I felt compelled to write this review because I saw an unfavorable review, and it seemed so far…read morefetched and inaccurate, I had to share my experience with this facility. I am 110% pleased and satisfied with the exceptional level of care here. My kids are ages 2 and 4, and I have been at Allie the whole time. The teachers genuinely care about the kids, and Allison is extremely accommodating to parents' schedule changes and needs. There is a personal touch here, which often lacks in the corporate franchise facilities. Seasonal festivals and late nights are offered regularly and allow for parents to either enjoy socializing at the school with their children or enjoy a few hours of adult time. New housing developments are exploding in the area. If you are relocating or moving to the area, don't let a bad review keep you from checking this place out and seeing for yourself. You will FEEL the difference the moment you walk through the door of this locally owned and heart filled center.

You can tell when you arrive for the first time and meet the team that they truly care about taking…read moregreat care of your family. Family owned and operated by some of the best people my wife and I have ever met! We have always been happy and never had any issues. Forget the weirdo review about who is helping your 3 year old paint their art project! Gotta wonder about people like that!?!?. We have never observed anything but people who care about the kids they care for! For parents who value what's really important, choose a locally owned, non-corporate childcare facility. Ally's rocks!

I have a had three children attend Rainbow's End Child Academy. My first is in the gifted program…read moreand PPS; my second is fluent in reading at early elementary and my third is just soon to be entering preschool at Rainbow's End (attended since infancy). I love the relationships the teachers have with their students. The teachers and office staff go above an beyond to touch-base and connect with families. Their classrooms are fun, lively and connected. I love the playroom, library and neighborhood walks, water play, arts/crafts/routines. Amazing daycare!

We have now been at Rainbows End 10 months and are still loving it. My daughter is 18 months old…read morenow. She has moved to the young toddler room and does very well with the kiddos. They go on daily buggy rides outside. They also have a tumble play room inside that the kids love. In the young toddler room the center provides breakfast and snack. You pack the lunch. Each child has a cubby to keep their extra clothes and diapers in. We were going to take my daughter out of daycare for the summer because my hubby is a school teacher. She just loves it so much and we didn't want to get her out of the routine so we just decreased the amount of days per week that she is there in the summer. We still receive a daily report of how much she ate, diaper changes, and what she did all day.

I have nothing but great things to say about this Daycare Center, the new Director is personable &…read moreempathetic! I have 4 children attending in basically each age group. The teachers are wonderful, the curriculum is creative & structured. My kids have made friends that they will go into kindergarten with! Also their hours are very convenient, sometimes I don't get done working until 5:30 & the center doesn't close until 6pm. Overall I would highly recommend enrolling your children into this Daycare.

The Alphabet Tree is a wonderful early childhood education center. I have not one, but two children…read moreenrolled at the center and I could not be happier with my experience. The facility is safe and secure. The staff is caring, knowledgeable, and experienced. The center focuses on educational childcare, which is one of my primary concerns when looking for a center. The have a wonderful pre-k program and their summer camps are great. The center also provides meals, which is really convenient for me as a parent. I would whole-heartedly recommend the center to anyone looking for quality, educational childcare, in a safe and loving environment. -Leena Flora

Chartiers Street Daycare has been a great place to bring my children. The workers there are…read morewonderful and I know they love my children and care deeply for them. They are communicative and I completely trust them. The same women have been caring for my kids for 3+ years (with a few others sprinkled in). It's been great to not have staff turnover and consistent caregivers that I have grown to know and trust. It definitely has a homier, more family feel. Which I think is rare and I much prefer! I would recommend them highly!

The owner and employees of Chartiers St. Daycare are very passive aggressive and unprofessional…read more By passive aggressive, I mean that they were never willing to address our issues and just terminated us. In the cruel and highly unprofessional termination letter they snuck in our daughter's lunch box, among many other things, they said "How can you expect us to take care of your kids, when you don't?" This was even though we picked up our children and took them to the doctor, whenever they told us to. Almost always our children wouldn't have temperatures when we got home and this led us to ask questions because, as two working parents, this was affecting our livelihood. They also had us send our son to the pediatrician because they said he had thrush, but his pediatrician said it was just food on the roof of his mouth. They didn't like the doctor's finding and didn't trust the pediatrician's office anymore. Furthermore, they told our 3 year old daughter, who has asthmatic issues and frequently gets sick, that she got everyone at daycare sick, then they told us they didn't say that to her, but then told us she did get everyone sick after they gave us our termination letter. Finally, they terminated us knowing we both have full time jobs, no other daycare options, and another very complex, special needs child at home to take care of. Daycare is hard to come by, but unless you're ok with not being allowed to have an opinion and sending your children to passive aggressive, judgemental employees who can never be wrong, I wouldn't recommend this daycare.

