I really appreciate the care and time the teachers and staff take to know my children, and my name…read moreas I come or call to find out information about my children. I have a 2 yr old and a 4yr old registered. My son talks about what the teachers do with him in his VPK classroom and my daughter warms up nicely to the teacher so as not to leave me worrying when i drop her off. I like knowing whats going on and the school keeps me informed with anything i ask about. Thank you for taking care of my babies

Miss D and all the staff are very friendly and are doing a wonderful job with the children. I see…read morethe staff is engaged and work together to make a very comfortable atmosphere. My child has flourished with the teachers and grown so much over the summer and into Kindergarten which was a stark contrast to his VPK school that was overcrowded and understaffed and not half of what Childlife has to offer.

The only positive here is the teachers--they are dedicated and hardworking despite the environment…read morethey're stuck in. Unfortunately, the ownership and direction of this place are deeply disappointing, and it's impossible to support leadership that shows such a lack of responsibility and professionalism.

Unfortunately, we were disappointed to say the absolute least with the infant room. The ratio of…read morechild:teacher is 6:2- with another floater- the standard, but you can tell that they are overwhelmed. After picking up my child early, I got to see what goes on in the middle of the day. While I don't think this was out of the norm for infant care, I was surprised at what was happening. My child (of 3 months old) along with another child was lying on the ground in the drop off section where people take off shoes and was attempting to feed himself a bottle, absolutely covered in milk. The teachers were busy warming bottles/ changing diapers/ trying to tend to the 6 screaming children. After picking my child up off the ground and cleaning him up myself, I was given previous bottle- still 3/4 full. While I understand that a baby will not always finish a bottle, I was not okay with the fact that he normally would have had 12 ounces by this point of the day, and he'd only had 6 total. I did not say anything to the teachers, as they really didn't have time to chat (they prefer communication via their app). I sat in the parking lot of the center and finished feeding him. He was starving. I have no idea how much he actually drank since he I witnessed him attempting to feed himself. When we got home, he took another 8 ounces. After talking to other parents- they said that it wasn't totally out of the ordinary and that if they didn't have to do infant care, they wouldn't. When we ultimately decided to pull him out of daycare and picked his stuff up, it smelt of very strong cleaning chemicals. If you have to do infant care, this place checks the box, but I definitely wouldn't recommend it. I'm not one to post poor reviews, but I wish I would've known what it was all about. So here it is.

DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE!!!! They seem really nice and helpful when you do the tour. The…read morebuilding itself is incredibly dirty and falling apart. No effort is really made to fix things. All the teachers but the one with the glasses and the sweet Cuban lady seem to hate their jobs. My daughter's teacher was inherently lazy; and I caught her several times SCREAMING and cussing out my two year old. When I brought up the problems to the owner, she made a ton of excuses. We had some verbal sparring over the phone; and after I made SEVERAL reports to both the health department AND Hillsborough county, she told me to leave. I had already moved my daughter, so. If you research (which I wish I had done before) there have actually been a ton of complaints filed here over the years. It's obvious the owners are only in it for the money. They don't do a lot of projects with the kids, the food is crap, and everything is incredibly old and dirty. Any time you bring up problems, you get a ton of attitude. One time, I caught a staff member spraying bleach water next to my kid, and I asked her to stop and I got yelled at for it? So I brought it up to the owner and she said it wasn't bleach. It was labeled bleach water and I know what bleach smells like! I was told that my daughter had to wear shorts under her dresses or skirts because "the little boys in the class are curious" where TF are the teachers if the little boys have time to do that? My daughter shouldn't have to change what she wears because the teachers aren't doing their jobs. In addition, I've walked in several times and the kids were by themselves and the teacher was nowhere in sight! Stay away from this place; I wish I had never subjected my daughter to it. I hope it gets shut down.

My kids have gone here for two years now and we can't say enough good things about our experience…read more My daughter is in the 3's class and my son is in the after school program. The staff is tenured, loving, and really know how to engage the kids and genuinely care about them. Any interactions with the administration team have been very professional and pleasant. I know my daughter will be very prepared for Kindergarten after VPK! She is not even in VPK yet and knows all of her letters, sounds, numbers, is writing her name and short words, and most importantly seems like she loves to learn.

