Our daughter has attended NAMS for the past 2 years and she is having a wonderful and enriching…read moreexperience. The teachers inspire creativity through art and play while laying the ground work education she needs in preparation for elementary school. Our daughter is also learning how to form close friendships and recognize and express her emotions and this is invaluable. She is always happy and smiling when we pick her up and this makes being working parents much easier.

From the owner: We specialize in quality child care for infants through preschool children utilizing Montessori…read moreearly childhood educational practices. We are open year round and have years of experience.

My daughter has been attending this school since the summer and she really enjoys it. Breakfast is…read moreserved in the classroom and she eats lunch with her friends and teachers in the cafeteria. The classrooms are well appointed and keeps my little girl very involved. She likes her teachers a lot and comes home playing school. The school staff are always very friendly and helpful. I ask them for advice often and they are very willing to listen and provide guidance. Overall the school is a very supportive environment. The school has a nice size playground for the kids to remain active.

From the owner: As Maine's oldest child care center, we offer full-day, full-year, quality early care and education…read morefor children from 6 weeks to 5 years in our 6 classrooms. We prioritize low to moderate income families, and provide a healthy breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack. We have a great outdoor playground and take advantage of our downtown Portland location with walking field trips.

Our child attended Toddle Inn for 4 years, from the time he was 8 weeks old until two months ago,…read morewhen we were suddenly told they could not accommodate him anymore and we were asked to leave immediately. It was a very traumatic experience for our family, as we had to explain to our extremely bright 4-year old that he wasn't going back to the place he considered his second home. It recently came to light that we were part of a corporate purge of children who they found too difficult to manage, and who didn't fit in to their one-size-fits-all program. DO NOT send your child here if they are gifted, "spirited", or require any level of additional attention beyond the very basic levels they're required to provide. The staff is a revolving door, with the exception of a handful of wonderful teachers who should leave that place and join a program where their dedication will be valued and the children will not be treated as disposable commodities for turning a profit.