We were so lucky they had an opening when our daycare closed. My son likes the private shuttle bus…read moreto school and the summer camp. They are dependable and open most days of the year.

In the endless search for reliable and desired childcare, I was lucky enough to get my children…read moreenrolled in Tutor Time of Pittsburgh. There are so many things to consider when choosing childcare like reliability, education, communication, cleanliness, and nutrition. Reliability and consistency: tutor time is open every weekday and my child consistently sees the same teachers and is in the same classroom with the same kids for a majority of the time. Classes do combine at the beginning and end of day. Education: in the last year my preschool son has not only learned his numbers and letters but can write out simple words, sound out words, and talks about different activities like science experiments and books he did at school. Communication: Tutor Time uses an application called sprout about where you can message the teachers and they can message back. They also send updates throughout the day including pictures Cleanliness: each night they wipe down rooms Nutrition: they provide breakfast, lunch, snacks, and milk. My son enjoys the meals and eats almost all of them If you're looking for child care, give the team at Tutor Time a call!

The owner of StemSteps is a very reactionary person. She doesn't sit to think and reflect before…read moreacting at all. She runs off emotion and uses intimidation to get what she wants. When you attempt to have an adult conversation about your feelings, she loses her ability to think rationally and asserts her dominance once again. She attempts to micromanage every situation even when she isn't present. There were several situations where she would spit off emails or call before she had all the facts, accusing and pointing fingers. She, however, would not come back and apologize or admit that she leaped before having the facts, afterwards. It eventually got to the point where she was twisting facts and blowing molehills into mountains with untrue statements. She was pushing us to medicate our child when our pediatrician strongly discouraged medicating at that time. The teachers were too passive to set strict boundaries, and they seemed to cower to the owner and allow her to control and micromanage a classroom they were in charge of. The owner made accusatory statements that, when I would speak with other parents, didn't seem true at all. We are not saying that our child was perfect in any way, and he definitely needed some more guidance and stricter boundaries; however, the way things played out here was very disheartening. We even went as far as to have a behavior specialist come in to observe for an IBHS support person; which they requested. I attempted to have a discussion with the owner about feelings towards my child, which is what ultimately ended our time here. She went ballistic instead of being professional and reassuring. It was such a hit to her ego, and she couldn't take it or someone standing up to her false accusations. There was no professional adult conversation, just finger-pointing and blocking. Our son didn't have these types of behaviors in the school before or after this school. He is doing great now in a new school. The behavior consultant discussed what she saw when she observed, and a lot of it was boundary pushing and allowing him to get his way, instead of setting clear boundaries and consequences to teach him, it seemed to be all over the place. Lots of reminders with no consequences, allowing him to get what he wanted, which would reinforce the poor behavior, them being frustrated, and eventually just a target on his back. Again, not that these behaviors were acceptable, but they weren't what was being made out either after speaking to the behavior consultant and piecing things together on our own. I also went in to observe one day. No behaviors but saw him being kicked. When he kicked back, he got caught and in trouble. His new school said they also don't understand because they don't see the behaviors that this owner was saying he had. If you have a very calm, timid, robot-like child, this will be a great fit. However, if you have a rambunctious child with ADHD who goes against the grain at times and wants to be moving, this is 100% not the right fit. The day I observed, they were expected to sit for 25 min doing carpet time. That's a long time for a 4-year-old, let alone a 4-year-old boy who has ADHD. They do wonderful activities there, which is why my son loved it, but there was lots of sitting and expectations of standing still, straight lines, chair work, and not enough strict follow-through. Like I mentioned above, if you have a quiet, calm, timid child, this place is great. If you have a typical hyper, rowdy, strong-willed child, I would find a place better fit because StemSteps cannot and will not be a good fit for your child. I suggest reading the book Raising Lions for this school and some training in consistent follow through, rule setting, consequences and behavior management.

The best daycare around hands down! We have taken our kids to a lot of places and we were very…read moredisappointed. Stemsteps has the best teachers/atmosphere that actually care about kids (not just keep them alive), provide great exposure to veggies at meal times, and give him a variety of experiences to meet his milestones. My son has been attending since 8 months and I wouldn't take him anywhere else. He's very excited at drop off and loves his teachers.

