This is an amazing and wonderful school. I wish I could put into words how amazing this school is…read more The teachers are all really great. They put so much time and effort into planning lessons, caring for the kids' social and intellectual growth. The director of the school is so caring and plans the funnest activities for the kids. We came here for two years and our kid had the best time. We were so glad to enroll our kid here.

All 3 of my children have attended KinderCare with Ronna and Jayme. From infants to school age…read more This particular center is really gaged on child and family engagement. The teachers are amazing. Your children learn so much! It's clean and they always decorate for the season. They have a parent station set up for coffee and snacks. With secure doors to enter into the building lobby and then again into the classrooms. You and tour children will love it!

I have been trying to resolve an ongoing noise issue with the nearby daycare in a respectful and…read morereasonable manner, but unfortunately my experience has been disappointing. When I called the main customer service number, I spoke with a very kind representative who assured me that the district manager would contact me to discuss my concerns. Unfortunately, I never received that callback. I also spoke with the school manager directly. In my experience, the conversation was dismissive rather than productive. I explained that the prolonged, high-pitched screaming from a few children echoes throughout the surrounding apartment community and has become a daily disruption for nearby residents. I was told that the children are allowed to scream as a form of self-expression. While I understand the importance of allowing children to express themselves, I believe there should also be reasonable consideration for the people who live nearby and are affected by the constant noise. I work from home several days each week, and the screaming is loud enough to be heard clearly inside my apartment, even with the windows closed. This has become a recurring quality-of-life issue. If this continues without any effort to address it, I will have no choice but to contact the local police non-emergency line to request a welfare check whenever I hear prolonged screaming that reasonably causes concern. When children are screaming continuously at such an extreme volume, it can be difficult for nearby residents to distinguish normal play from a child who may genuinely need help. I sincerely hope the daycare will work with the surrounding community so that this situation can be resolved without further escalation.

We sent our child to Bea's Playhouse for about 2 years, from 1 to 3 years old so this review comes…read moreafter long consideration and lots of benefit of the doubt. For your child's sake and for your own peace of mind, avoid this place at all costs. I wish we had reviews to go on when we were evaluating her care but there was only one and it proved to be a very different experience than the one we had. Our experience was a lot more like the other 1 star review here, which is no wonder because two of the more recent 5 star reviews ARE WRITTEN BY HER CHILDREN (flagged). It is this kind of deceit that is so unnerving about Bea's place. I am mostly mad at myself for staying with Bea's for as long as we did despite all the red flags but this was our first child and my wife and I didn't have anything to compare our experience with. In hindsight, I should have left the first time I witnessed Mark, a very big part of the creepiness at this daycare, downstairs in the child care area wearing pajama with a little boy on his lap in front of a computer. It gave me a bad feeling ("I hope he never does that with my child") but I wasn't going to jump to any extreme conclusions. Over the next few years this is what we experienced: 1. Lying. Bea lies... a lot. In fact, her habit of lying actually makes it difficult to judge what is going on and impossible to communicate. We found that most of the lies weren't that big of a deal and the excuse I projected onto her was that other parents must be so difficult that she feels she needs to lie about little things because I might be one of those parents. For example, Bea has quite a few small dogs and she told us the children are never around them because they make sure to keep the animals separate. This is 100% untrue, but I really didn't mind. Unfortunately, there were other times when the lying really did matter. First, there was the time my child started coming home smelling like cigarette smoke. When I mentioned it she immediately dug in and claimed no one in her family smoked, started blaming other parents, etc. Well smoking isn't illegal, I just don't want it around my child but claiming it didn't happen made any sort of conversation about it impossible. The day I mentioned the smell of smoke I saw her son smoking in the backyard and noticed a crumpled up pack of cigarettes in his car on the way to the front door. We should have removed our child that day but you know how hectic life is when you're balancing a career and parenthood and the next time I picked up my child, the smell was gone. Though Bea continued to lie about the smoking at least it was gone so... problem solved, right? There were other incidents where the lying mattered and where the promises she made to us when we first met were simply not the reality of her care. 2. Screen Time. After two years my son doesn't know a single German word but he sure knows a lot about Paw Patrol, Amazon Video, and YouTube. When we first met Bea she assured us that there was no TV. Well that was a huge lie. The TV was on every time I dropped off. One of Bea's daughters even let slip they keep the TV on during nap time, which is probably why my child, who takes 1 1/2 - 2 hour long naps at home would always have bags under his eyes after daycare. Screen time is something our family might be more sensitive about than others but because of the lying it was hard to figure out what was happening. We should have pulled our child out after realizing the extent of tv watching but I second guessed myself. 3. Mark. This is where things are most obvious that we should have found a different daycare and yet the most difficult to discern. To begin, Mark and Bea constantly argue in front of the kids. In fact, they argued, uncomfortably, in front of us the first day we visited the daycare to see if it was a good fit. Red flag! Less tangibly, but more importantly, I find Mark really creepy. I think he acts strangely with the kids, I think he is impossible to engage in conversation, and I wouldn't feel comfortable if he were the only one there looking after my child. We should have run from this place at the first bad feeling in my gut. There were other issues tied into the big three above: what I perceived as casual anti-Semitism around Easter and Christmas, giving our child candy against our explicit instructions (the worst was: "Mark gives your child candy so he will like him better"), and it was like pulling teeth to get a quick summary of our child's day at pick up. All I really wanted to know was did he sleep? Did he eat? What did he eat? Not only did I have to push for answers to these questions every single pick up but the answers I got were usually vague or flat out wrong. I wouldn't have written about our experience had it not been for the fake review written by her daughter. Steer clear of Bea's. There are plenty of daycare facilities in our neighborhood that no one should have to risk using this place.

