we enrolled our son here back in 2024 after shopping around for a Montessori in the South Riding…read morearea. I enjoyed our initial visit and Monica (the previous head of the school) was great to work with. our son quickly adapted to his classroom & became very close with his teacher who is no longer there (Ms. Aya). he has since moved up to Children's House with Ms. Freshta and Ms. Priyanka! they know how to work with each children as they are all different in their way of learning. they have been nothing but patient and they love challenging my son to help him reach new heights. in his time there, he has learned a lot. they took potty training very seriously and he started just about as soon as he joined the school. he loves going to school & as a Montessori, they are very "children based". the students do everything themselves in the classroom to help them gain independence at an early age. when we first signed up, we were told our son would know his multiplication table by 4 and fractions by 5 so I'm excited to watch him progress. the new director, Ms. Desirae, has been a pleasure to work with. she has quickly immersed herself in the school and learned every child in all the classrooms. Ms. Cady at the front desk is very helpful and greets everyone as they come in. the after school teacher assistants like Ms. Dawn are super helpful and the children love her! my only gripe is that lunch is not provided. my daughter went to a school nearby growing up that did provide lunch, but it seems a lot of the daycares in the area no longer provide lunch. but different times I guess.

Four months ago when we left our previous school, I was full of anxiety, unsure how my 3yo would…read moreadjust. But within a couple of days, my daughter was excited to go to school and loving it!! All the staff/guides are amazing. Professional but friendly, caring, supportive, and above all, very communicative. The admins - The first day when I dropped off my daughter, she was crying inside the classroom and I was crying outside the classroom. Ms. Miya who I didn't know and was just walking by kindly offered her support and experience and helped me feel better. Ms. Jeannie has been incredible in every way from day 1 to get us situated, organize all sorts of cool activities, and make us feel welcomed into the community. Ms. Monica is our new head of school, and the short while that we know her, she's put in a lot of effort to meet all the kids and parents, engaging kids in different activities. The guides - Ms. Christine and Ms. Freshta, our lead & assistant guides, are the heroes who don't wear capes. Aside from all the wonderful things my daughter shares about her amazing guides, I could also see how the kids are always engaged, the classroom is always squeaky clean, and the overall atmosphere is always peaceful and calming. And that's a classroom of about 20 young children! I used to work in classrooms as a therapist and I know this is NOT something easily accomplished without extraordinary classroom management skills, consistent routines, and being awesome/reliable adults for the kids. Other guides, such as Ms. Theresa and Ms. Dawn are also very beloved by us. I love that the school's evening guides & floating guides are awesome, consistent, and eager to share with us what my daughter did that day! In the four months at guidepost @ south riding, I have nothing but wonderful things to say about everything and everyone at this school. We look forward to my daughter growing up here until elementary school!

Afia is a wonderful, loving caregiver! She had my baby for a year starting at 5 months and he…read moreabsolutely adored her! At dropoff, he'd immediately reach for her. She has a beautiful home and large basement for the littles to run around and play. She keeps the area very clean, hours are great, and she also can do weekend care. Pricing is great for quality of space and care compared to others I toured that weren't nearly as nice. Would highly recommend!

From the owner: Modern and spacious Virginia state licensed family home daycare facility located in Fairfax County,…read moreproviding child care services to the local community. Accepts up to 12 full-time children between the ages of newborn and 5 years old. Enrollment available throughout the year. Provider is First Aid, CPR & MAT trained. We are located on the outskirts of Herndon, just off route 7 and near the Fairfax / Loudoun County border, facilitating easy drop off and pick ups. Please reach out with any questions or to schedule a tour.

There are really no words for how amazing this home daycare is and how devoted the owner, Leena,…read moreand her staff are with the children. She is compassionate, trustworthy, highly educated in young childhood development, and keeps a very clean and organized daycare for your child. No TV time or useless tablet entertainment, the children are doing arts and crafts daily, excellent sensory skills development, they have outside time, and the napping room is pristine. I have very high expectations, as most parents do. Being in healthcare I expect a certain level of excellence in the level of caring, compassion, cleanliness and orderliness of a daycare- as these are all essentials in helping a child with their cognitive and social development. I have never had an issue with the staff or with the owner, she is MORE than reasonable and always professional, ALWAYS works with the client (parents) to make sure they are happy and I do feel she is over accommodating at times as she does care so much. I would recommend this home daycare to ANYONE in the area 10000x over. It truly is another family to us and it makes me feel so comfortable knowing our child is in loving highly competent professional hands. I have been in the daycare for a year now and wouldn't put my child anywhere else.

There are so many things wrong with this inhome daycare. For starters, this was our first time ever…read morehaving our daughter in childcare. She started with Leena a week after she turned 1. Everything was okay at first and after the second year started rolling around things started changing. Leena would start making inconveniences to the parents. Closing daycare way earlier than she has listed in her yearly outline she sends the parents. Changing times after already changing the closing time once. Her son graduates this year from elementary school and he wanted all the teachers to attend which then cause her to close daycare a few hours in the morning. This was a horrible inconvenience to us since it's not our problem her son requested all teachers there. She runs a business. She also is VERY problematic and dramatic. She LOVES to ignore you when you have questions and concerns about something she's doing weird. Not depositing checks on time random days of the week. We had issues with that and calmly confronted her about it and she would be dramatic or makes excuses. She doesn't like to have her authority challenged at all. Thinks she's is always right. Don't even bother asking questions or having comments concerns cause she will ignore you or act like a baby and complain. After a lot of fights over the phone and pretty much calling her on her BS we finally made the choice to take our daughter out of her care. If she can't be professional enough to speak to parents like an adult then she wasn't going to have our business. Loves to play victim a lot as well. On our daughters last day this week she didn't even have the professionalism to wish us well and to say good by to our daughter. She just stayed in her kitchen and ignored us. I highly recommend to go to another daycare..spend the extra money for better service, she doesn't provide snacks, lunch and doesn't even bother to help potty train unless your child is already potty trained...( makes no sense). She's pathetic, arrogant and petty. Don't waste your money at this petty lady's business.

A home away from home for your kid. A place where they can relax after a hectic day at school. Kids…read morelove all the enrichment programs like NotesN Beats, Science Cosmos and Komodo. A structured place where the kids are always happily occupied. Parents always see a big smile on their kid's face when they come to pick them up. All the kids love Polaris Smart and Polaris loves all the Polaris Smartians.

It is a well laid out place. Kids have plenty of room to do their activities. The indoor play area…read moreand basketball hoop is a nice feature. Besides the physical fitness, there are some very good enrichment programs to opt for, such as music, Lego, math. The staff are welcoming and eager to answer questions. I disagree with the 1 star reviewer. I spoke one of the other parents who are also very happy with the program and the facility. Kids are Looking forward to the robotics classes.