So the reviews you see below are clearly old. I agree, 2 years ago before my kids joined, the had…read morewonderful leadership & curriculum... we got the tail end of that and then watched this place completely fall apart. I have waited all summer to write this because I wanted it to be as un-emotional & succinct as possible. My kids attended 2 years of Montessori here. They loved the teachers but left for summer with very little support for the upcoming school year. Granted, one year was complex with COVID but there is no excuse to conduct a teaching environment if you're not following the Montessori method and actually teaching. I feel so sad for the teachers. They all mean well & love their students. However this place has had multiple admins turnover in a matter of 2 years, and teachers came & went just as easily. Unfortunately this was evident when multiple parents came together towards the end of the year and realized their kids (8-10) year olds still could not read at their grade level. This same group of parents spent their summer paying alternative schools (Kumon is who I hired) to supplement everything these kids had missed. Mind you, my son was complex and has not done well in any school due to a minor disability, however this wasn't just my son who required remedial tutoring & this review isn't solely based on my son's issues. They weren't proactive in helping me with educational resources , I had to get a 504 plan from a local elementary school, which he didn't even attend but they were willing to take me through the process. Along with charging a ridiculous amount of monthly tuition, they also had so many extra days off throughout the year...then charged extra for those care days if you were a working parent! I'm not talking holidays and 2 teacher work days. I'm talking once every month or two for no apparent reason, it was not on schedule with public schools many days they took off. They didn't pro rate, instead they charge you to "care" for, not teach your kids on those days off . the last month of school, also didn't prorate so you pay a month, get 21 days & then they charge you extra to help care for your kid the rest of the month! They also increased their tuition intermittently, I was paying approximately $1400+ per child. I'm telling you, this place will charge you & then send your kids home with subpar education to succeed thereafter. I am forever weary of Montessori going forward & have opted for charter.

Absolutely the worst staff you could imagine. It's too bad because there are many great Montessori…read moreschools out there that are excellent. The majority of the teachers are unprofessional and the principal does not have the leadership skills to identify or correct the problem. My child is in the 6th grade and several children have been inappropriately touched by other students and experienced racially related bullying as well. When parents spoke up, the staff retaliated against the students by taking away most of their privileges and cancelling all school events. Police have been present on the campus twice this year. My child, who has always been an A student, came home crying because his teacher led him to believe he is an F student. When I met with his teachers and principal, I found her story to lack any evidence and my son brought home all A's a few weeks later. I truly believe that the teacher was just being nasty. The principal and assistant supported this behavior from the teacher. I'm also shocked at the lack of education level of the faculty. There are very few times when there aren't spelling or grammar errors in what they distribute. My son has brought home reading materials with a set of questions for him to answer that didn't match the material. For the sake of the children in the Palm Harbor community that could benefit from a good private school, I hope there is a change in staff. This is not an inexpensive school by any means, I would not recommend considering this school at all.

My daughter has been at Children's Nest for 2.5 years and we have had a wonderful experience there…read more The teachers and staff are so welcoming and we have made so many friends within the community. I highly recommend this daycare to parents!

Patricia Selva, the director at the Hyde park location discriminates against neurodivergent…read morechildren. Additionally, they don't have enough staff to cover the promised daily activities such as outdoor play. They keep the after school children in one room, expecting them to complete worksheets while sitting at a table quietly for hours. Although we were verbally told during our tour (and it's covered in their handbook) by Patricia that they would go outside daily to play on the playground, they never did. There was always an excuse. It was too hot or not enough staff to watch the kids. For a neurodivergent child, this is a must. After sitting in a class all day, they need to get their energy out. My son, repeatedly got in trouble because he was saying potty words (poop, pee, balls) while sitting idle in the classroom. When we addressed it with the director she said "all the other children are angels, except yours. He must be learning this inappropriate language at home." As she was telling me this, another child approached my son and punched him in the stomach. When I pointed that out to her, she said "I didn't see anything." Patricia was looking for any reason to remove my child from the center because he didn't fit the definition of normal. I called to inform Trent Crouch who oversees children's nest he said "there is nothing I can do, Patricia has been with us a long time." It saddens me that our community is unwilling to help children that are neurodivergent. In this case, children's nest did not live up to their promises of keeping the kids active. They looked for reasons to discipline my child and ignore the bullying behaviors of other kids. Patricia and Trent should be ashamed of how they treated my son and learn how to help kids of all abilities,

I love this center, teachers are amazing, Director Tisha is very friendly and takes care of the…read moreschool and the families. Great experience and my kids are very happy.

