I have had enough of this place. I will be finding other providers for my daughter. Every since she…read morehas been here as been horrible with experiences with the kids and staff being ghetto far as cursing and the things that come out their mouth. My daughter is always getting hurt by a kid and they always like to tell me oh its an accident. A kid about to stab my daughter in the face with scissors is not a accident, a kid pulled down her pants is not accident a kid just threw a basketball in her face is not accident. Ms. Rochelle had the nerve to tell me kids play rough what do I expect they are kids. No this is ridiculous every time I pick my daughter up its always something. You never hear my child doing something to someone else's child but someone child is always doing something to mine.

I have 5 children, they all been going to daycare for a long time.. If they fall at school or…read moredaycare or if they are complaining of something, they don't call cps for me. I'm the first person they call. Anyway every daycare have different rules. Incident happens everywhere. If it happens at home, that doesn't mean the child is been abuse. Everyone was surprised about you guys reaction towards my child. You guys put a lot of stress on my children. we love our children and they know that. Everything happens for reasons, they doing fine at their new daycare. I hope if you guys have children they never falls like mine. Falling is for everyone, from babies to elderly. It's something noone have control over. Anyone I came across who children there. I will always tell them to be careful with Academic Explorers preschool.

This school is amazing!!! I only wish that all schools could provide this kind of love and…read morenurturing to young minds. I have three kids, two kids in the school currently and one has already graduated. They are all very different and have their strengths and challenges, but they all thrived in this school. They all love coming to school. They never want to miss school even on days when they are under the weather. There is so much love and kindness given to these students, and they want to reciprocate. They care about everything. They care about everyone. They care about themselves. They want to do well. They do morning meditation and yoga which is such a great way to start the day. They are allowed to explore and learn as much as they can about any subject that they are passionate about. My kids love all the projects and learn so much from them. My oldest still knows all the facts from her dinosaur and planet projects from 2nd grade. She knows all about the state she researched in 3rd. She learned about all the Greek Myths from one of her 4th-grade elective projects. She still updates our online family tree she started in 5th grade while learning about genealogy. The art projects that sometimes take 5 weeks to finish because of the amount of detail that goes into them are on display all over my home. They can use any color, any medium, and any material in the art room. They read widely and often in every grade. My kids all love the class plays that take place at the end of the year. They are all so entertaining. I look forward to them every spring. Now can you see why they wouldn't want to miss a day? I can truly go on and on. I'm having a hard time condensing this post because there is so much to say about this wonderful school. I feel so fortunate to have found it and that my kids get their academic foundation here. In short, this school sparks a love of learning and then provides them with a thorough education. When they graduate, they are more than prepared for high school.

This is the best school on Long Island. If you are looking for a school that develops children and…read moredoesn't focus on test scores. This is the place. The teachers are amazing and the principal and founder cares about the children deeply. The philosophy of the school is unlike any other. They have robotics programs where the kids can compete in a regional competition and a technology program associated with Hofstra University. Every teacher focuses on the individual needs of the children and with small class sizes the children thrive.

This is my polling place. I've voted in some elections in the morning just before heading to work…read moreand in others after work at night. Never had an issue voting and am usually in and out in 5 minutes. Well organized and the workers know what they are doing. This year they had a giant bottle of NYS sanitizer to use at the entrance. During non-election times I often use the back area as a shortcut. The grounds are well maintained and clean. The school grows several crops in a garden during the spring and summer on the south side of the property. It is nice to see what's growing there while passing by. Did you know that the mascot is a Panda Bear ? I saw a mural on the way out from voting today. Someone recently added a mask to the Panda. Safety first!

I have had a bad experience at this school. The chairs are like seesaws. The books are ancient.read more

I cannot say enough positive things about Merrick Woods! MW has been a HUGE blessing to my girls…read more Not only do they wake up early each morning looking forward to another exciting, fun-filled day at MW, but I can go to work and not stress or worry for a minute wondering if the girls are safe/bored/alone/insert your worry here. As a parent, you will always feel safe knowing that your kids have certified, caring teachers surrounding them. The kids even take swim lessons and reach American Red Cross levels of safety and skill. You also will not realize you are even in Merrick or Long Island for that matter once you enter the sprawling, wooded campus! We are very grateful to MW !!!!!

