If you are looking for a daycare with genuine loving teachers and a safe and nurturing environment,…read morethis is the place to go. When i was looking for a daycare for my one year daughter that was closer to home Emma Daycare is the first one that came up when i put in my criteria. I visited them and it was love at first sight! The first thing that i was happy about is that to enter the classroom every parent had to wear booties, which keeps the classroom clean and germ free rather than each and everyone walking in with dirty shoes. This is a place where kids spend 8-9 hours daily and it is very important the environment is clean and dirt free to ensure they do not fall sick. I have never had my child with a dirty/runny nose as the teachers have always been kind enough to clean them so that when i pick them up in the evening they are still like they were in the morning. My daughter hardly fell sick while she was there. The teachers are extremely patient and tolerant and even though she took her time to be potty trained they never showed attitude when they had to clean her. Every year she had wonderful teachers who genuinely love the children and not just a show of. Academically they are very focused and if a child needs to be challenged because they may be ahead to behind the class they are done without questions. In addition to academics the extra curricular activities like Champ Fusion, Jujitshu, Dance all being in one places saved me the effort of driving her around as i did have another child to cater to. The Winter Shows, Monday Day, Pumpkin picking even the Photographs that were taken professionally have all only added to our wonderful experience and i would HIGHLY RECOMMEND this daycare to everyone i meet. (In fact i have referred a few). Oh did i mention food? It yummy and my daughters still asks for it! Thank you Emma Daycare for taking such good care of my daughter.

After doing a virtual tour and taking the time to visit Emma daycare with my 2 year old child, I…read morecalled to find out about registering my child to attend. Despite the fact that I left two voicemails, no one bothered to call me back. I find it extremely disturbing that a daycare center was so unresponsive when they are responsible for looking after young children. Parents should be able to get in touch with a daycare easily in case of any emergencies. After informing me during the tour that they had space for my child, it was bizarre that they didn't call me back. Perhaps they didn't respond because they're racist and didn't want my African American child at their Russian daycare. Either way, it was insulting and they are extremely unprofessional. I would definitely not recommend this daycare to anyone.

They do a great job with all of the children under their care. All of the teachers we have…read moreinteracted with really care for and love their children. It is a really healthy environment and great for socializing the children. They fully document all incident reports and provide a copy to the parents. Just excellent. I wrote this review because I saw some negative ones and did not think that they were justified, at least from our experience. As parents we have no issues whatsoever and nothing but peace of mind with Gabrellian.

My heart is so full as I write this review. My daughter spent a year here and we only transferred…read moreout because I left my job at the hospital. The peace of mind knowing she was in good hands was priceless as a first time mom returning to work. I was able to visit my daughter on my break and breastfeed her- unheard of in this day and age. For a competitive fee you get quality care, clean facilities, meals and snacks, diapers, and formula if that's your thing. The food selections wouldn't be my first choice if I were providing it myself (they do kid friendly stuff- chicken and fish nuggets, pizza, pasta) but not having to worry about it is worth it. Even if you're not able to stop in during the day they send updates via app including food and naps, pictures, and the all important diaper changes. The best part of this center is the loving employees, some of who have been here for 30+ years. Turnover in daycares is common but I think being hospital employees with good benefits helps the staff to stay. They're starting a hospital employee discount which makes it a no brainer. Highly recommend.

Here is a review from Leslie Goldstein that I thought would share: I recommend everything about the…read morePalisades Preschool family! It's a truly enriching environment where you see your children grow exponentially, truly! Now I can say It's even better the second time around with your grandchildren as my grandson is graduating this year from Class 5! I also remember every single day of my daughter's years there and her darling cousin. They both had fabulous experiences with the original cast and crew. My sister and I went to help class 3 bake and gave the girls teacher a block of dough! They were wonderful about it and we all had a good laugh. The children come home and tell the parents everything so you know the staff is amazing! I love my grandson's teachers. They are amazing as are all grades. He teaches me about space and more! Oh, we all started with the toddler class and recommend it highly. Best place for your little ones to begin and you can peek in! 5 stars don't look further! I didnt even mention the enrichment programs with music and dance and more. I especially love the chicks that hatch each year. I remember it from my childhood. They are the best! From a loving Mom and Nana xoxo

