A local institution…read more P.I.C. has conscientiously built up the quality of the service it provides families in the area, encouraging the development of professional child care staff and offering a working model to many other child care providers. Parent participation in the workings of the program is considered essential, which won't fit with the expectations of those who would just drop their kids off in the morning and pick them up at the end of the day. For those who are comfortable with this 'cooperative' approach, it helps the children absorb the lessons of work-play-learning integrity.

This review is for the playgroups they offer on Mondays and Fridays…read more Last year when it got cold, we were itching for a place to send our Au Pair with our daughter so that she can interact with other kids. Full blown day care was out of the question since we're already dropping dime for our Au Pair. A number of inside parks are on the pricier side, and further away. But the Parent Infant Center, also known as PIC, is close to us and very affordable. If you buy a 5 pack, it's $5 per visit. There are toys, lots of other kids, and they even provide snack time. They usually do some group songs and offer other activities. If you are up for helping, which is a super easy gig, you show up at 9am and help set up. Breaking down is even easier and typically happens while you would be there anyway. In exchange, they don't ask you to pay for that visit and give you three more free visits. Not too shabby. The crew is very nice and this is a great option for kids to interact without footing the bill for full blown daycare.

My son has attended Schwartz since he was 2 and just turned 4. I am so grateful for the teachers…read moreand community at Schwartz. It truly feels like a family. My son always looks forward to going to school. I am also a teacher at a local school and am always very impressed with the emotional, social and academic skills that Schwartz kids that come into Kindergarten with!!

Our son has been in the PreK classroom for a year, and the school is phenomenal. His teacher has…read moregone out of her way to get to know him individually and create a curriculum that supports his interests and strengths. The kids are exposed to a wide range of subjects and activities - art, music, reading, writing, gymnastics and soccer. The school does a great job preparing kids for kindergarten.

Brilliant Beginnings was the best place for our son. He was so happy there and was always nurtured…read moreand cared for. The extended hours were a wonderful option for working parents, and they were a great help through potty training. They do a wonderful job of teaching children to experience different ways to learn, and have such a great space for kids to explore. They are also thoughtful about how to make all of the kids feel like they belong - having a Hannukah celebration that all of the kids participated in meant so much to our son.

My baby began at BBELC at the age of almost six months, and for the first month, the care seemed…read morefine. As time went on, I noticed when leaving or entering the facility, I would hear caregivers speak in a very rough tone when correcting the Pre-K children. When I left one day and heard an infant room teacher tell a child UNDER TWO to "Knock it off!" and "You better stop" when she was crying, I placed my baby on a waitlist for another center. In the meantime, on a day when a lead teacher was absent, my baby was only given 3 oz. of breastmilk between 7 a.m.-3:45 p.m. My child went to this center every day with a 6 oz. bottle of formula prepared, 4-6 oz. of milk for a second bottle, and 4-6 oz. of milk in the freezer so that she can, ***at least***, have 10-12 oz. of formula and breastmilk when I am away from her. When I complained about this horrendous issue to the administration of the center, I was, at first given an apology by the DIRECTOR-- WHICH IS NOT ENOUGH when dehydrating a child. Then, the staff member who oversaw this infraction said to me, "They told me to apologize, so I am, but ..." and then proceeded to attempt an excuse for not giving my child two bottles. After this time, the ASST. DIRECTOR asked me to come in her office and told me she needed to interview me to discover what is going on with my daughter's feeding schedule, and very quickly into the conversation, I realized she was trying to shift this issue to being a questioning of my parenting-- asking me why I "only provide two bottles of breastmik for my child a day?" ....to which I said. "WELL, if you looked at your records OR IF YOU KEPT DECENT RECORDS, you would see (and be prepared to discuss), she is provided 6 oz. of formula PLUS two bottles of breastmilk a day, PLUS a pouch of babyfood." She then said, "Oh good, I am glad, because I was about to come at you." Uh, what?? Ridiculous record keeping, unprepared parent conference, lack of accountability, and accusatory in the face of DEHYDRATING A SIX MONTH OLD... a perfect recipe to send my family as far away from this center as possible. ***Oh, and when I said issues like this one are serious enough to report a center to the state, the asst. director said "Oh, are you threatening us? We've made accommodations for you. Where is ours?" ....She was insinuating I should be making them accommodations because they had made an accommodation for me once to cash my check for childcare payment one date later than usual. Payment plans are supposed to make it okay NOT TO CARE FOR YOUR CHILD????!!!! I told them upon leaving we would never return, and I called the director after we left. The Director assured me they are doing professional development for all levels of admin and caregivers to correct this egregious situation. I hope she is serious about it because as it stands, as a mom of three with kids as old as 9, this is the absolute worst childcare experience of my motherhood. What a disaster.

