We love sending our son to Near the Pier. His teacher, Miss Sonja, has been wonderful. He lights up…read moreevery time he sees her. We also appreciate that it's not one of the mega chain daycares. Everything feels very personal and genuine. Highly recommended.

My boys has attended Near the Pier for 4 years now. They absolutely love the school and the staff…read more The teachers are a great encouragement and the academic program is great. The boys confidence are outstanding and I contribute a lot of that to this school and the teachers. The summer camp is amazing!! They attend summer fun trips every week and my boys are usually worn out by Pick Up time Extremely clean, and well managed by the director Ms Tonja, who I must say is the most supportive. Is so loving to her students my kids feel her love. Hands down wouldn't trust my kids anywhere else.

Today we had the pleasure of meeting Ariana and she was absolutely AMAZING. We have 3 kids (2,4,6)…read moreand she was able to handle them with ease. She was very polite and calm which is exactly what we were looking for. In a 2 hour session my husband and I were able to meet and plan the next steps for our business as well as have some down time. Ariana had control the entire time and respected our wish to keep the kids to a certain area of the house.She came right in and took over. Ariana it was a pleasure having you and we look forward to seeing you again.

My child has been enrolled in the infant class at UCC for the last 5 months. He has loved every…read moreminute of his time at UCC. He loves his teachers and it is clear they love him too and take wonderful care of him. Ms. Rosa and Ms. Lashawnda are fantastic teachers. My son gets a huge smile on his face to see his teachers every morning. They keep us updated through the Kindercare app; sending us pictures of his day and letting us know about his eating, sleeping, and diaper changes. In the late afternoon, he transitions to another classroom, but Ms. Haley and Ms. KK and all the other teachers take wonderful care of him and always have updates on how the day went when we pick him up. The consistency of teachers has helped make us feel comfortable with our son's time at UCC. They know him so well! We can't say enough good things about how comfortable we feel dropping him off every day. The facility is clean, organized, and we're always met with a smiling face and personal greeting from the administrative staff for drop off and pick up. Everyone knows our name and our son's name. It really feels like the staff at UCC cares about our family.

Our 2 year old son has been going here for daycare for over a year. It's been a great experience…read morefor both us and him. Great teachers and staff! Excellent communication and awesome indoor playground for the winter and rainy days.

We did not want our son in a daycare. However, after a failed nanny share attempt, we knew we…read moreneeded a solution that would be closer to our offices downtown and something that would expose our son to more children for socialization. Once we met Val and saw the school, we instantly knew the location was perfect for our commute and the nurturing, attention, diversity of education, structured play/education we had been hoping to achieve with a nanny share would happen at CPS. Our son was one of the first enrolled students. 8 months later, we could not be more thrilled with the experience. He is only just now 1 but is already walking, talking, singing and signing. The teachers are amazing and the activities offered (yoga, music class, baby sign language, daily walks/park play during nice weather) are unlike any other school we toured. They also have numerous activities where parents are encouraged to come to school and participate. Checking in on his day is easy with the Brightwheel app. Am excited to have our son at the school until they kick him out when he is 6 :)

I am really impressed with this school. Both my grandkids go there. The activities and the…read moreprogram are amazing, the food, the facility, the best I have seen, and I was an educator myself. Good habits, reading, potty training, and lots of fun activities, caring environment, this place is a real find!

