My 4.5 year old started Charleen's when he was 6 weeks old. Now my 20 month old attends as well…read more I always felt comfortable leaving my kids there and they love coming to school everyday. The staff, both past and present, have always loved my kids like their own. It is clean, organized and structured. I have no doubt that my son will be ready for Kindergarten thanks to Ms. Nancy's hard work. Recently, there have been changes that worried me a bit, but I trusted them and love the new teachers. I would highly recommend Charleen's.

The reason I took my son to this daycare was because of family, I loved the idea of taking him to…read morepeople that I knew! Charleen (the owner) decided to show up 5 months later and didn't bother to introduce herself. Charleen is not a nice person, I would not recommend this daycare to anyone! I have heard lots of stories where Charleen doesn't handle boys very well. She is very unpleasant, to parents, children, and also her own staff! She has employees there who are not certified! This is a place where you are supposed to have trust with who is watching your children. I do not! I pulled my son out because Charleen doesn't know how to run a daycare, or how to keep staff! Please do not waste your time looking into this daycare.

i won't bash the company, however they say on the building 24 hours and even if they weren't 24…read morehours it's a "daycare" that doesn't have room for children with parents or a parent that works the hours 2-10pm or 1-9pm? i had to go up there multiple times just to even speak to someone and then never heard back i just happen to call them again today 04/15/2026 to see if someone would finally answer and the owner bianca did finally answer however that is when i was informed that she wasn't accepting anymore kids and i quote she said even if she did can't or doesn't have anyone or the means to watch my kids for the hours i would be working which is 1-9 or 2-10pm even though the daycare 24 hours at least that is what is on the building and they say they are a daycare. again this isn't to bash or bad mouth anyone or their company but i do feel like when you open or claim to provide a service it should be exactly what you provide how are you claiming to be a 24 hour daycare center and the latest or last pick up is 8:00 no later than 8:30 daycare is very expensive and already most parents dont trust nor want to use daycare but in todays time people need daycare and these business to mean what they say my kids need to be provided for and unfortunately im all they have so i rely on daycare in order to work and provide for my kids and pay bills so it really hurt to know that this is what i have to deal just to try and go and work and provide for myself and kids but congrats to those who dont need daycare and already have daycare everyone isnt so lucky! Update in response to the owner response: I didn't pop up I called multiple times and there was no answer or return phone call and I literally live around the corner so did the very next best thing I could do hence I'm going back to work and I politely and respectfully knocked and asked for the information had someone answered the phone which based on some of the review comments the company does quite often not answer the phone. Not everyone has a phone and life is lifing for everyone that is why multiple forms of communication should be an option and if emailing was a problem why did you or your employee's didn't just say that? Another thing YES I have DHS WHAT ABOUT IT? YOUR EMPLOYEE Onikka not sure how you spell her name but I'm sure you know exactly who I am referring to said verbatim this daycare company accepts DHS payments so you mentioning that serves what purpose? I am well aware who pays who so unprofessional FYI THEY PAY YOU BECAUSE OF THE PARENTS MAYBE YOU FORGET THAT PART! YOU WOULDN'T GET PAID WITHOUT THE PARENTS THE KIDS MADE. ALSO YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN PROVIDE FOOD WHICH ISN'T A ISSUE BUT THE FACT YOU WROTE YOURSELF THAT YOU DON'T TAKE CASH ONLY DHS PAYMENTS SAYS A LOT YOU ARE WELL PAID TO AFFORD FOOD BUT ITS YOUR COMPANY NOT MINES! BLESSING IN DISGUISE YOU COULDN'T ACCOMMODATE ME AND MY CHILDREN BECAUSE THE PROFESSIONALISM AGAIN IN MY OPINION AND EXPERIENCE WITH THIS COMPANY IS NOW AT ALL TIME ZERO! SINCE YOU MENTIONED DHS LET ME FURTHER EXPLAIN MY KIDS HAVE A DAYCARE PROVIDER WHICH I TOLD AND SHOWED ONIKKA BUT I WAS GOING TO CHANGE THEM DUE TO US JUST MOVING IN THE AREA AND I AM TEMPORARILY WITHOUT A VEHICLE HOWEVER THE DAYCARE PROVIDER THEY USUALLY GO TO ACCPETS DHS AND IS 24 HOURS AND THEY PROVIDE FOOD (BIG SHOUT OUT TO LEADERS OF TOMORROW DAYCARE THEY ARE AMAZING! MMMMMMHHHHH? LOOKS LIKE I NEED TO MAKE A REPORT SO SOMEONE CAN LOOK INTO WHY THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY CAN'T PROVIDE/FEED THE CHILDREN THEY SERVICE AND "ONLY ACCEPTS DHS CLIENTS"? LIKE I SAID I only reviewed my experience unfortunately I can't falsify my experience for your well being. However you said you couldn't accommodate me due to my work scheduled and I only stated verbatim word for word what you said to me and my experience stills stands! Also it says a lot about your character or your companies character that you can sure respond expeditiously to my review but it took days and me having to stop by to get any information regarding your "5 year" daycare business then you follow up on a review I rightfully left and initially I wasn't bashing I just stated my truthful experience and you unprofessionally responded they way you did had you not said anything or just kept it professional this would not have gone so far. Now you just making yourself look bad! But you be blessed and I stand firm on my experience and do better! A little FYI: I don't know what kind of parent if you even are that you are but it was definitely shade threw when you mentioned me coming to the daycare unexpected but LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT THE PARENT I AM I DO NOT CARE HOW BAD OR GOOD MY SITUATION IS I WILL GO THROUGH FIRE AND BACK FOR MY KIDS TO MAKE SURE MY KIDS HAVE WHATEVER THEY NEED IF I CANT DO IT OUT OF MY OWN POCKETS OR MYSELF I HAVE NO PROBLEM USING MY RESOURCES AND FEET AND WHATEVER I HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE MY KIDS ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF SO JUST THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK BE BLESSED!

