My daughter has been attending preschool and extended day for nearly five years and my son for a…read moreyear. My wife and I cannot say enough about the school, Debi Vigilant and the rest of the staff. We are lucky to have found the program!

Great place it has a very organized schedule its very cute nice playroom fun activities ages up to…read more4 its is so amazing

We had our son going to this daycare since he was 1 y.o. (after switching from another daycare in…read moreWinthrop where we had a very unpleasant experience). The staff, Director and the owner were very nice and very responsive to all of our demands. Most teachers are great, attentive and are very caring. We have seen parents communing from northern neighborhoods here as well. We would highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a good quality child care in Winthrop or around.

This is such a great resource for parents and children alike! My 2-year-old and 4-year-old used to…read moreattend a playgroup on Mondays, and they LOVED it! This is the group led by early intervention. Both Carol and Cheryl were so good to the kids, and it was a great mix of free play followed by supervised activities- a circle time and arts and crafts. They still play "Carol school" at home. Parents in that group were very nice too- very involved and caring. I wish my schedule permitted me to participate in more activities by WFN- they post their calendar every month, and there is always something you can find for your child.

As a working parent, it brings me great joy to see my children eager to greet their teachers each…read moremorning. The environment is calm and allows for child directed/ imaginative play. The staff is always professional and responsive. I am so pleased to have my infant and preschooler in their care.

We love everything about Mudpies & Make Believe - especially the staff. My eldest son who is now in…read morekindergarden still MISSES mudpies and his teacher. My youngest has been at Mudpies since birth and gets excited everyday at drop-off. He jumps into the arms of the teachers and turns to me to say "bye mama"! It really is the best feeling in the world that our kids love where they spend a lot of their time during the week. They learn so much - always different activities! Also, it is very important to us that our kids play outside everyday and to learn about the environment around them. We love that Mudpies values how important it is for kids to be outside. I really can't say enough good things about Mudpies and most importantly about the staff. I NEVER worry about my kids in their care. They feel like our extended family. The heart of Mudpies is an excellent team of enthusiastic and loving staff.

Whenever I need coverage for my infant daughter, Sandy is the first person I call. She's so…read moreflexible and always helps me out when my schedule fills up. She'll often go out of her way to come pick up my daughter in a pinch and it's so great to see how excited my daughter gets when she arrives! She builds strong relationships, not just with the kids she cares for but also the families she works with. She's always creating fun activities like the time she put paint in a ziplock bag and it was the new hit toy for that week! My daughter is now 11 months old and she continues to learn something new every day that she's with Sandy.

My daughter's first daycare was far better than this center, and I have been extremely frustrated…read moreby this daycare since my daughter started attending this past fall. Communication with this daycare was awful. I often was not notified that there was an event until that day, and then one teacher would tell me that I had to be there at such and such a time that same day, giving me no time to plan or no idea what to expect. This center needs to do a better job of communicating with busy parents. Being spoken down to by an older teacher, who was the only teacher who actually notified me that there were in-classroom events that I was invited to attend, was simply unacceptable. On the one hand, I appreciated her notifying me of classroom rules and events, but on the other hand the way she spoke to me was rude and disrespectful. There were a handful of teachers that were absolutely outstanding - both to my child and me - but there were others that made me feel extremely unwelcome almost every time I dropped my child off or picked her up. Moreover, the curriculum was structured in a way more convenient for teachers than it was for kids. My daughter's former school stopped nap time for children 3 and up unless the child was tired, but nap time is mandatory at this school even for older kids. At Soldier Field Park, most of the time teachers were simply observing children rather than interacting with them, aside from story time or circle time. My child's former preschool scheduled ballet with a professional instructor several times a week, scheduled outings to museums and plays, taught kids as young as 2 and 3 to play together and help each other, and was much more accommodating for a child's individual needs at the same time that they encouraged children to learn and play together. Soldier Field Park could use to learn from other education models and curriculums. I know other parents that had a great experience at this same center, but the preschool my daughter attended before was half the price with far better service, better food, better quality education - it was better in every way. I would not recommend this childcare center to anyone.

We love this daycare. Our older daughter is in preschool 2 now and has been attending the center…read moresince toddler 3, and our youngest just joined the infant/toddler 1 room this year. The teachers are very loving and the play based curriculum taught our daughter to write without her having to go through anything feeling like a lesson. As a full time working parent it is often hard to drop your child off in the morning for a whole day. Most of the time both children are very happy the moment they enter the classroom and see their teachers, but sometimes leaving mommy is hard. Whenever the drop off was a bit harder, the teachers followed up with an email for me, telling me how the day went so far. The center has three playgrounds, and a tumbling room for rainy weather. So there is always enough room for gross motor skills. There also are new age appropriate sensory bins greeting the children every morning, to develop fine motor skills. On top of this, it is an all inclusive package, because they provide lunch, snacks and diapers if needed.

If you like flexibility...don't enroll your kids here…read more You have to choose a drop off time and pick up time which they are very strict on.... god forbid life happens or you want to spend some extra time with your kids. I was eventually asked to leave this daycare for dropping my son off at 930 because I wanted to have breakfast time with my son some mornings. Also the kids are not allowed to eat out of snack time.... If you like good communication from director and teachers......don't enroll your kids here Everytime I brought up a concern I was given excuses and never given a solution If you like a big play yard free of concrete and gravel...don't enroll your kids here. Most if the kids under one are strapped in a stroller for up to an hour watching the other kids play..so sad If you like to be able to drop your kids off in their rooms in the morning.....not an option here I was here for almost a year and was frowned upon when I asked to drop my son off in his classroom. Bottom line I never felt welcome here and was always looked at differently as soon as I brought up my first concern. I enjoyed one teacher who was great with the kids but they soon cut her hours due to trying to give the kids more freedom so she moved on. I did like the young toddler teacher and was happy with the crafts they did. That was the only thing I enjoyed out of my whole experience here. I would have moved on sooner but my options were very limited. I truly hope they change things here for the kids and parents sake.

This facility needs better disease and health management practices. In the last 6 months they have…read morehad an outbreak of C-Diff and Hand, Foot and Mouth. Despite feedback from concerned parents and multiple reports to the NH Department of Health about the cleanliness of their facility we ultimately decided to leave their facility as they were not able to meet our expectations.