My daughter has been enrolled in this school since infancy, she is now 4 1/2 years old. The school…read moretake impeccable care of every single child. In the infant room, each teacher is assigned to the same 4 infants daily. I was very impressed with this as each teacher learns their assigned infants, rather than the infants being passed around and cared for by different people every day. My daughter had horrible eczema as an infant and her teacher was EXTREMELY helpful in getting it under control by following the skin care regimen the pediatrician recommended. My daughter was always clean, happy and healthy. I never had to worry that my baby wasn't being cared for. The piece of mind alone was invaluable. My daughter is now getting ready to enter the school's pre-k program. She has learned so much throughout the years at Laurel tree and I am confident that she will be prepared, if not over prepared, for kindergarten next year. I am always impressed at the creative and hands-on ways the children are educated. I will forever be indebted to Laurel Tree Academy, their owners, teachers and other staff. Thank you for being my daughter's home away from home!

We are very picky and loved their philosophy of learning through play. I honestly never walked into…read morea school and felt so comfortable and happy that my child is a member there. I chose them and later found out friends of ours also used The Laurel Tree Academy for their children and vouched they love it there. You can feel safe leaving your child in their hands. Also, it's a fun place for the kids all around.

Our daughter's first day at daycare started off with promise--we received updates throughout the…read moreday and felt hopeful about our choice. Unfortunately, that feeling changed completely at pickup. When we arrived, we walked to her classroom and noticed the children were outside on the toddler playground, with the door propped open by a foam block. As we approached, we witnessed a teacher forcefully grab another child by the arm. That moment immediately raised serious concerns. We went outside right away to find our daughter. The staff member supervising the group was not her usual teacher. The supervising staff member appeared to be very overwhelmed watching the young children. When I located her among the other children, her face was very red and there was a visible mark on her arm that resembled a handprint. I picked her up and we left immediately. Before leaving, I stopped at the director's office to report what we had seen. I was told there are no cameras covering the outdoor area. What a huge liability! I requested a refund and we will not be returning. This experience was deeply upsetting, and I would strongly urge other parents to carefully consider their options.

Ever since they were acquired by KinderCare, the curriculum, service, safety, and value have gone…read moredown significantly. Their office staff are nasty and harass parents and discuss inappropriate topics in front of the young students and other families. No privacy or discretion. Their director is no where in site, she's literally not there or hides in the office and never comes out to say hi. Bring Kelly back! The employees are inappropriate. And the quality of the art and work sent home with the kids nosedived, we trash 80% of it whereas we used to save and frame it all. The teachers are very sweet, and they carry this facility on their backs. The level of disrespect and discrimination we've faced makes me sick. The admin staff has us to the point where we are thinking we might switch when we can get in someplace better. The facility is dirty half the time anymore and always smells like a dirty diaper. Our youngest constantly comes back in a dirty diaper like they haven't been checked! And we really only stayed hoping the quality would level out and get back to where it was, but it hasn't. Crème is not worth anything they charge and after our oldest was significantly injured onsite (conveniently off camera) and the staff dodged us (but we handled things calmly), we are looking into our options for that incident and we would never recommend going here. Save your money. They're soulless. I would be interested in a pathway to a better experience and solution for our child's previous injury, but I do NOT want to deal with the RM for this site. So, I will not share my information if that's who will contact me, I'd prefer higher up at this point.

This is the best school, I have no enough words to express how Am I grateful and happy to be near…read morethis school. The entire staff are very friendly, professional, organized, and they do their job from heart, they work so hard to make sure everything is perfect and the kid is having a great time. Its never expensive as some people think compared to everything they do to my child. I see how happy he is, and each day there something new he learned. Thank you everyone in this school for making our lives easier by taking care of our kid.

It makes me so sad to see how low Goddard is rated here, because we've had an excellent experience…read moreso far! The warm, enthusiastic welcome my son gets every morning makes him feel like a rockstar, and we have extreme peace of mind that he's in excellent hands. The Tadpoles app gives me a great picture of how his day went and helps alleviate the FOMO I get from being a full-time working mom. The staff are warm, caring, dedicated, and genuinely care about every child. Owner Terry and directors Elizabeth and Michelle run a great facility, and are super hands on with the kids as well. I couldn't be more satisfied with our choice in daycares. It takes a village to raise a child, and we couldn't be happier to have the Goddard staff as part of ours.

I absolutely love this school. My son started at the age of 3 and stayed through kindergarten. My…read moredaughter has been there since she was 18 months and will stay through kindergarten as well. From the time we started at the school we were welcomed with open arms into the Goddard Family. The teachers and staff are so great with the children. My children have both thrived educationally and I give a lot of the credit to their teachers at this school.

Perhaps OTR was a better experience prior and still has potential, but this center's first…read moreimpression and communication is very poor as of present. Please pay close attention to the staff (including the director and others assisting). Do not feel compelled to enroll your child/children due to availability if the first impression is poor especially.

WooHooooo! As good as it gets:…read more I moved recently to Brooklyn but wanted to share how Over The Rainbow was my Fairy Godmother for many years. Whenever I would drop off my child, my intuition always knew that he was in great hands. The Director, Leslie Schubert, is precise in ensuring that all the staff are expertly trained and moreover, she hires staff that not only enjoy, but even love their job teaching and nurturing all the children. My son is now in a screened public school in New York City as of a few weeks ago but I wanted to share my positive experience as a way to say "Thank You" for all the love and support. OTR is a safe and happy place and the bonus, is all the learning and creativity that takes place. As a single Mom, knowing Over The Rainbow had my back by being a consistent resource in both my and my son's life, took so much of the pressure off of my shoulders. I am a research loon, and after comparing prices and discovering all the extra bells and whistles offered at Over The Rainbow, I chose this as his home-away-from-home. He had made so many friends and hand picking this daycare was a no-brainer! Do your research and follow your instincts. It's what I did and we couldn't have been happier or more satisfied. My son misses his pals but I'm thankful that, because he attended Over The Rainbow, he had an advantage over some of the other kids because he went into his new school with confidence, an open heart and earnestness to connect with his new friends and teachers. I will forever be grateful. Thank You Miss Leslie and all the other teachers who came through for us.

My boys have been here for almost a year, and we love it. Ms. Bethany, Ms. Angelina, Ms. Selita,…read moreand Ms. Jurie are a phenomenal admin team. I always have leave the facility happy knowing how much my boys love being there. Ms. Lynette in the toddler room treats the kids like her own, and Ms Dipti in preschool is amazing with the older kids. There are many more amazing teachers that I could call out. I've never had either boy complain about the food, and I love that they serve lunch and snacks. The summer of fun program was a blast with the water play, and all of the activities they had planned. I couldn't recommend this daycare more.

First off to start the attitudes of the front management is unprofessional. The way they treat…read moretheir employees is unprofessional. There are too many children there that are a liability the staff and the school.There is no appreciation for the teachers The fact they allowed an awesome teacher to leave (Ms.Krista) is unacceptable.Ms.Krista and Ms.Jennifer are a great team together