I love Stay & Play Learning Childcare, this daycare they are so welcoming and polite. The owner…read morelove meeting all of her clients. Your child will really feel at home when they visit this facility.

This place is great! The best teachers and my daughter knew how to write her name before leaving…read morepreschool. The teacher prepares the kids for kindergarten Mrs. Kaiser is one of the best and my daughter is 9 but, still remembers her and the great experience. My older 2 went to Jefferson's preschool and although the teacher was great it was not worth the money and did not teach the kids as much as this place.

This school is very special and professional! All 4 of my children loved going to the school and…read morethey loved all of the teachers! Previous comment of large class size is untrue. They have 3 teachers in the PreK rooms and most kids do not all go every day so at the most your talking 24 kids with plenty of staff to help them. If a kid has issues, they keep you informed and have action plans for helping your child succeed!

My daughter attends Real Life Nursery. She loves her teacher, however I was taken aback by the…read moredirectors (especially Assistant Director). Per usual, they are sugar sweet when showing me the school before I decided whether we'd enroll. I say "per usual" because I've seen this with the other preschool my daughter attended. Once enrolled and paying, they barely make eye contact with you and today I was approached by Mary Beth (assistant director) with "Hey, do you know you are a week late with tuition?" No first name, and rudely addressed in front of other people. Apparently my check I payed two weeks earlier (my daughter attends two day/week) was mostly just a deposit, which was also not explained to me. I apologized and said I'd bring in check when I came to pick up my daughter. Meanwhile, I had promised my daughter (as I always do now) to go to her window and blow her a kiss goodbye...this in exchange for her to be a "big girl" and not cry when I leave, which she often does. I was so embarrassed/offended on my way out that I forgot to go to her window. Talk about breaking my heart (and my daughter's) as I drove home remembering I'd forgotten the blown kiss! I had my daughter at Goodison in Rochester for a couple of years and the staff was wonderful. Caring and personable toward the children AND parents, so I'm not naive about how a great preschool should be run. It's a shame once the management has "reeled you in with tuition checks" they choose to be uncaring and insincere-- very unprofessional. I'll keep her here because her daily involvement is really with her teacher (Ms. Bethany, a real sweetheart) and teacher assistants, who are the opposite of the directors, warm and caring.

We have three children under 7, all of whom have been at the center since about 2018. They changed…read moremanagers and a lot of staff right before that period. It is a centrally-located and affordable center (a rare sight in A2!) and it has been an incredible community for our kids to grow up in. Our children love and are clearly loved by the teachers and support staff. The managers at the facility are competent, communicate clearly, and have also been very flexible with our childcare needs during the parts of the year when our jobs require it. In particular, they have handled Covid in both a responsible and compassionate way. We trust them completely and are so grateful to have found this place.

We sent our child here for a very shot period of time and found this was not the right place for…read moreus. If you are looking for a very BASIC child care with mediocre performance this place may barely meet muster. We found the caregivers in our opinion did not have proper experience in knowing how to deal with children. Would recommend you doing your own research and check out the school rating and incident reports that are readily available from the school rating site ( http://w1.lara.state.mi.us/ChildCareSearch/Home/FacilityProfile/DC810296328 (scroll down to Audit Reports). This is a good resource when searching any school.

