I love Bluebell. My son loved everyone there and if he could have stayed instead of going to…read morekindergarten he would have. I hope they bring there summer program back because I will definitely send my son back!!

This Academy/Pre-School has one of the best curriculums I've ever seen. I was always intrigued by…read morethe montessorie approach to learning, but was hesitant because it lacked the real world aspect. However, BELA combines both the montessorie approach with the traditional approach (best of both worlds). They have some of the most dedicated teachers (who are all certified). And in addition to that, the school sits in a 54 acre campus, so the kids get to hike and do all of the outdoorsy stuff. This pre-school is aimed at those who want the best for their kids without breaking the pocket. The prices are very competitive and the kids get the ultimate experience. I can't wait until my little one is old enough to attend.

I am surprised to see low ratings for this Kiddie Academy location. Ms. Brittini and Ms. Connie are…read moreamazing at running this daycare! They are caring, they listen, and they genuinely have an interest in your child feeling welcome there. All of the infant and toddler teachers our daughter has had experience with are kind and loving toward her. They make her excited to go to school, which makes us feel comfortable as parents dropping her off. I highly recommend this location!

My son has been enrolled in Kiddie Academy since September 2018 (he is now 10 months) and we love…read moreit. Its not easy being a new mother and finding the right daycare to ease the nerves of putting your child in the hands of someone besides your own. But with Kiddie Academy I have put all trust into their center. Wonderful staff, clean center, fun activities and family events, a set curriculum for each age group, and just great all around.

I had 2 of my children attend the Goddard School in Urbana over the course of the last 2 years. It…read morestarted out great & wonderful, the upbeat of the teachers and the kids loving the School. However, as time has worn on, it seems like the true colors of the school has shown themselves. The owners of the School (in particular Jill) seems to be all about the money. I don't understand how they can justify increasing the costs each & every single year (when they already charge an arm and a leg for tuition across the board) & they say it's due to them losing their talented teachers to the local Public Schools. Jill thinks throwing more & more money at the Teachers will make them want to stay at Goddard. I think the reality is why don't you create a better culture and focus more on the environment for the Teachers to be happy in. They even created a Kindergarten program for the first time this year. Instead of the classroom being located inside of the building, they added a Trailer outside of the building next to the Playground. It seemed as though the class was totally separate from the School itself (literally & figuratively). There were also many times throughout the year when we received conflicting messages/emails between the Goddard School & the Kindergarten classroom on different activities & events. At times, this caused us confusion and many emails/phone calls to the school to determine what was really going on. If you are looking for a quality Pre-School located in Urbana, I would HIGHLY recommend going with Kid's Villa Learning Center. Save yourself the money & the headaches

This is our little one's first year at Goddard (Urbana) and we could not be more please. I thought…read moremoving to a new town and a new school would be a bit overwhelming for her, but with Goddard's help she took it all in stride. They embraced our little granddaughter and the responsibility for her learning care with all the gusto we could hope for in those charged with caring for her for a significant part of her day. Now five, she gets up each day knowing and excited that something new and different awaits her. Learning is everywhere and concern for her well being is front and center. Be it their attentiveness to her numerous allergies or their proactive eye towards seeing that she is in the right level and with the right classmates so that she continues to be challenged, the school is a great fit for our always curious grand baby. An added bonus has been the daily sharing by email of her progress as she navigates a balance of guided work and learning play that the curriculum affords each student. I'm confident she has been well served and will be more than kindergarten ready in the fall, but her time at Goddard will not have ended there. Being just steps away from her new primary school, we will be taking advantage of Goddard's before and after care program giving us the reassurance that she has a safe and nurturing place to get homework out of the way and be with friends until we come to collect her. We've never had second thought about enrolling her.

I've heard from several people how this day care is managed. Mistreatment of the kids and a lack of…read morecaring. Please do your homework before you send your child to this day care.

