrived, the owner was cleaning up the school with windex, bags of garbage were all over the school and it was a mess. I'm truly surprised that the board of health wasn't alerted Update: In response to the new owners reply, I'm not trying to hurt anyone. Just protect the children. I'm glad some of the old teachers are back. Our experience was negative and I do believe you were the one I dealt with when we withdrew our child.

I love this place. Simply clean, hygienic, friendly but beyond the basics ( even though these can…read morebe hard to find elsewhere) the curriculum has impressed me. Our twins have been attending for 18 months now and the overall development they've shown with English, math, Spanish, music and dance is phenomenal. Well balanced learning with physical activities. I love to hear them sing Spanish songs or teach us Colors and numbers in Spanish too. The recitals, movie nights, and themes are amazing fun too.

Such a horribly run daycare. The director/owner (Jill) has no personal skills and no ideas about…read morechild development. She tells parents the kids need therapy when they are doing normal developmental behaviors. Instead of teaching the behaviors that should be used (ie not hitting, throwing toys) they punish the kids and make the kids feel like they are bad. She calls the parent of the child that got hit to pin the parent against other parents. When the daycare opened, the teachers were great and taught the kids. All those teachers left after the first year the school was opened. Now there is no learning and only playing. I wouldn't recommend this school to anyone!

Bloom Academy is by far the best daycare and preschool there is. It truly feels like our home away…read morefrom home. The owners along with the entire staff are such kind, special and highly qualified people who really do care and give individual attention to each child and their respective families. Bloom offers a challenging and motivating curriculum, fun activities that are age appropriate and flexible schedules. They also have additional, external services and activities conveniently offered to the children onsite (i.e. Speech, Dance and Amazing Athletes to name a few.). We highly recommend Bloom Academy to everyone and anyone. We will be sad to see our daughter graduate this upcoming school year but we will always cherish the moments and memories that Bloom has given us.

My daughters have gone to The Growing Tree since they were 3 months old. We love it there. The…read moreteachers are so caring and treat the kids like their own. My kids love going to see there friends and get sok excited when we see the teachers out in the community. My oldest is in the preschool program and we love the curriculum, The Letter People. My daughter gets excited every week to learn about a new letter. The teachers and the curriculum are making learning fun! We love The growing tree!

There is truly not enough time and words to Express all that the Growing Tree have done for my…read moregrandchildren. They go above and beyond every day. No matter what is going on they put the children first. The kids are lucky to have caring and devoted teachers. We are very happy with the preschool curriculum, the kids are learning so much and love going everyday.

I would AVOID Kindercare of Aberdeen at all costs. I too was a very happy parent until the weekend…read morebefore the New Year of 2024. Our child was completely unsupervised for a total of 28 minutes and left outside in the cold, dark, back playground with all gates open for any predator to come in and have potentially kidnap her. Two teachers were unable to account for a measly eight students. This was absolutely terrifying and at no time did the center nor district director attempt to rectify the situation and just said sorry and that they would write up the two teachers that failed their protocol of doing a face to name check going out and coming back in the building. This just goes to show that just having bodies and not qualified intelligent individuals are sought out after for the care of our children. No one knew where she was when we couldn't find her when we went to pick her up until my husband walked past a window and my daughter saw him and immediately started hysterically crying. Total neglect. To make matters worse there is no transparency made to the parents of this incident and what actions will be conducted moving forward to avoid this from happening to another child and instead is all hush, hush. Unless you decide to disenroll your child, don't expect a call expressing a sincere apology or rectifications to any of your concerns or serious ill events such as if your kid gets forgotten outside completely alone. The assistant director was the only one with the decency to call and actually ask how our daughter, myself and husband were doing. Although she was also ultimately responsible for this horrific event, she is the only one that owned up to this mistake. Not the teachers, not the director, nonetheless the district director. If you're a parent of Kindercare I suggest questioning all of your gut feelings and having them addressed immediately. I have seen videos of same exact instances with Kindercare in another state and other daycare establishments with news stations involved for children being left outside for a total of 3 to 8 minutes during the day! Can you imagine how serious this is for 28 minutes in the cold and dark?! What could have happen that didn't, thank god?! Let this sink in as you read all the other positive reviews as did I. It takes seconds to make a life altering mistake for a family that entrusts their heart, body and soul with utter and complete strangers. Shame on you all. Our daughter is 2.5 and couldn't tell us what happened during that 30 minute time frame she was outside in the dark nor are there cameras over looking the playground with gates open at all times incase of an "emergency". All other centers have alarms on the gates at the very least. Simple, cheap, effective way to avoid kidnappings when your kid is forgotten outside by their caretakers. An investment that will hopefully be made very soon after this inexcusable mistake.

Our almost 3 year old daughter is receiving an Incredible education. Ms. Julie and ms. Leah are so…read morewarm and welcoming every single day- our daughter loves them and it makes dropping her off everyday so much easier. I am so grateful for them.