A great place with truly caring people, they care to take the time with each child and make sure…read moreevery day is a positive experience. Katie, Bea, and Mark are wonderful people!

Our second student is currently at Sunny Acres. Our first student completed 2 years there. Sunny…read moreAcres is an amazing environment for children and families. Kira and Abigail created a magical place for children to learn and grow. The facility is amazing, it feels like home. The art projects are impressive, and I am sure take hours of planning. Kids experience so many important things: social skills, spending time outdoors, art, cleaning up, farm/livestock interactions, chores, creative play, gardening, emotional intelligence, and independence. We feel truly feel blessed to have had found Sunny Acres and consider ourselves a part of a special family. Pros: * Daily healthy snack is included * Book bag is included. * Art supplies are included. * Amazing after school events * Great field trips * Beautiful facility and property * Competitively priced * 3 and 5 day week options Cons: This is not hyperbole, we have not had a single negative experience here in the last 3+ years

Faith has been a lifesaver for me. When my child was refusing to go into his old daycare, I knew…read morehomeschooling wasn't the right fit because I wanted him to stay social. I can truly tell that everyone at Faith adores my child, and I feel so blessed and full of gratitude. Faith is actually a preschool, not a daycare. They do a wonderful job of helping your child get ready for kindergarten!

They have really gone down hill in the last few years. They cut the recess time for the children,…read moreand are far too focused on academics while ignoring actual development for young children. The current director has overreached far too much, and does not seem to understand how childcare actually works. They are not the school, especially if your child needs any extra support or has 'behavior issues,' even if those behaviors are normal and appropriate for your kid's age.

I have taken a lot of time to wait and write this review as I did not want it to be done when I was…read moreso angry - nearly 6 months later here I am. My son made it a total of 10 days at Tara's Daycare. We were up front of some behavioral issues that he experiences as he has a diagnosis of Anxiety and ADHD, in which she stated that she could handle. Unfortunately she was not equipped to do so. We had started a new medication for him (first time medicating him) and there were several off handed comments on "bad days" that were made such as: "did you medicate him this morning?". She clearly did not understand his disorders. I was called numerous times in the middle of the day to pick him up, which I would. I could hear him in the background breaking. I was told they kept him from the other children for their "safety". I am understanding of her responsibility to protect her other students, but she was not experienced in working with more challenging children. She shouldn't have stated that she had any such experience. She even told me that she had never met a child like my son in the X amount of time she has worked in the field (real nice!) She would talk about my son's emotional outburst in front of him to the point that it was taking a toll on him. The last day we were there I got a call from her with a voicemail saying I needed to come now, when I got there my son was sitting there broken, crying. She started in with raising her voice and telling me how horrible my son is. I picked him up and rocked him telling him everything was going to be okay. I told her it was clear that this was not a good fit and we never went back. When I got into the car I told my son he never had to go back there again. My son still talks about her as "mean teacher". He typically likes just about anyone. I warn you to not take your children here. There were several times I walked in and her voice was raised loud enough to make me uncomfortable with how she spoke to other children. She does not talk to children with respect, if they are in the least bit misbehaving. Additionally she had several people helping her in the 10 days we were there. 2 of which i was never introduced to, nor was I told prior that other adults that did not include herself, or her assistant would be watching my child.

My two years old son has been going to Tara's Daycare for almost 6 months now and we absolutely…read morelove it. They are very flexible and have great hours. I can see the growth and learning every day! All of the teachers in the baby and toddler rooms love having her and she loves seeing them. best of all, the children seem very happy there and love Mrs. Fariba. When I see my son interacting with other kids, they are attentive and share toys with him and give him hugs whenever he comes and goes. It's very nice to know that he is in a caring environment while he isn't home.

Wonderful smaller preschool with great staff! Can't say enough about how amazing everyone is at…read moresammamish learning center preschool!!

I couldn't be happier that I sent my daughter to avocado for preschool. And this is coming from…read moresomeone who LOVED our previous home daycare. However as she got older and her classmates the same age also left we decided to also look for a preschool. My first priority was bilingual and I love that avocado offers two options for preschool- a full immersion or a more 50/50 bilingual approach. I had no issues with scheduling a tour/ deposit for waitlist. After touring a few options avocado stood out for its quality of material and thoughtful approach to learning. It's been almost a year with avocado and I'm so happy. My daughter loves all the teachers. I love how the school organizes thoughtful new themes every week and has special programs centered around Chinese holidays. They also organize so many nice events like Easter egg hunt or Mother's Day events. I've also noticed a difference in my daughter's development- the Montessori approach really suits her and she's definitely progressed faster. The food they cooks for the kids is also so tasty. Lastly I really appreciate how receptive the school admin is to feedback. They hold numerous sessions to hear feedback from parents and incorporate it in new policies. My only gripe is the parking situation can be a bit hectic at peak drop off or pick up times, especially on the half days they have once a month.

Starting the second year of working with the Avocado team and my daughter and I are loving it. It's…read morealways tough as a parent sending your child out of your own care, but she's always so happy with her friends and the teachers. The communication is always great if there is anything I need to know, and the teachers are all very nice and friendly. I'm happy to be confident in my choice for my daughter's learning and look forward to continuing the relationship!