The search for good childcare is a really difficult one. When my fiance and I found out that our…read morebabysitter was no longer going to be able to watch our daughter, we were tasked with finding top notch childcare on a reasonable budget. After a few weeks our search was still going and we had nothing to show for it. It was at that point that my fiance recalled how much she enjoyed the daycare that she went to as a kid. She looked them up online and found that not only were they still open, they were still owned by the same people and still had some of the same employees. Enter Pee Wee Ranch. It's basically two older houses converted into a daycare. One building is for babies and younger kids, while the other is for slightly older children. The facility is very clean and well maintained. There's a maintenance guy there every day working on anything that needs attention. The staff is awesome! Everyone there is kind and caring. Serious shout out to Ms. Shannon. She has been absolutely amazing with our kid. My only complaint is that our daughter is about to be too old for Ms.Shannon's group, so she'll have to moved to the next age group. I have no doubts that whoever that instructor is will treat our child like her own. This place is great.

This place is great - the owners have been since they opened ... my daughter has been going for…read moreabout two years now and is graduating for vpk this year. Most of the staff has been there 15 plus years or better ... they are all wonderful. Great place if you have to use a daycare. I honestly wish I could be a stay at home dad for my daughter but this I would say is the next best thing.

I recently ended almost two years of working at Primrose school of Winter Springs. All in all I…read moreadored the school. The owner has so much love and respect for the employees that work for her. The managers are always happy to help with any issues you have, and I formed great friendships with most of my coworkers. They were very helpful and accommodating through my pregnancy and maternity leave and returning to work with my children. The only reason I left was because the amount I was paying for childcare did not let me bring home enough money to support us so I decided to go back to being stay at home. However, if and when I decide to go back to work, I would happily return to Primrose Winter Springs

My son has been attending daycare here for 3 years and is currently in the Pre-K program. We've had…read morean amazing experience at this school, especially since new ownership took over plus there is a new Director. My son has absolutely loved every teacher he's had and when we see his old teachers in the hall, they'll stop and say hi and give him hugs and still remember his name - truly showing how much they care. My son can be a challenge at times but his teachers have gone above and beyond to work with him and give him additional attention - for which I'm incredibly grateful. The Director, Mrs. Stowasser, is absolutely amazing!!! Whenever I have a question or an issue, she's extremely responsive and very open to having conversations. Mrs. Stowasser herself has gone far above and beyond for my child many times and my husband and I couldn't be more grateful to her, as well. In our experience, each classroom my son has been in has had structure and a heavy emphasis on learning. When I chose this school, it was important to me that my child would learn - but also have fun, play with friends, and feel loved and safe during his time there. It's obvious that continuous education is important, as the teachers are often attending trainings and development days to further their knowledge to be applied with the children. Overall, our experience at Primrose has been nothing short of excellent!! I'm thankful we ended up at Primrose Longwood and would recommend this facility to anyone looking for a fantastic daycare (and Pre-K program)!!

We send our 3 kids here and I have nothing but amazing things to say about this school. It's so…read morewell run, teachers are great. This is our 3rd daycare we've used and it by far exceeds the others in every single way. I know it's a desirable place to be as a teacher too. It was recommended to us by our former nanny who was training to become a teacher. Grateful!

I have to say I am thoroughly impressed with this daycare. When we first moved to Oviedo I toured a…read morelot of places and although they all seem nice on the surface when you start reading reviews and talking to people who worked there the truth is scary. With Godard Oviedo what you see is what you get and they practice what they preach. Aside from the personal narratives of the people who recommended it I witnessed with my own eyes when we were on tour how caring the staff is of each and every child including the director Scott who picked up a kid who seemed visibly upset when we passed by him and comforted him as if it were his own child. The ladies at the front desk know each kid and parent and treat them with concern and affection. They are always kind and cheerful. Since my toddler began going there I have seen drastic improvement in areas of language, creativity, fine motor skills, and most importantly sleep. She no longer needs to be rocked to sleep. Best part is she also is starting to potty train thanks to her teachers. The love and care for our little ones is obvious and it extends to how well taken care of the facilities are. The location is fairly new and all of the spaces look it. Everything is cleaned and sanitized regularly. They even remain open during Covid and have maintained a standard of health. The one thing parents should know is that they do not serve lunch here but you can opt into a catered meal service. They also don't have a a microwave so the kids lunch has to be shelf or temp stable from early morning drop off until the afternoon. They do not have cameras in the classrooms for parents to log into but you do get pictures and sometimes videos throughout the day in an app and you get a daily report.

This is truly an amazing school with caring teachers and staff who love the children and God.read more

Very clean organized safe the only thing was the front door is super secure for safety so it took…read moreme a little bit to get in but that's a good thing and the lockers cubbies in class would open up the hallway more ..

Just an update - since leaving this "private school" I have learned exactly how FAR behind at…read moreleast the 3rd grade curriculum was Ms Wanda was teaching. I brought forward the teachings and books to Education protocol and the current teachings are very behind. This is very disappointing but since we started here we did not know any better until leaving. Also, I should have listened to everyone encouraging us to leave since last year (see notes below) how deprived the kids are to be stationary at their one desk all day for Every class. No art class - No music class - No sports - No real playground - No library. They say hindsight is 20/20 and this has proven to show kids are left behind in curriculum and any real child enrichment with extracurricular activities. I wish I was more aware from day one. I Will never make a mistake to send any family child to a school like this in a strip mall where you actually have to turn sideways to maneuver around in their cubicle of a classroom the kids don't even have a real classroom per grade here Only room dividers cubicles. I have also learned your soliciting to have parents sign a safe feel paper" after we suffered almost two years of threats and bullying that you ignored and made no correction also in below comments. Again, more truth is coming out.