My son has been attending since July 2015. He loves it there. The staff is so warm and loving…read more Whenever I drop him off or pick him up, they are doing some fun or creative activity. It really feels like a home away from home to him. One of my favorite features is the amount of time they spend outside in their fun environment. Everyone there is wonderful, but Miss Lisa and Miss Patty are his favorites.

Both of my kids LOVED SRV Mini Camp last year!! We are signing up again! It was their first…read moreexperience away from home and the teachers were great! They came home exhausted every day and can't wait to go again! Arts and Crafts, Free Play, Swimming, Exploring... They loved every minute!!

My five-year old son had an amazing time at School in Rose Valley's mini summer camp this past…read moreweek: He made new friends who covered him in hugs as he left, met kind and patient teachers, and thrived in the warm, welcoming environment (daily swims in the school pool helped!). I don't think I ever imagined that any school experience could be described as magical, but that's the word that kept popping into my head everyday at drop off and pick up. A week in the woods was a perfect change of pace for my little city kid. He swam in the campus pools each day, played games like tag and basketball, built with legos, dew pictures, built toy boats to use in the pool, and ate snacks provide by the school as well as the lunch we packed. He also had the chance to feed the school's sheep and chickens. By the end of the week, he was begging to return again in the future, so we'll definitely be looking into attending a camp again in the future.

We wanted to love Beanstalk, but unfortunately our experience has been extremely frustrating,…read moreprimarily due to reliability and communication issues. Since our twins started about ten months ago, the center has had repeated closures due to building-related problems. In that time there have been closures related to water line issues, air conditioning failures, heating problems, and most recently a gas line issue. In 2026 alone, the center has already closed eight scheduled daycare days. For working parents, daycare isn't optional. When the center closes unexpectedly this often, it creates a huge disruption and forces families to scramble for childcare or take time off work. Communication has also been a major problem. Updates are often inconsistent or unclear, and different administrators sometimes provide conflicting information. In one case, parents were told the school would be closed for a field trip. Later that decision changed, but instead of sending a clear update to all families, some parents were contacted individually while others were not. Because we never received the update, I took PTO from work unnecessarily. To be clear, the teachers themselves are kind and caring, and we appreciate the work they do with the kids. Our frustration is with the management and the building-related issues that continue to disrupt families. When you're paying thousands of dollars per month for childcare, you expect consistent operations and clear communication. Unfortunately, that has not been our experience here.

Our son has loved his time at Beanstalk. The Staff is friendly, professional, and hardworking…read more Highly recommend!

I can not rave enough about the Pre-school at Temple Emanuel…read more I sent my daughter, who was not yet 2 at the time, to camp here. The program was 2 hours long. I was incredibly nervous, as she has never gone to day care or any such program. The staff was amazing (thank you Deb and Jeanie), and they had a handful to deal with. I was a crying fool the first 2 days. My daughter LOVED it! So much so that I signed her up for 5 days of pre-school. Lynn and Jeanie are wonderful! They truly love their job and it shows every single day. My daughters teachers, Laura, Donna, and Mindy are fantastic! My daughter is the youngest in her class, but that has not stopped her from anything. In fact, school has helped her in so many ways from speech development to social skills. She loves going to school, her teachers, and her friends. I was even nervous about adding the 2 extra days, but I truly think it was one of smartest decisions!

We've been taking our boys (2yo and 4yo) to Under the Sun for almost 6 months and absolutely love…read moreit. They are super accommodating to our schedules and my sons needs. Their teachers and classroom aides are awesome and appear to genuinely enjoy the kids. Both boys do not give us any problems with being dropped off and they are always very happy when we pick them up. I'm pretty surprised they have such a low rating which is very unfortunate. They really are a great daycare.

We had our son there and twice when picked up had dried Feces on him, teachers said doing best they…read morecan. Teachers argumentative with us. One time he was not changed from an accident and the never Put underwear on him because they didn't look think to look in his bag. Just not a great place to send your kid and had no faith that my child was really cared about there.