My granddaughter is just finishing up her first year at Palisades Preschool in the Toddler 2s…read moreprogram. She started in September with three full days a week and loved it so much her parents increased her to five days. This was her very first time away from home, and the teachers were incredibly kind and reassuring. We were worried in the beginning about how she would adjust, but they sent sweet photos of her being comforted and held, and thanks to their warmth and patience, she adjusted beautifully. Before long, she was eagerly looking forward to school each day! She adores all the special classes, but music with Miss Momo on Fridays is definitely her favorite. One of the highlights of the year was the holiday show they performed for the families. Seeing those little ones dressed as elves, singing, and shaking their instruments putting their whole hearts into it was absolutely precious. Our granddaughter has truly blossomed at Palisades Preschool. She's become quite the social butterfly and talks all the time about her friends at school. The teachers often send photos and videos during the day, and it's so clear from those big smiles that the kids are having the time of their lives while learning and growing. On days that I pick her up from school, I'm amazed at how joyful and excited all the children are at Palisades Preschool. It's been such a wonderful year, and while we're a little sad to see it end, we're thrilled she'll be joining the summer camp and moving on to the 3s class this fall.

I literally love that Center for so many reasons, I changed my son's Adam daycare several time…read morearound this area until I found this one! They are all sweet, passionate, loving teachers, I really care how they're taking care of kids there, and how that center is clean and safe for the kids health especially during COVID. I'm so grateful for all the efforts they do with my son and how much they really care to deliver a great experiences and knowledge in a positive manner to my son and the rest of the kids, miss Ally was a Great, Amazing teacher but she left while ago unfortunately, even though miss Angie, Minerva and Kayle are really awesome teachers too, in other words my overall experience with this daycare was pretty much pleasant for more than 3 years until now for both of us me and my son. I really highly recommend this daycare. Hamsa.ch.

*This was a rebuttal to the owner, who has since deleted her comment which was once again full of…read moreexcuses and fabrications.* It's sad - but not surprising - that the owner continues to lack accountability for this incident. As the owner of this facility, she never once called me to discuss what happened. She never apologized. She instead chose to hold 2 meetings on Jan 3 and 4 with all enrolled parents where she blatantly lied about myself and my two year old, and falsely said Scribbles was cleared of all allegations. Her only communication to me is via responses on review sites - one of which was a nasty comment that she then deleted. How grossly unprofessional. To clarify for parents - Scribbles was never cleared by the state. There was no "additional complaints." We gave all information during our initial call, and followed up with emails containing the video footage of her staff pushing and yanking my two year old. There was no a-ha moment where we supplied additional stories to the state. That's not how this works. Further, after the parents meeting, I confirmed with the Supervisors at the State Office of Licensing that the investigation was still open. They confirmed that Scribbles would not have been told by the investigator the outcome, as- at that time - it had not been finalized yet. As you can see from the attached report, the three investigation dates took place on or before the parents' meeting; there was no follow-up investigation after that date - Claudia's rationale makes no sense. Claudia and her team knew the details of this incident immediately, yet continued to minimize it - even though we have their video surveillance footage of this aggressive treatment. Furthermore, she threatened to sue me to keep me from sharing our truth, not knowing that I'm fully aware of what constitutes defamation (Claudia FYI I went to law school. What *you* did is indeed defame our family.) During the Jan 3 and 4 meetings, Claudia and her assistant director reassured parents that they could feel confident leaving their children in the hands of these two staffers - yet now, she has chosen to fire them? She watched the video of her staffers aggressively shove and yank a two year old, but it took 6-8 weeks for it to sink in that's not acceptable behavior? It's clear that the only reason this step was taken is that the State substantiated each and every allegation against them. If the owner truly cared about making this right, she would have 1) called me directly to apologize and 2) taken immediate disciplinary action against the staffers. Instead she and her assistant director downplayed what happened by saying "it looked worse on video," they mocked me and my husband for not letting this go silently, and they engaged in a blatant campaign to malign us. I will continue to refute every mistruth that is put out against our family. My 2 year old will not be the scapegoat or be further defamed. The silver lining in this is that we have pulled our child out and she is flourishing at her new Center. She has learned more in the past 8 weeks than she did in 7 months at Scribbles. The differences are stark. Interestingly, we have not received any negative reports on her behavior - which sadly is the justification they used to excuse their staff's behavior. This saga has weighed on us, and we are happy it's over.