Teeny tots was our first daycare experience we were nervous parents with 4yr old twin boys and a…read more6month old son as well. Sadly our experience was not good things that were promised from day one including an application that can be viewed to see what was being fed to our infant son and daily activities, papers showing our toddlers activities and meals, flexibility with scheduling, etc. unfortunately most of those things never happened. Their policies are not friendly to most parents who have kids who will get sick, or schedules that may change. They do not listen to parents concerns or take their opinions as fact but merely side with staff. Their camera system does not work so it doesn't matter what occurs their is no proof either way. They care about money and a bottom line and not you or your children please avoid this daycare.

My kids have been going to Teeny Tots for many years and they love it!! They always have so much…read morefun, and come home with smiles and are thrilled to show us what they've learned that day and the projects they've done. The girls are all wonderful with the kids, and the owner Alyse, has been heaven-sent to our family, and there for us through some tough times!! I'm so grateful to have a safe place to send my kids, and can feel confident they are safe and happy!

I cannot say enough wonderful things about this school! Our family has been incredibly grateful…read morefor our experience at Plymouth Christian Academy. The teachers genuinely care about each student, not only academically but spiritually as well. The strong sense of community, biblical foundation and commitment to excellence have made a lasting impact on our family. It's a place where students are encouraged to grow in knowledge, character, and faith. We highly recommend it to any family looking for a Christ-centered education.

My daughter really likes their three year old program. They have great activities for the kids and…read moreshe is eager to go there. They do field trips as well and send homework that you can complete each month to help master skills they are working on which is helpful. She has learned so much from the school already. Although she won't be able to do the 4 year old program due to scheduling she has high hopes to do their kindergarten program when she is of age. Everyone is so friendly and teachers are amazing too.

I have taken my kids to the Gross Ile Campus for the better part of their entire lives thus far and…read moreit's been a positive experience for us (almost) all around. The facility, though this is shared with a church, is very clean and secure. A proxy card is provided to get you and your kids inside the building. There are four rooms that vary by age and quite a few workers to make sure there is a good ratio. The teachers sweat, cry, and bleed for these kids. As far as I can tell, they care as much for the kids they watch over as much as we do as parents - and THAT is a big deal. These people are incredible teachers, mentors, and friends to our kids. At 2 years old, my kids know the alphabet, their colors, and how to count to 20-ish (they mumble and skip sometimes, but the knowledge is in there!) and I believe they will be supremely prepared for school (whether it's public, private, or home): and it's the teachers' doing. I love these ladies and we feel so blessed to have them in or lives - I can't say enough good things about them. So: clean, safe, and a wonderfully loving and educational environment - what's the catch? Communication issues aren't constant, but every organization has them, and some of the times we are the culprit, but it's obviously not a dealbreaker. I would highly recommend this place for any kids. I can't wait to see what their education will look like because of Montessori's head start.

Our 3 year daughter was enrolled at this Montessori school for a total of 35 minutes (yes, 35…read moreminutes), as we received a phone call on her 1st day to pick her up within 25 minutes of her arriving because she was throwing blocks. When my husband quickly arrived 10 minutes later (at that time our daughter was sitting in the circle next to the teacher), the assistant director handed her belongings to my husband and said she could not come back. We tried SEVERAL times throughout the day to contact the school to speak to Marie, the owner, to simply have a conversation, with NO response. Later in the day, our neighbor came to our front door with a letter in their mailbox stating it had our name on it. The owner dropped off a letter, including our daughter's medical records they had collected (ummm HIPPA?), and our returned deposit/tuition......TO THE WRONG ADDRESS. Marie was unable to have a simple and professional conversation, return our phone calls and decided on her own it was acceptable to just leave a letter/medical records/check in the WRONG mailbox with no phone call. This is completely unprofessional and un-excusable. My brother and I both went to a Montessori school growing up and had an amazing experience, which is even more reason to be thrilled to have one close by after our 4th child was born. This has COMPLETELY destroyed my (and my entire family's) taste of Montessori and everything they stand for. If they can give a 3 year old 25 minutes of their time to tell the parents their child can't come back, just think of the lack of patience, disrespect and judgement they will give your own child. And then to not return phone calls from a concerned parent? This is NOT acceptable behavior from an establishment that is to care for YOUR CHILD. My husband and I were both raised Downriver, we currently have 4 children (our 3 year old being our youngest), and know many generations of families here, particularly families with children. We will be giving our honest opinion to every single friend or acquaintance who asks us about our experience, because every parent and EVERY CHILD DESERVES BETTER. To every other parent reading this, please use our mistake to choose better for your child.....do your research and read these reviews. We need to be advocates for our children, and establishments like this NEED to be held accountable for their complete lack of care, communication, patience and compassion. Lastly, if Marie comments on this "negative" (but 100% honest and true) review, it will prove that she cares more about her image than contacting a parent directly to have a conversation about their child. Do better parents!