Anne the director/ owner is a skilled educator with over 20 years of experience in childcare and…read morecertifications in the Montessori method. I have toured Rising Star Montessori is clean, well organized home preschool with tons of hands-on materials. There is a beautiful fenced play area in the backyard too. Take a tour and see for yourself!

From the owner: Rising Star Montessori is a small preschool in a beautiful home located in University Place…read moreWashington. Come check us out!

2 of my kids go here and they love it. Kind and caring teachers and staff. Love that I get pictures…read moreand video updates of the kids through out the day

My wife and I put our two children in. Safe to say that was a mistake, taking them out of this…read moreuntrained school was a better choice. Our kids are not at chambers primary and we have not had one single incident all year. I'll make this simple, good work places do not have high turnover.

I can't say enough great things about this daycare! If you're looking for a place that feels like a…read moresecond home for your child, this is it. Truly one of the best decisions you can make as a parent.

We've had an amazing experience at Wee Care. Miss Nicole is the best. My son was potty trained…read morealmost immediately and it made our lives so much better. He always came back with fun stories that showed us he was learning a lot. Now he is in School and he was very prepared. My daughter will be starting soon and we are excited to see the progress she will make. My son was well fed, had lots of play time and field trips, and also learned how to make some art, recognize some letters and his name, and just how to be nice to other kids. Overall 5 star experience.

ETA: The new leadership team is amazing. The school went through some challenging times, but it's…read moreback to feeling like a home away from home again.

Think hard, don't lie to yourself... Does your child need a bit of support academically? Do you…read morethink they might? Do you want small class sizes? Are they on meds that need to be administered at school? Are they Neurodiverse (Dyslexic, Anxiety, ADHD, Autistic, Dyscalculia, etc.)? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, this school probably isn't for you. We really loved the school when the kid was younger. But, partway through the lower school, supports and amenities suddenly got a lot more scarce! The Middle School is even worse. Were the staff at fault? Usually not. Decisions were made and the kids that needed a bit of help paid the price. There isn't a school nurse. They have remodeled some of the specialist-type classrooms to convert them into classrooms. There has been quite a bit of staff leaving in the last 5 years. There isn't a real 9:1 kid to teacher ratio in practice, they use alternative accounting practices including counting staff members like the librarian (kids see the librarian for an hour or less per week while most teachers rush back to their rooms for preparation time leaving the librarian often alone with the kids). Teacher assistants in the lower school are not necessarily full time and are often pulled from class to cover teachers and things like playground duties. The administration is actively trying to add more students per class, and more classes overall, as all administrators are prone to do. In short, while it is a beautiful school, it isn't for everyone. Try not to be dazzled and ask the hard questions. See if this is right for your family. It is an expensive question to get wrong.

Our son has been here 2 years. Great staff and our son made…read moresome great friends and enjoys the teachers and playing here.

My kid started at 3 at this place and WOW this place is amazing!…read moreThis place provides the perfect setting for kids to develop and grow! On top of that we REALLY LOVE the TEACHERS! YES every single one! They love the kids and treat them with love!. Our kid have developed so much from this place. It was the best decision that we have made for our kid! We are really thankful to all the teachers that helped our kid grow and we are going to miss this place alot! Highly recommend this place!

1-Star Review -- YMCA Early Learning Center, University Place…read more My family used the YMCA childcare program for approximately three years, and unfortunately, my overall experience has left me extremely disappointed. I want to start by saying that the toddler classrooms were generally great. There were staff members who were wonderful with the children, caring, attentive, and clearly invested in their well-being. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same about every part of the center. My experience with the infant room was particularly disappointing. The older woman working in the infant room did not seem to be a good fit for my child. My child cried for extended periods while in her care, and I ultimately had serious concerns about the quality of care being provided. For me, an infant spending significant portions of their time crying should be something the center takes seriously. I also have significant concerns regarding the director and the YMCA's handling of a situation involving my family. During the time my child attended the center, the director became personally involved with my husband. From my perspective as a parent, this created a serious conflict of trust because this was not simply an individual who worked somewhere my family happened to visit. She was the director of the childcare center responsible for overseeing the environment where my child was being cared for. I became aware of instances in which she allegedly used work time/PTO to meet with my husband nearby and maintained communications with him while she was working. Along with unnecessary visits to my child's room while my child was in attendance. I was also extremely troubled by conversations involving serious concerns about conduct occurring within the center. For example, I was made aware of a situation involving a staff member allegedly spraying children in the toddler room with a water bottle when the staff member did not like what the children were doing. Regardless of the circumstances surrounding that particular incident, concerns involving how children are treated should be handled seriously and professionally by management. I brought my concerns to the YMCA district management. What was especially disappointing was being told that the director had not violated YMCA policy simply because of the nature of her personal relationship with my husband. That response completely missed the issue for me. My concern was not simply someone's private relationship. My concern was that a person in a position of authority at my child's childcare center was simultaneously involved in a personal relationship with another parent whose child attended the center. That creates an enormous trust and professional-boundary issue from a parent's perspective. As a parent, I expect childcare administrators to maintain appropriate professional boundaries and to put the children and families they serve first. I also believe the fact that employees are compensated by the organization makes the use of work time for personal matters particularly concerning. Parents pay tuition to the center with the expectation that employees are using their working hours to perform their responsibilities and care for children--not conduct personal relationships. What made the situation even more frustrating was feeling that information was withheld from me while I was still relying on this facility to care for my child. I ultimately had to find alternative childcare, which was not easy and created additional problems for my family. I want to be fair: a few good people worked at this YMCA, and some of the toddler-room staff were genuinely wonderful. However, the turnover rate was alarming. My criticism is primarily about the infant-room experience, management, professional boundaries, and how my concerns were handled at the administrative level. When parents leave their children at a childcare center, they are placing an enormous amount of trust in the organization. That trust extends beyond whether someone can change a diaper or supervise a classroom. Parents should be able to trust the leadership, judgment, professionalism, and integrity of the people running the center. Unfortunately, my experience caused me to lose that trust. I would not recommend this center based on my overall experience. Parents deserve childcare where their children's well-being and safety are unquestionably the priority.