If you have a child with any type of behavioral condition, even if it's just normal toddler…read morenaughtiness, they will discriminate. Mostly due the fact that it requires more work for the teachers/caretakers. Their goal is to do the least amount of work. They have no issues lying and making up facts so they don't have to do work. I had three professional evaluations completed and the only condition identified was a speech delay. I submitted the paperwork to the daycare for review. At the end, the reason behind not continuing my child was that he was "not a good fit" They will email you several pictures throughout the day of your child in an activity. In contrast, almost every time I've picked up my child from daycare, I've seen the teachers just standing there or talking to each other with no interaction with the children at all. The director takes several days to reply to emails or may not respond at all. Not every injury to your child is reported. They will lie to you and say your child did not get injured at daycare when you know well your child did not come in with a scratch. Things you give them can get lost. I dropped off a bag with 4 extra outfits and they denied it, essentially it's lost. FYI, in terms of safety, they leave the door to enter the classrooms unlocked at times. The system to type in your keycode never works. Essentially anyone can come into the building. I've had friends send their children to this daycare but it's not the nurturing environment and caring institution it once was anymore. I agree with the lack of ethics. I never expected a daycare could be manipulative and discriminatory as this one. I also caught them allowing my child to watch cartoon on an iPad. My child is has not acted out or had a behavioral complaint written up on him once since starting his new daycare. And no longer cries when dropped off in the morning.

A Disheartening Experience of Discrimination: Our Encounter with The Goddard School of Englewood…read moreCliffs: MUST READ THIS. I am a very fair person when it comes to giving reviews, and this is the most important one I have written so far. On Thursday, August 1st My husband, my son, and I went on a tour of this school on the recommendation of my almost 4-year-old son's doctor. We met with the owner, Ms. Stephanie, who was very professional. She explained the entire school system, gave us the costs, and showed us the facilities in great detail. We visited the classroom that would be assigned to my son, met the teacher, and my child was even able to enter the class and wanted to stay. We expressed to the owner, whom we believed to be the director, that we loved the school and agreed to bring the application and payments on Monday. We left happy and excited. During the interview, she observed our son playing and tidying up the toys before we left, and she even praised us and our son. We couldn't go on Monday, but on Tuesday August 6, at 9am in the morning, TWO BUSINESS DAY AFTER OUR TOUR.... I went to deliver the registration form, the registration fee, and the monthly payment, because we also told Ms. Stephanie that we are going on vacation and we want to enroll him before we leave and she agreed. This time, I was received by Ashley, who kindly took the documents and payments and asked me his age before scheduling the integration days, so she knew perfectly well what group he would be assigned to. She gave me the dates for our son's two integration days, which would be Monday and Tuesday, August 12 and 13, 2024. I went to work happy about the new beginning. But no more than five minutes after I left, the same director who had just received my check and documents called me and said I had to come back to pick them up because there was no space for my son for the school year. I was literally in shock and speechless, but when I managed to articulate, I told her it must be a mistake, and she insisted it was not. I asked to speak with the owner, Ms. Stephanie whom we met on our tour, but she was not available and wouldn't be for two days. In the end, the story is that my son has a mild autism diagnosis, which is only evident in his communication expression. He is a child without any type of bad behavior, trained to use the bathroom, follows all kinds of orders, is completely verbal, and extremely sociable to the point where he makes no distinction between strangers and acquaintances. His doctor recommended this school because of its structure to take advance of his fantastic brain, because since two years old he can read and already speak THREE LANGUAGE.... but I never imagined, especially after such a wonderful tour, that they would be DISCRIMINATORY towards a child because of such a common and normal condition as autism. I don't believe, nor will I ever believe, that the class was full because even if it were, it was inappropriate for this so-called director to call me after scheduling my son for a trial class. Such lack of ETHICS, how sad. And above all, I do not accept their apologies because, after telling Ms. Stephanie that we loved the school, she gave us the start date and all the details, accepted that we bring the payment, and then they did this to us. They played with our time, played with our hopes, and discriminated against my son because of a condition. When I returned to get my money, the director was completely rude and inconsiderate. She treated me like nothing, without elegance or education. She didn't even give me the option to put him on a waiting list because they are simply discriminators. I would never, ever recommend this place. And I have already sent an email to my doctor so she doesn't recommend it either. In a country as developed as this one, a country of inclusion and freedom, it is a shame for someone who has this business and is a teacher to behave with classifications and discrimination towards a child for any condition.

