Years later Teddy Bear Daycare continues to provide our children the most amazing care. We are now…read moresending our third child to Ms Luz and Mr Chris! We have had such a wonderful experience with this daycare. The staff is incredibly kind, patient, and truly caring with the children. My kids are excited to go each day, and we've seen so much growth socially and developmentally since starting here. The communication is excellent and the teachers genuinely make each child feel special and safe. We're so grateful for the love and attention they show every day. Highly recommend this daycare to any family looking for a nurturing, reliable, and positive environment!

Teddy Bears daycare has been wonderful for our child! We started several months ago around 9 months…read moreold. They are caring, family centered, kind and our child loves going there each day. She comes home happy, (healthy) tired and is learning from all the kids and teachers there. They provide meals, milk and snacks daily for her which is a huge relief for me as a mom! They teach in a bilingual (Spanish/English) environment which is great for our little one too. Highly recommend Chris, Miss Luz and the teddy bears team!!

Our daughter attended the pre-school for 2 years (PreK 1 and 2). We loved the teachers (she had…read moreMrs. Von Euw and then Mrs. Iacabone) and the diversity of the other kids/families. Our daughter enjoys it and has made some good friends (it took a while, but she got there). Our main regret in moving away from Medford is having to take her out of St. Joe's! We feel that it's by far the best value in the area.

My son attended St. Josephs Preschool for two years (3 and 4 year old program). He is now moving…read moreon to his hometown kindergarten this fall. We loved St. Josephs. The preschool teachers were all great! He had a great experience here. We are sad to leave but since we live 15 miles away and in a great school district he will be attending school in town. If we still lived in the city we would have kept him at St. Josephs for elementary school for sure. Sad to go but very happy with the care that they provided our son for the past two years. We will miss you St. Josephs!

First I should mention that we call Playhood Child Care "Casa Vicky." It really feels as if we are…read moretaking our daughter over to a friend's house. It's just that our friend (I'm talking about Vicky now) has two master's degrees in education and is also teaching early childhood education at U Mass Boston. Vicky's son also attends the school with the other kids and he's really sweet and hilarious. Our daughter loves him. The other teacher at the school, Laura, lives a couple of doors down the street and she has her own children who attended the school. Unfortunately they have since aged out. She has a degree in clinical psych and experience working with children and teenagers. Laura is extremely warm and loving. To me, Laura is more focused on emotional development and she strikes me as being very intuitive. Vicky is more academic and theoretical. She ensures that the curriculum is meeting the kids' and the parents' needs. I think that they make a very balanced and complimentary team. Vicky's husband is a musician and he comes to teach music sometimes and fills in if they need extra help. The school is in Vicky's house which they have modified to meet the needs of a six-toddler/pre-schooler school. There is a great enclosed backyard with toys, a sandbox, a little house with a slide and lots of small trees around the perimeter. The families that attend the school helped to plant those trees at a wonderful brunch last Spring. One of the things that I like the most about the school is that they use recycled materials to make collages and their own toys. Plastic bottles filled with puff balls, glitter and colored water make great kaleidoscopes. They can do more with a plastic tube than you can possibly imagine! I like that the value of re-use are part of the learning experience. "What ELSE can we use this for?" So...the Spanish thing. I am not a Spanish speaker. My wife is a native speaker and our daughter really is completely bilingual. She is almost 3 and she can talk your ears clean off in English or Spanish. She has been going to Playhood for around 18 months. I am completely jealous of how easily she has learned both languages because I have struggled for YEARS with Spanish. The only way to teach a kid a language is to immerse them in it. (I think of it as Spanish Submersion...glub....glub...glub). I have actually learned more Spanish since my daughter started talking than I have in years of study and linguistic abuse at the hands of my in-laws. Fortunately, both Vicky and Laura speak English as well, so I never have any problem communicating, getting reports or figuring out what is going on. Right now there are kids that mostly speak Spanish at home, mostly speak English at home, speak Spanish and Italian at home, and our house which is all Spanish for my wife and all English for me. We have gotten to meet all of the other parents at brunches at Casa Vicky or during drop offs and pickups. I feel like my daughter is completely safe and completely stimulated when she is at Casa Vicky. We were very lucky to have found them!