I brought my daughter to CCFD when she was 13 weeks old. Naturally, since she was my first child, I…read morewas nervous about leaving her in someone else's care. Luckily, I received a recommendation from a friend whose son goes there. I have been very happy with the teachers and the director. She sent me pictures during her first day, and I can text the director anytime I need or want to. During my tour, I did address all of the violations posted on Maryland's childcare website, but they explained why the state had to keep coming out and I was satisfied with their answers. I feel as though my daughter is safe there and well-liked by her teachers. She learns so much every day, and I'm grateful she is getting lots of social interactions. Also, a huge plus-side to CCFD is the price. It's very reasonable and ended up being $400 less than the daycare at my work, for what I feel is the same care.

I attended this day care when I was young and now all three of my girls have gone here. I trust Ms…read moreKeating explicitly and she has prepared my children for school better than any other place I could take them. In fact they are ahead going into kindergarten in their lessons. She is tentative and genuinely lights up when taking care of children. I know many people that are second or third generation attending Crestwood. The grounds are absolutely lovely and they are completely affordable in comparison to some of the other crazy pricing these childcare institutions. Would choose them every time!

Worst daycare ever! Don't expect them to care for your kids if they throw tantrum. Expect phone…read morecall from them and expect to be there within 30 mins because they can't handle it. They will say something like "I think something wrong with your child medically. May be teething, ear infection etc...I have 30 yrs experience I know what I'm talking about". The owner told me this 3 times and I took my son to doctor 3 times and his doctor said nothing is wrong. He's just having terrible 2. Also, owner is rude, inconsiderate and uncaring- told my wife to move her car and buckle my son after! Wtf...child safety! She parked there because there was no parking left and it was raining. She ran out in the rain and demanded her to move her car knowing my wife is heavily pregnant at the time. My Christ sake! There was no sign of "no parking" and not like she was gonna park more than 30 mins! The rudeness! Biggest mistake i ever made. This place just wants your $$...should not be in daycare business!!! Oh also, don't step on the grass because she would let her dog shit all over the place! Disgusting

Never seen a center so amazing! They are on top everything! They stay very connected with the…read moreparents and with the community. Before coming to PMLC I was worried about my children being behind and within 5 months my kids have completely surprised me! Ill never send my children anywhere else!

From the owner: Childcare Before & After Care…read moreSummer & Winter Camps

i worked at bright eyes in gaithersburg and liked it:) I felt like i had a experience working with…read morekids.

My kids used to attended the Urbana Centre and my review is based on my personal experience. The…read moreadministrative staffs are the worst combination of peoples, especially if you are colored or minority you will feel the racism right away. They treat minority kids as an adult, for any small child behaviors, they treat them aggressively. The Centre has no curriculum to follow, it is just like in house day care, don't expect your kids to gain any skills. Even they posted proudly in the Centre that " kids are not here to learn how to read and write, they are here to be kid" it is shame to post this even though they claim to be child learning Centre. You have no way of knowing your kids progress in the Centre . Teachers are changed every 2 weeks and my kids had hard time keeping up with it. Kids get emotionally attached with their teacher and they always ask if they are coming back. At lunch hours just drop around the Centre and look, you will see teachers and other staffs eating their lunch in their cars in the most humiliating ways, i believe this is bad working area for the staffs too, no respect is given for them at all. Imagine how disrespected and undervalued person care for your kids, I don't blame teachers fleeing this center every week. Most of the time the teachers place is replaced by Urbana high school students every single day. even I asked to contact his teacher for his evaluation and progress, they just told me that he is doing fine. Nothing is structured in this Centre. There are excellent preschools within walking distance of this center like Kiddie academy, kids Villa and more. I enrolled my kids at Kiddie and I am extremely happy now. They are so diverse, kid and family friendly, professional and concerned. The summary, if you are colored and any type of minority stay away from bright eyes definitely your kid will have emotional trauma or some sort of racism. if you are white make sure you don't want skills and progress to your kids before you enroll them here plus the center offers nothing more what an home based day care center offers. I believe home based daycare offers more with the care and value they add to your kids skill set. My review is just to let you know little research is good if you enroll your kids here , let alone you pay your hard earned money for it.