Our son started a year ago and during that time a new director started. We have been so impressed…read morewith all of the new initiatives! From a weekly fun calendar to organizing events for families, to an updated currriculum including phonics/cooking/language specials, to friday cookie day, we are so impressed! In addition to an impressive curriculum, our kid actually loves going to school. The teachers are so good with him and we are truly happy here.

KinderCare Wexford is the most poorly managed daycare I've ever seen. My spouse and I had our son…read moreenrolled in a KinderCare in Sterling, VA where he was happy. When we relocated to Pittsburgh last year, we figured the care would be similar when we transferred him into this KinderCare. We were so wrong! The worst thing is the director. She sends emails at least once (sometimes two or three times) a week asking parents to keep their children home. If she doesn't get enough "volunteers," she will close your child's classroom for a day - or two days - or even three days a week. The reason for these frequent closures surely cannot be that every teacher quits or calls off, but I believe she is a terrible manager, and good teachers leave or do not wish to work for her when she recruits. I fear she's created a reputation in the area, and good teachers aren't willing to take her job offers because she has created a hostile work environment. The children are the ones that end up suffering with all these frequent days off, and working parents (who are paying roughly $18,000.00 per year per child for the service) have to make snap last minute desperate decisions about what to do with their kids on a day that a room is closed. One time she sent at text message to parents at 8:10am. We had our son in the car seat, and we were on our way to the daycare with him when she closed his room with no notice. She appears terribly unfriendly, and we observed her wearing inappropriate political "Make Wexford Great Again" swag clothing to the parents' night. The center director's communication is awful, too. She frequently sends emails to parents with wrong dates and attachments, which causes confusion. Then she sends corrections that are still wrong. Usually she'll send a third message in all caps when she finally gets the dates, times, and spellings right. She even sent us one email that our son's room was closed, then proceeded to send a second email about a fundraiser within that very same hour. Who feels like giving anybody money when you're not getting the services the daycare promised? She also got us to sign up for Soccer Shots lessons on Wednesdays that cost about $130.00. That seems to be the day she closes our son's room most frequently. We paid for eight soccer lessons, and our son has only had one of them. When I asked for a refund on that, she ignored me. This place is dirty. They leave dirty buckets of mop water in the hallways on the rare occasion they actually use them. The kitchen isn't secured, and they have heating elements accessible where kids can wander in. The floors are filthy, and the kids play with toys that are falling apart. We decided on a new daycare center some time ago and only recently worked our way up the waiting list to where our son can start somewhere new next week. The last item is the curriculum. There is none. When other toddler classrooms are learning letters, numbers, and colors, the kids at this center are just being "babysat." At the other KinderCare center in Virginia where our son was enrolled, the teacher in the 12 mo - 18 mo room went over colors, numbers, and letters every morning. Now we get app updates that there is "free play" most of the day, some songs, and basic skills like changing shoes. If we were interested in this kind of babysitting, we'd be going to a non-academy setting that is far less expensive. Our son will be three, and he doesn't even recognize letters or numbers when we try to show him at home. My advice to anybody reading this is to stay away. KinderCare must replace this center's director, and new management must take over before anybody should be sending their children. I called their corporate offices to complain about the frequent closures, and the agent told me, "that's what we do." The agent suggested I call the regional director and gave me her number. I called twice and never received a call back. She only returned my message two weeks later, but we knew we were enrolling our son elsewhere by that point.

Our 6-year-old great grandson, Elliott had an absolutely amazing experience at Chatterbox Day Camp,…read morein Verona, this summer! Every day he came home full of excitement, stories, and new things he'd learned -- from creative crafts to outdoor adventures. It was clear how much fun he was having and how safe and supported he felt. The staff were incredible -- patient, energetic, and truly engaged with the kids. We were so impressed by the thought and care put into every activity. Elliott made new friends, tried new things, and came home MORE CONFIDENT and happy each day. We're so grateful for this camp and can't recommend it highly enough. Thank you for creating such a positive and unforgettable summer for our child!

Chatterbox has been so amazing for my son! He was initially going to an in home daycare and I…read morewasn't sure how he would adjust to a larger setting. The owners and staff were very reassuring throughout his transition. I absolutely love that they give daily progress reports for things that he's done and eaten for the day which was different from his previous daycare. Even with him being 2 he's learning and progressing ahead of his age group. What I appreciated most about the staff and owners is their love and care for my son. When he came down with a respiratory infection they checked on him daily to ensure he was okay. I am elated to see other parents walking out happily with their children as well. Mrs. Vanessa and Chanelle (the owners) are HEAVEN SENT! I also get cute little pictures of him while he's there for those mommies that have separation anxiety