From the owner: YMCA Early Learning Center is a licensed YMCA Child Care Program. Our program is more than a place…read morefor your child to go while you're at work. It's a place where children learn to grow into individuals in a safe and inspiring environment. Your child will create lifelong social and emotional skills along with basic fundamental academic skills.

Great school and day care! Loving teachers and staff providing Christian education to kids. Both my…read morekids have attended for the last several years. They even accept DSHS reaching our communities of Tacoma and Lakewood!

From the owner: Puget Sound Christian School and Daycare provides pre-K, preschool for 3 year olds, and preschool…read morefor 4 year olds, with daycare services before and after M-F. Our mission is to train children according to God's purpose by providing a Christ-centered, safe, loving environment where parents, board members and staff, in partnership, work to help each student achieve academic excellence and spiritual growth. Preschool hours are 8:45-11:00am. Pre-kindergarten runs M-TH, 3 year old preschool is M/W, and 4 year old preschool is M/W/F. For daycare children who attend local elementary schools, we offer pick up and drop-off transportation to and from our location for a low monthly fee. We also are a WA DSHS provider for half and full days of childcare. We are affiliated with South Lakeshore Christian Church, which is a non-denominational Christian church. Puget Sound Christian School & Daycare admits students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs and activities available to students.

Good back up daycare and super easy registration process. It's charged by the hour so dropping off…read moreis a breeze when you need to immediately care. Absolutely love this daycare! From the moment we walked in, we felt welcomed and comfortable. The staff is incredibly warm, kind, and professional. The place always look pretty clean. They truly care about each child and it shows in the way they interact with the kids. The best part is you knowing your child is in good hands when you go for a quick errand run.

My 6 year old son loves coming here. He'll choose KidsPark over riding his bicycle, which is his…read morefavorite activity. The staff here are polite and professional, and the facility appears clean and tidy. I'm happy that KidsPark is available for spontaneous drop offs. They're a great option for spring and summer camp as well.

This place has gone from great to disgusting and unsafe over the past couple of years. Management…read morehas turned over a couple of times since then and teacher staff is now a revolving door. We just pulled our daughter out of there because they aren't even pretending to apply a curriculum for pre-k. They're babysitters, now, and not even very good ones at that. Most recently, we found soiled clothing stuffed into her backpack with her other clothing, sheet, and blanket. Not in a bag, just right into her backpack which now is soaked with urine. My four-year-old doesn't often have accidents, but good lord, what lazy, thoughtless person thought this was ok? During the pandemic, staff was supposed to be masked. Almost daily, either on dropoff or pickup, there were staff seen in classrooms or in the office (the part parents and kids walk though) either completely without a mask or the mask pulled down. Every time I brought it up, I was told that they'd "mention it in a staff meeting" or confirm that yes, it is their policy for staff to mask up. Regardless of your views on masking, the fact that they just didn't enforce their own policies that are supposed to be in place for safety, is unacceptable. The owner, Tom, also spread misinformation during the pandemic regarding masks and other preventive measures via signage posted at the center and at the summer camp location. This place started going down hill quickly when the director (a couple of directors ago, I think) left. Andrea was the last good one, but it was clear that she was being hamstrung from actually doing anything good there. I know it's tough finding a child care center these days, but please, if you have the option, look elsewhere. I'm sure there are other places just as bad or worse, but I no longer trust this place to keep my child safe and certainly not to prepare her for kindergarten. The dozen or teachers who have cycled through that room in the past few months have been uninterested in getting to know the kids, have completely ignored kids who clearly needed attention, were downright mean to kids (witnessed during dropoff on numerous occasions). If you can help it, please trust your children to another center. Also, the five star review that this is updating was written with the promise of a starbucks giftcard. I'm not sure how many other positive reviews are genuine.

They're always very nice when I arrive to pick up my niece, Kaleiah. They already know me. LOL! The…read moreschools smell like Clorox. They seem to always be cleaning. The kids always appear happy.

I would never recommend this school. The Administration is a joke. Mrs. Zamira does what she wants,…read morehow she wants, with no accountability or concern for the children. The Principal Mrs. Hofstrand allows it. My children had the worst experience here. They enjoyed the primarily and intermediate schools but completely lost interest in school when they came to the Junior High. My daughter quickly learned that thanks to Mrs. Zamira you can't sing happy birthday to your friends, you can't link elbows, and that they cannot recognize breast cancer awareness month because according to the Vice Principal, the kids are not mature enough.