My daughter has been a part of Bright Ideas since around August of 2015. She started off at the…read moreBryant location and then we moved to Sherwood in October of 2015. I was worried about the transition especially because she doesn't seem to do well with change and also because she had loved the Bryant Bright Ideas so much that I didnt think another daycare could top it. I was very surprised! She adjusted immediately and loves going to school here! She is 3 years old, has great teachers and all the other staff members are so nice and welcoming as well. Even the lady that runs this location is as nice as she can be. She always says "hi" and "bye", "have a great day." My daughter is always coming home telling me what she has learned that day and how much fun she had. I always feel like my daughter is being well taken care of, being treated right, learning, and is safe. Which is so important with childcare. If my daughter is ever sick and running fever, they call me right away and I'm able to run and get her. I've had a previous encounter with a daycare that wouldn't tell me when she was sick, so this is something very important to me. I also know that someone can't just come in the school and check her out. They use a thumbprint system and if you send someone else to get your child, you have to write a note with your DL beside it, take a picture of it, and email it to the school. I love the extra steps that help ensure my childs safety!

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Very nice set up in historic hikkcresf neighborhood. It is very convenient to work for UMAS and ACH…read moreemployees. Excellent hours. Very good approach to early childhood education with diverse group of students and teachers. Both of our children go here.

Overall, I give this school 4/5 stars at this time because, for me, the most important aspects of…read morechildcare are quite strong, and there is some room for improvement. We've been there 1.5 years. The strengths start with the staff--almost all staff are engaged (read: not on their phones, willing to conference and work with parents), and pleasant. Another strength is their policies -- the ratios they require are better than DHS, they implement and advertise policies for safety (eg, parents don't be on cell phone at pick up). Plus, the Montessori curriculum is actually implemented in classrooms--it's not just a daycare holding place. We moved from another daycare and my child's physical and cognitive development skyrocketed when we Changed schools. Now, the school is in a huge old house, so it's not fancy in material but they regularly repair and have an excellent playground the kids visit 1-2 times daily. I find it perfectly quaint. The limits right now are on communication about big changes. They have a monthly newsletter that's brief and helpful. They lack other infrastructure for communicating with parents that really works--some have a Facebook page, some rely on texting parents...but it's not consistent or multifaceted enough to catch everybody (eg some people email, some need flyers). I've learned about big changes by noticing something and asking, Like a new teacher joining or combining two classrooms. My other issue is with nutrition, which plays a big role in child behavior, mood, and development . "Snack" is often processed food with few nutrients (eg Cheez its, graham crackers), and hot lunch is better but not great. Now, we compensate by bringing our child's lunch, but she eats most or more of her allotted sugar each day at school snacks and doesn't get many important nutrients from the food provided.

My twins have been going to my child's first school since they were 18 months old. Now they are 4…read more1/2 years old! The staff is always so welcoming and kind to them as well as myself and my wife. We are so appreciative of all their hard work!

Sent my daughter here for less than a year and in that time they confused her breastmilk with…read moreanother child's breastmilk, said she looked like a beaner(She is hispanic) and gave her continuous diaper rashes that were so bad I would have to pull her out of daycare for half of the week to get it under control. Why would I pay for a daycare I couldn't even use?? Not to mention the fact that non of these issues were EVER brought up to me, it was only when I would reach out as a concerned mother that I would get even half of the story. After multiple conversations on these issues and warnings about how unhappy I was with her care going unheard I pulled her from their care. They were not a good match for our family and I would not recommend them to families with small infants who cannot communicate what's happening during their school day because I don't trust them not to lie after all the stories I was fed