We spent our Fourth of July at Terrapin and it was absolutely wonderful! From being welcomed at the…read moredesk (I am so sorry I can't remember his name!), to our awesome guides Justin and Jasmine, to Scott who helped at the swing and doing the belay to get us down - we truly enjoyed the whole experience (despite the unbearable heat this weekend). Justin and Jasmine made sure we stayed hydrated, and regularly brought us into the air conditioning to avoid overheating. They ensured our safety every moment we were there. The rope course was insanely fun, the giant swing and zip line were a blast and our favorite part was honestly the rock climbing! Justin and Jasmine were fantastic - we will definitely come back (preferably not during a heat wave haha) and hope they will be our guides again - every single person today made it memorable for my family! Thank you so much!!!

We have enjoyed this camp for years, but 2026 brought parental concerns over hearing that children…read moregrouped up to 12 years old were sharing bathrooms if another identified as the opposite sex. This should be an opportunity to identify a solution comfortable for everyone affected by providing single use options, as opposed to telling my daughter "it's ok because he identifies as a she". It caused an uncomfortable situation for girls and concerns for parents. No young girl should feel uncomfortable or anxious using the restroom.

I signed my daughter up for this camp, and told a friend about it before she attended. My friend…read moresigned her girls up for a week, several weeks before my daughter's camp week. They had a terrible experience. I'll let her write that review. But I decided I did NOT WANT my daughter to attend. So I followed the procedures on the website, expecting a full refund (because it was within the time frame they required for refund). First I was told there was no refund. I copied his website info and sent it back to him. Then I was told I would have the refund, minus a fee, by Aug. 1. Mid August I still had nothing. I sent another email, and received a response that began "I don't know why you are so upset...", and promising refund by first week in September. It is now Oct. 12 and I have nothing.

From the owner: We teach children, ages 6 to 16 how to produce films and videos using any iOS device that has a…read morecamera.

If you are considering the Goddard School of Sparks Maryland as a daycare for your child(ren), you…read moremay want to think twice. My husband and I selected this daycare because of its great reviews and other parents telling us how wonderful it was. However, we found that the Goddard School of Sparks did not meet our expectations. We were constantly called about minor illnesses and trivial incidents. We would take our children to the pediatrician who was astounded that a daycare would send a child home for such a small thing. Staff, and more specifically the directors, make a lot of medical accusations that are consistently wrong. Leading us and many other parents to argue with the directors, which we saw more than a few times, in the office or in the parking lot. The directors would also not respect doctors notes, and despite a board certified pediatrician writing that a child is ok to return to daycare/school, they would still force children to stay home. It is difficult to think of how many times our children were in a full week of daycare from the ages of 6 months to 2 years without receiving a phone call. One of the more concerning things for us was the fact that we were told, "to not to have long conversations (which was considered more than asking about their day) with the teachers about your child, since the teachers are busy at drop off and pick up." Which makes no sense since the teacher is in the classroom with your child for hours on end, not the directors. If something is going on, I want to speak with the person who spends the most amount of time with my child. Additionally, myself and a few other parents have been told we spend too much time at drop off or pick up, which directly contradicts their open door policy. Because of these "rules" we encountered major inconsistencies between teachers and directors. Interestingly, one of the director's children was always in the front office and out of the classroom spending time with her which was ironic considering how ourselves and other parents could not spend more than a few minutes with out kids. Classrooms are pushed to the legal max of head count with children to staff ratio. We understand this is a business, but the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests a classroom size of 8, and there are 12 kids in a classroom around the ages 2-3. That is a 50% increase over the recommended limit. Again I would expect this from a cheaper school. You would think, if this is such a prestigous school, they would be following the American Academy of Pediatrics evidence based practice information and spin this into saying "we use the American Academy of Pediatrics information to better support your child". But all they care about is your money. We will be direct and state, the directors of this school are not qualified to be in their positions. In fact, when things got bad, they had to hire an administrative director to settle things, which speaks volumes about the three directors "who are in charge". These directors make decisions and assumptions about children, when they have no medical or childhood education training from a college or university. When our children were babies, the teachers of the first three classrooms were great, but the directors made it difficult, and we want to be clear that we have no complaints about those teachers. However, teachers from the older children's classrooms were lackluster and underqualified for what was to be expected from the amount of money we were paying per month. Once our children were older and in the fourth classroom and upward, things became really unprofessional from the directors. Even one of the directors accused one of our children of being aggressive. And yet when we would ask what happened, they seemed to always know what our child was doing wrong and never telling us anything he was doing a great job of completing. Furthermore, whenever my eldest child was "doing something wrong" they always knew what he was doing and always somehow managed to see the bad behavior, but when our child came home with a bruise or injury, the directors or teachers wouldn't know what happened. Another noticeable problem is the obvious teacher swapping and movement. Teachers would switch classrooms and would be placed out of their comfort zone. Teachers were used to a certain age group would be placed in a different age group. This would lead to problems with the children because the teachers didn't know how to handle problems or situations and it lacks consistency for children. When considering the Goddard School's child to teacher ratio, the teachers should be more interactive with the kids when outside. Many times we came outside to pick up our kids, and all the teachers are in a large group talking to one another, ignoring the children. We would have expected this at a cheaper school, but not a higher end school, which the Goddard School claims to be. And if something was to

I think the Goddard school is great! My daughter comes here and has been for 4 years and we love…read moreit! Very welcoming and loving. They have so many hands on things to do. They always have activities for the children. They are never bored!! I have no complaints and I recomend the Goddard school for your children. I love that it's not just free play I love that it has structure for my child. I wouldn't take my daughter any other place.

I wanted to really like the facility since when we first went to check it out it seemed clean,…read morestaff seemed friendly and they were not completely full like other daycares. Unfortunately we ended up leaving after being there for a few months because we started questioning the safety of our 3 year old. There was only one 3 year old class when we left and the teacher really made me question a lot of things that I'm still not quite sure what was true and what wasn't. The management team was friendly and seemed to look into things when there were issues in the end we thought they'd be letting the 3 year old teacher go and they did not so we left. We were told they would be starting another 3 year old room in May but we did not wait to find out if this happened since we couldn't trust the care of our child any longer. Other teachers seemed to be friendly and kids seemed happy but we were not happy with the 3 year old teacher.

From the owner: We are so much more than just a daycare! Busy working families need childcare for their children…read morebut also desire a high-quality early childhood education program. Lightbridge Academy offers infant, toddler, preschool and back-up care programs. We want every child to feel safe, nurtured, and excited to learn and grow with us, and every family to consider us a true partner in the development and education of their child. We go beyond what's expected from daycare to create an exceptional early childhood education experience.