The staff are kind and you can tell they care about the children. The location itself is safe,…read moreclean, with a lot of activities to keep the children entertained.

I would never recommend this place, This has been the most stressful and unprofessional childcare…read morefacility that I've dealt with BY FAR! Let's start with the OWNER given HIMSELF a 5 star review!! He is such a joke !!! My child is 18 months and was put out of daycare ( I mean really, they told me that my child was "suspended" for 2 days because he was left UNATTENDED and bit another child, and then told me that he could not come back). I am an essential healthcare employee, and to find childcare during a pandemic is super stressful!! After, they told me that my child couldn't come back, the manager of the facility had the audacity to put up a fight with me about my refund!!! This place is horrible. My child has never had biting issues before, he gets to this place and he discovers biting (WE) both him and I are punished for this "normal" behavior, I finally find him a new facility and BOOM NO MORE BITING!!!! They are understaffed, have VERY poor communication skills, and penalize the family for normal toddler behavior. Please NEVER send your child(ren) to this place. They have no idea on how to care for your child!!!

We can't recommend CCM enough. We have sent our son for PreK and Before/Aftercare. The owners are…read morehands-on and take the time to get to know each child and their needs. They have a well-rounded approach to teaching that includes manners while allowing the kids to have fun and make friends. Not only did he come out of PreK well prepared for Kindergarten, but he loved the teachers and staff at CCM.

Unfortunately, I cannot recommend the children's center of Monrovia to anyone. I worked there for…read moreseveral years and am still to this day messed up from my experience. I don't even know how to begin. I think I'll start with #1, verbal abuse from bosses. Almost every day I worked, I was verbally abused. The expectations were through the roof, and you were never good enough. No matter how hard you tried, how much work you did, you were never recognized and always criticized. They had a way of making you feel like the lowest piece of dirt on this planet, yet never thought the problem was them. For years I didn't recognize this as abuse, and worked myself to death trying to win their approval. It took me years to gain the courage to speak my mind of how much this affected me. I was watched by them 24/7 on the cameras, and every move I made was criticized. I was screamed at for giving a child a tissue to wipe their bottom when we were out of toilet paper. I had a broom ripped out of my hand and screamed at for not sweeping the floors "properly." On my last day, I was screamed at and demeaned in front of my entire class, because I didn't make the 4 year old children stand perfectly straight in a line while washing hands. I walked out the door and never looked back because I finally realized I didn't deserve to be treated this way. I had many other teachers who worked there contact me about how terrible they were treated during their time there as well. One teacher was extremely depressed and actually mentioned suicide to me at one point because of her treatment there (I have messages to prove this if anyone thinks this is a lie). They mentally affected many people with this treatment. The turnover rate is absolutely atrocious, and they don't realize it's because of them. #2, unrealistic expectations from the children. They were expected to sit criss cross apple sauce every morning without moving for a 45 minute circle, 3 year olds were expected to be writing multiple papers a day, standing in line perfectly straight with arms behind their back, and more. Children screamed at for not tracing papers properly. Kids were not allowed to be KIDS. When I went to my next school, I saw children doing fun activities on the carpet, playing together, having fun, and realized this is how it is supposed to be. I had constant anxiety everyday going into work, wondering what I would be yelled at for next. Once I was yelled at for leaving 5 minutes early and not sharpening pencils. Every time anything happened, it was a hunt to find out who did it so that person could be screamed at. And if you ever "talked back", YOU were out of line. I walked on eggshells, afraid everyday. You were expected to just be the punching bag every day. My mental health was at an all time low. Now years later, I still carry some habits I learned from them, but I've learned now just how toxic this place was. I am now absolutely flourishing at a new preschool where I've never once been yelled at or even so much as told I was doing anything wrong. I'm a fantastic teacher and I was never the problem. They were. I've had dozens of parents tell me I am an amazing teacher who's changed their child's life. I cannot recommend anyone to put themselves through what I went through. I didn't write this review to get attention, or to stop their business from being successful, I wrote it for my own peace of mind to finally speak up what was kept inside for so long. And to hopefully warn others of my experience. Thank you.