I absolutely love my daughter's Goddard school. The teachers have been invested in my daughter's…read morepersonal growth and have been instrumental in her progress. Ms Andria and Ms Heather are amazing! We've tried other Goddards/daycares and were disappointed, they never lived up to their price tag but that's not the case here. My daughter is enrolled in dance, karate, soccer and gymnastics, all offered at this facility. The other reviewer mentioned the owner Wendy. In my experience she has always been very pleasant, very patient and has on several occasions gone above and beyond for me personally concerning my daughter. Now is this daycare perfect, no. Is it expensive, yes. (But you get what you pay for) Are accidents/errors going to occur from time to time, of course. You're dealing with children. But the facility is always clean, the playground and space are top notch. The programs are amazing. The teachers are caring and professional. I highly recommend this daycare and when I saw the other negative review I had to share my experience. This school has numerous kids that attend and only one negative review posted twice. Hopefully more parents post their experience and give more of a complete picture of what takes place at this wonderful school. PS my daughter needed extra attention due to her speech and hearing and Ms Andrea and Ms Heather were instrumental in building up my daughter's confidence and it's amazing to see how she's now flourishing and I cannot thank them enough. Joe G.

Goddard of Paramus prioritizes both academic learning and the well-being their students. The staff…read moreis friendly, approachable, and genuinely dedicated to fostering a love of learning in each child. We love Goddard of Paramus!

My daughter started at Light Bright in September and I could not be more happy. Ms. Noelia, Ms…read more Olga, Ms. Geraldine and Ms. Gabby are all phenomenal. The way they take pride in their lesson plans, the communication is always clear and the amount of love and affection shown to my daughter has been a great experience. When Jay started she had a hard time being social. She is now social with her peers and in new environments. I genuinely appreciate all of their hard work because I see a massive difference in my daughter.

If you're looking to abandon your child and ensure they don't receive proper care, this is the…read moreplace for you. I registered for back-up care as a last resort and only scheduled two days. Both days were unacceptable and honestly upsetting. I'm extremely concerned and disappointed with the level of care my children received. My daughter came home in a dress and without any underwear on, despite me packing a duffle bag full of extras--clothes, underwear, socks, wipes, a blanket, and a towel. Why wasn't her bag checked? Why was she sent home improperly dressed? Worse, I found her belongings scattered all over the floor in an unlocked classroom during pickup--no supervision, no help. I had to gather her things myself. My son wasn't cared for properly either. His clothes were falling off of him, and his face was covered in dried snot that I had to clean myself. I packed his swimsuit, towel, and shoes, yet he didn't participate in water play because no one bothered to check his bag. The level of security is also concerning--there's no check-in or ID process. I could have walked in with his cousin, who is not even registered, and no one would have noticed or stopped us. Their lunchboxes were untouched, which means no one ensured they even ate. That's neglectful. To top it off, communication is nonexistent. No one returns phone calls or answers emails. I also witnessed a teacher berating a child with visible annoyance. Completely inappropriate. These are not minor issues. This is a pattern of carelessness, poor supervision, and unprofessional behavior. I expected basic safety and attentiveness. What we experienced was the opposite. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE: The business owner gave me a call AFTER I posted this review and left a voicemail message. I called her back and left her a voicemail message a few days ago. Instead of calling me back, she decides to provide a response to my review below.

Such a loving, upbeat staff! It's exactly where any parent would want their child to attend. I…read morecannot express how good it feels to see my granddaughter so happy to attend. She looks forward to going. The children's days are jam-packed with activities. The staff's attentiveness goes a long way. I can see the manners our toddler is developing. She is sweet, loving and caring with her little friends--and even with her toys. We highly recommend!

Teachers yell on kids. They watch TV every day at this place. Their craft is done by teachers. They…read moredon't let kids to do it. Bunch of Ka rens.