Our child has been at Playhood for over a year and we could not be more happy…read more Teachers: The teachers are creative, caring, thoughtful, and have a deep understanding of early childhood development. Because it is a small group of children with two teachers, they get a ton of individualized attention. The teachers send home a report with photos every day and touch base about any developmental issues. They helped us potty train, too! Our daughter is happy, growing, and learning Curriculum: The curriculum is structured but leaves plenty of room for the children to explore things they are interested in. The teachers modify their lesson plans when a child shows a specific interest in something. They do some form of art and/or music every day, they have free/guided play time every day. They often have sensory play or participate in preparing lunch. Space: It is in the home of one of the teachers. It is always very clean and perfectly set up for this age. There is a reading and greeting area upstairs, a playroom downstairs, space for sensory play, art and lunch near the kitchen upstairs, and a beautiful yard with plenty of things to explore. Food: Playhood provides a nutritious lunch and the kids love it. (Don't ask me how they do this, but the kids eat all their veggies!) Spanish immersion: If a child is coming in without knowing Spanish, they will help him or her out in English until the child can feel comfortable. For children with a base knowledge, you will see their Spanish blossom because they are getting it both from their teachers and from their peers. Philosophy: Most important to us was to find a place that was welcoming, kind and gentle, loving, responsible, creative, and stimulating for our child. We got lucky with Playhood! Cost: Very reasonable, especially when you consider the quality of education, the included lunch, and the comparison to other places in the area. I am happy to talk to any families thinking about Playhood. Feel free to contact me.

I love this school for my little one! It feels like an extension of our home instead of feeling…read morelike I was sending her to elementary school early.

Two of our kids have moved through Rockland Montessori Academy for preschool and had excellent…read moreexperiences. The teachers are amazing and so dedicated. The curriculum is fantastic- our kids learned so much! They also get outside everyday and do awesome crafts. The school offers many special classes (our kids' favorite was cooking class, from a real chef!) They really create a community for the families, and have many special traditions and events throughout the year. They also offer a great summer camp program that is very well run and convenient. The leadership team is excellent to work with and they run a tight ship. I wish we could stay there forever! But they have given our kids an excellent social and academic foundation for their elementary years.

This is an under the radar preschool. The teachers are amazing, patient and kind. The tuition is…read moreunbelievable low, especially given the instruction and attention each child gets from the teacher. They offer preschool programs for 3 year old and 4 year old. That's all I'm saying. I had to shout it out, because there are dead ends when you try to search the web for it.

The best nursery school in Medford, probably the whole Boston area…read more Friendly, caring teachers. Very affordable! Every child that attends learns, grows and is loved. PM me if you need more details!

don't take your child here unless you want them to have them touched inn-appropriately and nothing…read morebe done about it. please and thank you #savethechildren

If I could give negative stars, I would. Highly unprofessional, unreliable and frustrating to…read morecommunicate with. I have exchanged over 20 emails with them in the past 3 weeks and have gone back and forth about the availability of spots, canceling or not showing up to virtual tours at the last minute, just openly lying about a day care location having spots and changing the statement without any accountability at the last minute. I had heard great things about their brand but it seems like their staff is highly unprofessional and could care less about the reputation. They absolutely do not respect anyone else's time or needs and I doubt if they would even be able to care for my child if they are this unprofessional and unreliable about simple communication and showing up to meetings on time.

My child is going toGraceworks for last 1.5 yrs until he start public school this fall 2024…read more. Graceworks and there teachers help a lot to my son regarding his speech, Rules & regulations and manners. I never had any complaint or issues with the school during my son's tenure at Graceworks. It is not the fancy childcare as compared to other childcare in the area but it is very good school.

A 5 year old child was let go from their program without any formal notice to the parent. Since…read morethe parent was unaware of this, the young child was transported to Graceworks directly from school by school bus. Graceworks refused to let this young child off the bus!! They made the child and the bus driver sit and wait until the unaware parent was contacted to come get the child. What would it have hurt to bring this little child inside the building to wait for the parent?? Totally unprofessional and uncompassionate. And this is a church run program!!!!! Graceworks shame on you!!!!!!

When we were considering Lesley Ellis for preschool, we asked around on the playground, and just…read moreabout every parent we talked to told us, "It's excellent! The only negative is the cost." That matched our experience perfectly. The tuition is steep - though financial aid is available! - but everything else was fantastic, and we were consistently impressed with the teachers, curriculum, field trips, awareness of kids as individuals, interaction with administration, and more. My mom worked for decades in early childhood education, and (as an interested and involved grandparent) was also very impressed. They welcomed/encouraged heavy parent involvement, from "come into the classroom to talk about something you're knowledgeable/passionate about" to occasional parent-meetups-over-coffee in the morning and more. But I was never, ever made to feel guilty about not being able to participate heavily, which was the norm once we had our second kid. (Who also went to LES for preschool, once old enough.) We can't speak to their K-8 experience, but for preschool/pre-K/TK they were fantastic.

Lesley Ellis is an independent school from pre-school to grade 6, but expanding soon to 8th. Our…read moredaughter is in her third year there and we have been delighted with the program. The teachers are an outstanding group and attuned to the needs of each individual student. The administration is truly exceptional as they create an environment where parents, children and the school come together to form a nurturing and vibrant community.