Horrible daycare do not send your kids here. They are very neglectful to children, leave kids…read moreunattended, staff use very foul language, do not provide children with proper diets regardless of any kind of allergies and caused health concerns for my child. The director does nothing but try to cover it up and the owner of the facility has no care as to what goes on at this center, Protect your children and find another center for them anything is better then risking your child's safety under the care of this horrifying daycare

cute center, they treat my daughter wonderful and she is happy going in there and coming out , I…read moredon't appreciate how one review a women said "everyone speak Spanish only " which may be a concern to other but I've noticed in my 7 years of being a mother of two , separate ages daycares that have Spanish only speakers are the most safe and loving ones they treat your children as family and The culture brings diversity to our kids ! and found my children to be more happier in this diverse state we live in it's beautiful really my children speaks both languages and you cant beat that !, it's a beautiful daycare and the staff aswell are always attentive and supportive to my kids needs .

one of the worst daycares ever. everyone speaks Spanish only! only the director speaks English and…read morenooo Spanish and the owners speak broken English but mainly Spanish. soo goodluck communicating with anyone here. As soon as my kids started they had major confusion with my children's ages. And forcing my twin 2yr olds to be potty trained bc they thought they were 3yr old When they just had turned 2 right when they started. 1st issue second issue they said my kids had behavioral issues and trying to make it seem like me and my support system didn't know how to discipline my kids. Mind you at home and other peoples homes my kids don't act out. I explained to them how I discipline at home which obviously they have to follow certain rules and things which is understandable to discipline. Never have I ever heard of a toddler getting suspended from a daycare. Nope 2 of my kids did! Almost weekly and I finally got tired of signing incident reports, and asked for video footage. 1 of the reports I signed stated a toy was snatched out of my kids hand which obviously a trigger for a kid so young, so his reaction was to bite. Yes my kid is wrong I understand that completely I asked if they were sat down to explain do we not snatch and bite, no one could answer the question. Then another day comes by and he get In trouble again, for what the report stated was a similar incident. I sign it and don't ask questions bc I was so over it I was looking for other daycares. I walk in the next day to drop off my kids at the daycare and the director tells me that my 2yr old could not come back after today bc he's expelled. However no one told me anything the day before when I signed the paper and it was not on the paperwork either. When I asked why that is when the director proceeded to tell me did I read the incident form I told her yes it's similar to a situation that just happened a few weeks before when she was not there. she then proceeded to tell me that she reviewed the footage and told me a whole different story then from what I signed On the report. So I told her that and stated then why have me sign a report that is not accurate bc you guys seem to not be able to get your story straight. mind You this is my 2nd child getting suspended from this facility for said behavior issues And they knew I was looking for another daycare. from the beginning I paid full price as my school readiness was not transferred yet to their facility which is ok bc they back pay so I would have a credit which I confirmed with the owner. My credit was over $800 and they still tried to get me to pay full price. When I asked about it and mentioned. It that is when the owner decided she would look into my account and seen I had a credit but then tried to say I had a lower credit then $800 which I matched everything up and corrected her. Also when registering my children I provided all paperwork up to date... let me tell you they lost every piece of paperwork provided for all but 1 kid. Now why if im registering 3 kids would I only provide for 1. they always want doctors notes even if the kid misses 1 day. Like what a regular school doesn't even do this. lol. Also they tried to get extra money from school readiness and tried saying my kids is last day was a week after they were expelled. I had to call school readiness to make them aware so the new school could get paid properly.

I have been so happy with Mary's Little Lamb. My two-year-old loves it there. She once begged me to…read moreplease let her go on the weekend. They seem to always take the time to listen to her and have even asked me for help translating her particular toddler speak. Nothing but thrilled with Catherine, Jo, Alex, and Candace.

This place is very dirty and staff is incompetent. They do not know anything about a curriculum or…read moreorganization. The mother/owner and daughter is in it for the money and not the kids. The staff are always frustrated. I Will never recommend this place to anyone