Amazing staff and school. They really care about my son and offer so much support. My son loves his…read moreteachers and classmates. Highly recommended

Imagine sending your toddler to a place where the Director makes all these promises and in the…read moretoddlers class they have a two teachers, one of which has a masters degree in early childhood education and you as the parent connects with the teacher so well that decide to send your child there and everything is fine for 1-2 weeks and then that teacher quits. Then you find out 2 weeks later that they left and that the toddlers have a new teacher. So now you are pissed with the lack of communication and that fact that you feel like you were sold a dream, but you adjust and give the Director the benefit of the doubt. So now you finally get to have a conversation with the new teacher and you connect with her as well and she is great with communication and she sends home daily progress reports and arts and crafts that your child has done consistently and then that teacher leaves. Then you don't know or hear about it until you question the teacher directly about the daily progress reports that randomly stop coming. Then I hear it from the director a week later. So now two qualified amazing teachers leave this school in a TWO MONTH PERIOD and I am stuck with a babysitter who isn't educated in early childhood education or any education for that matter to watch my kid full-time with barely any help other than a floater. They are understaffed and unorganized. No offense to the older woman and the young girl who watches these kids but as a mother who was paying private school prices for two children, I should have gotten exactly what I paid for and was promised or else I could fly in my own family to watch my kids for less. My children spent 10 hours a day in that school and I had to ask for communication multiple times and for the things I was promised. My husband and I sat down with these people and addressed our concerns and they LITERALLY said they would do the things that were promised and did them after that meeting for only 3 whole days and they were back on their BS. Also this is a family owned private school which isn't an issue but the wife who is a director never once introduced her husband to us as someone who worked in the school, now this may not be an issue for some folks but for my family it is, we have two children of both sexes and honestly I want to know who has access to my children, I initially went to the school took a tour and was introduced to every teacher and not once was her husband's name brought up nor were we introduced or did I know that her husband worked at the school and at what capacity. I am a very involved parent and my son is 2 and doesn't speak and my daughter is 3, these are very impressionable ages and I can't trust everybody. I want to know at all times who has access to my kids period. My husband went to pick up the kids one day and he saw, the directors husband and he politely asked who he was and what was his title, the directors husband was short with my husband and my husband proceeded to ask the director the same question, the directors husband then belligerently yelled out the door of the school and said to not ask his wife any questions and to meet him at 6pm when he gets off work. The next day I get to the school with the kids and have a conversation with the director regarding the situation. She then doesn't apologize for her husband unprofessional behavior she justifies his behavior and proceeds to tell me that my son was not welcomed anymore to the school and that this was his last month. Now, my kid is 2, he has tempor tantrums he doesn't always follow directions but he's 2 and thats normal, he doesn't scratch or fight anyone, he doesn't bite anyone or spit on anyone, he does not act out of control by any means. There was even two incidents where two children scratched him and those kids weren't kicked out. I feel like my son was targeted because he has parents that actually care about what goes on while he is in there care. They did not want to be held accountable, they want your money, promise to be transparent and show you the complete opposite after you enroll. They don't even follow the protocols they set on their contract. The school is run down for what you pay, they have roaches according to what my 3 year old saw and they are unprofessional. So if I were you I would run in the other direction if you have a toddler, because this school does not care about toddlers who act like toddlers and I am so disappointed in this school to be called a Christian school, they are the complete opposite.

DO NOT trust a day care with little to no reviews. There's a reason for it…read more This place is terrible. Reviews 2-3 years ago don't apply today because this day care was recently taken over by new owners. They feed you lies about how they have attentive child care, have kids wear uniforms to pretend they are organized, meanwhile they take your money and have yours kid run around doing nothing all day. The place is dirty and run down. They purposely don't let parents come in to hide the dysfunctional care and blame in on Covid as an excuse. My child was potty trained very early and started regressing once she came to this day care. I asked her what's happening she told me she doesn't potty at school it's always crowded(kids actually playing by potty) and when she tells an adult they barely get up to help. Imagine your child in dirty diaper all day and cleaned up the last hour before you pick them up... Just 2 weeks in..., several teachers working there have quit the job there because they couldn't bare to stand the situation, that should've been my first sign. They charge for providing "care" but barely have the staff ratio of teacher to child to be able to do the right thing. Kids never get progress reports and after their first week of being there, and they stopped coming with any homework and others parents were complaining as well. Of course they say we will do it, but it never happened. The remaining staff that didn't quit are not so educated and can barely can keep up with the kids. To top it off the staff in charge is extremely unprofessional. Please do your research before wasting your time and money on scam day cares.