We're half way through our second year at this wonderful school, and will be sad to have to leave…read morefor kindergarten. I watched my clingy, anxious child blossom into a confident and engaged kid ready for whatever comes next, and I know that was due in part to the compassionate work of this dedicated team. Their energy and creativity are boundless. They do great work with academics, and I believe my child is well on the way to being prepared for kindergarten already. Their work on executive function is important too, though, and that's where my child really benefited. He's naturally bright (well, we think so), but he is also gaining the skills to let that brightness shine through in a structured classroom setting. Go ahead and visit other preschools, but come here when you're ready to fall in love with the best group of early childhood educators in town. Ask any of the local kindergarten teachers, and they'll tell you -- Sunshine House kids show up ready to rock and roll. LOVE THESE LADIES!!

Sunshine House preschool is as good as it gets. Caring teachers that stimulate a child's…read morecreativity while encouraging learning in a play environment. Sunshine house has been in Lansing for more then 30 years.......what more can I say.

The 2s room at PCP is excellent. The teachers are wonderful. They're patient, loving, creative…read moreand fun. We had an excellent experience and highly recommend the program.

People's Church Preschool offers a comfortable, nurturing, child-centered environment in which…read morechildren can learn, explore, play, and build relationships. As a parent, I feel such a sense of peace when dropping my daughter off and a sense of excitement about picking her up and learning about her experience for the day. The emphasis on nature, communication with parents, kid friendly outings, and education through play is unique and valuable. I would highly recommend this program.

East lansing KINDERCARE was my daughter first day care and she loved it so much. We still keep in…read moretouch with some of her teachers and if it wasn't so expensive would have never left. The staff here love children and their paren!

Were there for four weeks in the toddler room-end of May through end of June 2018…read more Issues included: no continuity of care, 3 hours without a diaper check/change, unable to verify if child ate food presented (and were unsure if fed any snacks), and being told that my child "deserved" to be bitten by another toddler. It appears to me that the issues were top down starting with the directors as the toddler room had a lead turn over three times in the month that we were there.

I feel bad that my experience with this place was tainted by their administrative staff. Those…read moreworking with the kids were wonderful, but the top level is shady, at least they were with how they have behaved toward this father.

I can't speak highly enough of Abbott Nursery School. The teachers are positive and nurturing, and…read morethey know how to inspire children to learn in a playful environment. They genuinely appreciate children, have a deep understanding of child development, and have decades of experience between them. As such, they treat children as they deserve to be treated, respecting them as people and helping them to grow socially, emotionally, and academically. Our children learned that at Abbott, they and their classmates are all friends, and so they were encouraged to cooperate, support, and learn from one another. My children enjoyed going to school, formed lasting friendships and attachments to their teachers, and were well prepared for kindergarten when it was time to enter elementary school.

Scribbles & Giggles is a daycare only, not a preschool so please don't think your child will be…read moretaught anything. As a grandparent what I see is the attendants ( I won't call them 'teachers' since they don't teach) seem to be caring and willing to allow the children ample time for meals, play, & crafts. My only complaint is the three-hour nap time. There are children there who have stopped taking naps or only nap for a much shorter length of time than three hours. and are made to lay quietly doing nothing on their mats (a thin piece of plastic covered foam) on the floor for the three hours. If a group of adults were made to lay quietly doing nothing on a thin mat on the floor for three hours in a darkened room every day, there's no way that would be tolerated. It shouldn't be tolerated just because they're children.

I did not realize how unhappy my son was there until I moved him to another daycare. As we would…read morepull up every morning he would say, "I don't want to go to school." I figured it was because he didn't want me to leave. There were definitely mixed messages from the owner and her mother and the room staff. The room my son was in had a lot of staff turnover, the staff was not patient with the kids, confrontational with parents, and spoke rudely to the parents. If a child was sick in the room, they would ask to keep your child home "just in case" regardless of whether they had any symptoms. I loved how he had a space, the gym, to run around and play even when the weather was bad but there are barely any toys or activities in the gym. (Two plastic playhouses, about 4 toddler bikes, stand alone basketball hoops, and some balls. Every time I picked him up from the gym the staff was sitting against the wall on their phones. I couldn't justify keeping him there because of a gym. I now pay less for a daycare that provides dance class once a week, music class once a week, learning units, learning centers, actual cots to sleep on for naptime, self-care skills, and unstructured play time in the morning and the afternoon. There hasn't been any staff turnover since he has been there. They provide once a month daycare wide parent meetings via Zoom to provide feedback and to let you know of the different activities and upcoming events the daycare has planned. He loves "school" now and has not once complained about going. Don't just settle because it's part of a routine and easier. Listen to your children's behaviors and find a mentally healthy, nurturing, and stable daycare.