If I could give this Academy a better rating I would! This child care facility has become my…read moredaughters second home! Everyone from the Director Ms. Meralis and her Husband Ramon or "Mon" as my daughter calls him, down to the teachers like Xiomara, Andrea, and Sherry (just to name a few) have treated her with such kindness. She has developed and come a long way since being in this facility (16 mos) till now (3 yo). She loves it here and can't wait for the weekend to be over to learn and play with friends. Your kids will get a good education while getting tons of love and support. Everyone knows everyone and I always feel comfortable leaving my "little lady" here. Keep up the good work guys!!!!

We have been attending school at this location since my son was 2 years old; back then it was ran…read moreby Creative Inspiration Journey School then AEA bought the location in fall of 2018. The transition was painful since the school decided to undergo remodel without closing, it was basically a construction site for a few weeks. We took vacation time and was promised everything will be done by the time we get back so we did not pull him out. The director Ms. Vanessa and Ms. Lindsey that remained from the CIJS management team were also a big reason in our decision of staying. My son has speech and language delay and can get really upset with changes, therefore we stuck through hoping this way he wouldn't need to adjust to a new school and leave the people that he had become close to. We did like the curriculum of AEA but started to notice a big turn over rate of the teachers when he was in the 3 year old classroom, there is a few times we were not even able to learn the teacher's name before she is no longer with AEA. During that time Ms. Vanessa also left but the transitional director Ms Domi was amazingly organized, attentive and reliable, whenever we encountered an issue she was able to communicate and actively providing a solution to resolve the problem. We also started attending both AEA and Longwood Elementary's speech and language program and Ms. Domi was able to work with us through some potty training issue we had due to transitioning between the classrooms. She stepped down to be assistant director after AEA found a new director Ms. Jennifer in spring of 2019. Later on of the year while he is in the 4 year old VPK classroom the amount of students become so large that they have to split it into two but everyone still share the same classroom just with a divider in the middle which doesn't stop the noises from affecting each side. I understand they want to maximize the space but shouldn't the quality of the learning environment for their students and teachers be prioritized? As a parent I believe keeping an open communication with my son's school is the key to assist him in his education journey so I had numerous conversations with his teachers from both AEA and Longwood Elementary school. Unfortunately even though both schools are willing to inform me of my son's area of improvement, only Longwood Elementary was able to provide constructive feedbacks with helpful suggestions so that I can also be on the same page with him at home. ======= I have written the above review back in March of 2020 shortly before we pulled him out of AEA, I sit on my thoughts for almost half a year now to give myself time to process and view the situation objectively. I finally decided to post my review as of today, September 13 2020. In the end we had parent teacher conference almost weekly but were told the same thing each time; basically just that the school/teacher doesn't know how to work with my child's need so instead of redirecting and guiding him to be on task they just let him do what he wants to avoid tantrums. I know he still had some great time and made some good friends at AEA, but unfortunately even without the outbreak of COVID-19 we would have pulled him out or probably be suggested to leave the school anyway which we felt was suggested during the conferences with the director. I understand each child/family's experience with a school is unique to themself, so I can only share what my family had experienced. AEA's teachers and staff are all very caring and loving although some might lack the experience or training in working with students with special needs. I hope by sharing my experience AEA can become an amazing school for every student that walks through their door.

My wife and I went to visit this school and were quite impressed with the STEAM based curriculum…read moreand activities for kids of our sons age. We were very clear that our son has not attended nor been in a daycare/school environment ever and wanted assurances that they have experience and were able to deal with this type of scenario to which their response was - absolutely! The school had cameras that were accessible whenever your child is there which was a deal breaker for us. We both felt like this would be stimulating mentally and physically for our 2.5 year old son. He is very sociable and doesn't hesitate to interact with other kids and we felt like he needed more social interaction. We elected to enroll him daily but half days just to see how he would cope as this was the first time he would be in a school environment without his parents. My wife and I were glued to the camera out of apprehension and were dismayed to see that they just left him to his own devices. He started crying when he realized we weren't around and the teacher, Ms Aaliyah was consoling him at first. He was then left alone without any interaction from other kids or teachers. Another staff member joined the class around 9-Ish but was playing with her phone the majority of the time. They started circle time around 9am. All the other kids (who have been attending the school for a while) sat down with the teacher while my son was standing a few feet away watching them. I understand that this maybe a tactic used and rather than force the child to interact, leave him to join when he is comfortable but I feel like a little persuasion and attention would have led to him being more involved. The next few hours was much the same. My child was not being engaged by the staff and was literally outside the group by himself whilst the class continued their curriculum. Our son is a picky eater and despite food/snacks being provided, we packed him some snacks and food along with a water bottle - just in case. We were told that the schedule calls for nap time between 12-1:30pm so we didn't feel the need to send a blanket and bedding for him since we would be picking him up by noon. Around 11ish, we noticed the little kiddy cots come out for the children to nap on. My wife arrived at Amazing Explorers at around 11.30 to find the class of kids all asleep and our son, sitting in the dark at a table, hunched over a slice of cold pizza we had packed for him, with tears in his eyes. He saw his mother and ran to her, holding her tightly and bawling his eyes out. We cancelled our enrollment that afternoon. I believe Ms Aaliyah is a Sophomore and, in my opinion, completely out of her depth when dealing with new additions to the school. To leave my son alone in the dark without the common sense to heat up a slice of pizza is insulting and offensive! My poor boy is so traumatized by this experience, if you mention the word school, you can see fear in his expression. He has been having nightmares for the first time in his life. I wish I could turn back time and remove the memory of this traumatic experience. This is not what a 2 year old should have to experience.