I am sorry to have to leave such a negative review. This nanny service specifically works with…read morehotels and travelers and charges more than other back up care in the area. Yet there is no safety net for when things go wrong and the owner was not interested in making any changes. Therefore, DO NOT use this service if you need a guarantee that the nanny will show up and would be in a bind without them. My story -- I was in town for a job interview and traveling with my 7 month old. Because of traffic, I had to leave the hotel very early at 5:30am. The nanny no-showed. Ok fine, emergencies happen, things come up. My main issue was that my calls and emails to owner Rebecca went unanswered. For 3 hours. I ended up dragging my sleeping 7 month old along for my interviews and finding a separate emergency nanny to meet us there. Kind of a disaster. I gave the service a chance. The two nannies who did arrive were nice. I talked to Rebecca afterwards. I suggested that they needed a backup for emergencies -- a number or pager or email or something. She was not interested in looking into that. I suggested they provide their services discounted after what I went through. She was not interested in that; I got a $400 bill from her despite the above disaster. So I would advise you use this service with extreme caution. All of us with children know that childcare emergencies happen. But a "back up" nanny service that charges more than the competition but isn't willing to be available when issues arise? That's not a service you should give your money to.

This was our first time using American childcare or any hotel sitter service. It was great! Selah…read moreput us and our kids at ease right away, and the boys said they had a great time! Thanks!

We've had such a wonderful experience with Guidepost at the Mag Mile campus. Our son started when…read morehe was just 15 months old, and like many parents, we were understandably nervous about sending him to school at such a young age. That made it all the more meaningful to find a community that has been so warm, supportive, and genuinely invested in his growth. The engagement from everyone at Guidepost--from the teachers to the administrative staff--has meant a lot to our family. It's clear that the people there truly care about the children and work hard to create an environment where they feel safe, encouraged, and excited to learn. Watching our son blossom, gain confidence, and discover new things has been a wonderful experience, and we truly do not think it would have happened in the same way without Guidepost. Initially after we enrolled, there was some turbulence with administration earlier on (3 admin changes), but it really seems like those issues have been sorted out. The school feels welcoming, well-run, and focused on doing a great job serving the children in its care. That has given us a lot of reassurance and made us feel even better about being part of the Guidepost community. We're very grateful for the nurturing environment they've created and would absolutely recommend Guidepost Mag Mile to other families looking for a caring and engaging place for their child.

I would give them a 0 if I could. There is a reason they keep shutting down locations. We went here…read morefor my daughter's kindergarten year, they sold us on this being a very academic school that encouraged independence and grace. What we got was my seeing my daughter who is academically advanced being used as teacher's aide in a school that was understaffed. Instead of helping her learn she was constantly being told to help younger kids. She was also subjected to seeing her teachers become physical with her peers who didn't listen, by harshly putting them into chairs, grabbing them by the shoulders. I myself witnessed a Spanish teacher pull two boys into the hallway and slam one of them into a wall while yelling at them in Spanish. I believe this happened because the teachers are all running classrooms without the proper student to teacher ratio so they are frustrated and stressed. That teacher told me she was in the room alone and the boys were acting out. We finally took our daughter out of the school when she started coming home with scratches and bruises on her body and the staff did nothing about it. There were two boys in her classroom who were physical with the other kids and the teacher had no control. Their director even pulled the video tapes from the classroom and verified to me that my daughter was telling the truth about these boys but their only resolution was to "give the teacher more training". These boys were wild and out of control. Overall it was a total waste of our money. The only positive was some of the other wonderful families we met there (most of whom are also pulling their kids out). This school was much better when it had a different head of school. It is very unfortunate because they have some great kids and a few great teachers but they are all so unsupported and staff turn over is very high.

She Is Very Nice , Respectful , Great w My Kids , House Immaculate Clean , Great Area For The Kids…read moreAlways Available Always On Time . She Treats Kids Like Their Hers & Always Looking Out . We Love Her & I Highly Recommend Her Daycare For Others .

the lady every nice,respectful,professional good place for your child to go she teach them cursive…read morehelp with homework etc

Caterpillar Care is such a great choice for childcare. We absolutely loved our time with them! The…read morestaff are very attentive and each child receives attention from loving teachers. We have no complaints and were sad when our time with Caterpillar came to an end. The value for the cost is also a huge plus.

Called twice in a row, phone answered and I heard male voices in background, then hung up. Not…read moresure what's going on, wondering if not in business anymore.

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