My daughter began attending in Sept 2007 in the 4's room. It was her first preschool experience,…read moreso I was nervous. She was not potty trained at the time, and other preschools were negative about that. However, the teacher at Hope commented that my daughter wasn't the first to come to her room still wearing pull-ups, and she would work with her on it. When I took my daughter to visit the school, the teacher engaged her and brought her into the group activity. My daughter didnt want to leave! She is now in the Pre-K room and has learned many skills that have made her more than ready for Kindergarten. She is much more confident and outgoing and enjoys learning and going to school. My son was born in June 2008 and started going to the baby room in late August 2008 when he was 8 weeks old. I have been very happy with the care he receives while at Hope. He has the same 2 teachers every day, and has developed appropriate bonds with them. He easily seperates from me when I drop him off, and enjoys playing with the other babies. The director (Debbie) and other office staff are involved with the students and go into each classroom at various times during the day. They know what is going on in each classroom and work with the children and staff to make sure the day runs smoothly for everyone.

This place smells like vomit and burnt hair every day when I pick my daughter up. We only go here…read morewhen both of my primary forms of care bail. Every time my kid goes to kindercare she gets sick. The director is unprofessional and incompetent. The balding male teacher repeatedly asked my kid to sit on his lap and dance for him. I'm creeped out and disgusted. I reported them.

Where should I start…read more.. 1. My daughter had an accident at KinderCare. The bag they sent home with my baby had the shirt she had on during the accident as well as the wipe they used to wipe her behind that was full of poop. 2. The director Leah called me around noon to pick my baby up. She reassured me that my baby was fine, but they did not have enough staff to tend to my baby. She also said they can not control her because she's leaving the room. This is a huge concern. From my understanding the teachers are supposed to be trained to handle three year olds. Also, no kid should have access or the ability to be able to leave the room. 3. I sent my baby to KinderCare with her treats for her classroom as well as her costume. When I picked her up not only did she not have her costume on, but every other child had theirs on. My baby was so excited to wear her costume to school, but unfortunately for some reason she wasn't able to. When I asked her teacher Ms. Carla and the director Leah, they both told me they did not know why she didn't have her costume on. 4. As Ms Carla was bringing about 3 kids outside to their parents she made a comment saying "sorry it took awhile to bring the kids out. We had to make sure they didn't have cupcakes and food on their faces". Of course when they brought my baby out, she was an absolute mess. At this point begin to be uncomfortable with my daughter being there. I felt as if she is being treated unfairly and even mistreated for some reason.

My son has been attending Goddard for a few months now and he is having a blast. The teachers and…read morestaff are very sweet and caring. The facility is very safe and clean. He is learning so much every week being around others children his age. The teachers are doing a great job of caring for him and teaching him so many new things.

We're seeing the benefits of Goddard with our older daughter who is now in Kindergarten. Other than…read morejust keeping your child safe and occupied much of what they do prepares them in advance for school giving them the best start possible. Now that our youngest is attending the school, we're doing it all over again, but wouldn't choose any other school. They're the best there!

Kathy, the owner, is very unprofessional. She had 3 locations and is now down to one. In our year…read moreof being there has switched us to all locations with minimal notice. There have been several other small issues we've had that we let go of. However, the final straw is when Kathy blew up on my husband on a phone call that was discussing our schedule. She was very irate with my husband which ultimately led to my husband hanging up on her and us pulling our son from her daycare. She then blocked me from viewing any of her daycare pages on Facebook. This must be a common thing she does when she pisses parents off, so they don't leave true reviews. I have heard from multiple other people that she flies off the handle.

I am forever sad that we had to move to KCMO and stop bringing our precious man to this school! The…read moreteachers here are compassionate and loving, my little boy excelled in tjeDo yourself a favor and check them out, you won't regret it!

I have to repost this because somehow my previous review was deleted by somebody…read more I do not post this review lightly or with malice but I feel as a parent I should make sure our experience is represented for others seeking to use this school. Our initial experience with the school was very positive. About 6 months after our start we had both teachers change in our classroom. We didn't think much of it as we were sold on the process and learning paths the school offered were the difference. Our newly 3 year old at this point started receive a lot more "feedback" on things going on at school. These were mostly things around not lining up when coming in from playground, not sitting down when told to during story time and having trouble coming in from outside playtime. Our initial thoughts were that this is something they would work on at school and we would reenforce at home....Then we got requests to come in for "parent teacher conferences" this is something we came in during work hours multiple times to do. We took on our part to try to reenforce lessons from home into school while they gave some activities they would do but we were never provided with any comprehensive plan or any real followup on how they were working in school to help "correct" her. All incidents through these months were all non-violent and only about not following exact instructions around when to lay down or go out. She is only 3 years old. After a few weeks they decided to start sending home a journal of every "incident" forcing the teachers to fill out this daily and checking in on us that we were reading it and bringing it home everyday. At this point they were just calling "leadership" every time she did something they did not like or she was not conforming to the current activity. We had been doing our best at home but these things were mostly happening at school. This came to a head a few months later as we did our best to meet these unrealistic expectations from the leadership of the school for a little human who was only 3 and doing her best to understand their very specific requirements. At this point she started becoming scared and sad to go to school and told us she had been hit by another kid. We brought these concerns to the school and were told that the hitting was "being handled". Once we made this compliant within a few weeks we had been told that suddenly her incidents were escalating and she was crying uncontrollably during activities that had been much easier before, nap, switching activities she wanted to continue and such. This was very out of character for us and we again made very strong complaints about how there had been no followup to the earlier incidents and no plan of action in the class or to her individually to help with this. I guess this was our mistake. After that we were told within a week that they intended to send her home for any incident that they considered disruptive, which they did one day later. So I started going to school 3 times a day to help checkin and make sure she understands what was expected for half a week. The first day I did not go in multiple times (after getting a glowing report from her teacher and positive input about her attitude) I was called and told to pick her up because she had another "incident". This was our last day. I am sure their brand of child education works for some but I put this review out to make sure parents who see these warning signs don't wait as long as we did. Don't have to have a child asking if they are "bad" and start apologizing almost constantly to us. She was put in a new school and after a week of the teachers there helping her get over this she was able to start accepting quiet time and safety rules around the playground with no problems. I want to be clear that we did like our new teachers and think they were doing the best they could. This was a complete failure of what they call their "leadership" team who seem to be more concerned with passing blame to us as the child than leading any efforts to find healthy resolutions to a 3 year old.

We love Primrose! My kids started just before they turned three and it has been fantastic. The…read morecommunication is very good. My kids eat better/healthier at school than at home for the kitchen makes everything fresh. They work hard to include all cultures and holidays. And as someone who has a lot of anxiety around storms and tornadoes their FEMA grade storm shelter means I know they are in the safest place and well taken care of. The front staff is beyond fantastic with names and faces. We had a family emergency and a family friend had to pick up as the other contacts we had were out of town. And though she had been there a few times and they still asked for her ID to verify what I told them they immediately recognized her. The peace of mind knowing my kids are in a place that is safe, clean, with staff that loves and cares for them is priceless.

Great learning center. Friendly, knowledgeable staff, great curriculum and Reggio lessons. Couldn't…read morebe happier with the environment

This was one of the most enjoyable summer experiences my child has ever had. They had field trips,…read morecooking, fitness, and something fun to do everyday! It was an amazing bargain for the price. My kids will be back next summer.