I have had both of my children at this center, my oldest did summer camp, which he loved. He loved…read moreall the field trips they took and just had a good time making friends. My youngest attended this center 4 days a week and it was literally the best thing that could have ever happened for him. He was 3 and had a speech delay, not really talking much, just random words here and there. Slowly over time, he started talking so much and was using small sentences. The work that Miss Jenn and Miss Leila put in with my son, I am internally grateful for. Each week, my son would be talking more and more and it was such a crazy journey of watching how much he grew in such a small amount of time. I was honestly worried he would end up needing speech therapy, but after his time at Carelot he has had such a transformation and I can't thank them enough for everything they did for my kids. Thank you Carelot!!!

brought my 4 month old there for care and got the opposite. The floors were unclean to where my…read morechild was eating stuff from the floor. I went to management that morning about the messy floors and came back to get my child and she had bleach stains on her pants and it started turn her flesh red from exposure. I pulled her that day and they refused to give me my $500 deposit back. DO NOT BRING YOUR KIDS THERE

Renee is an outstanding teacher, helping little one's grow into exceptional children!…read moreShe is blessed having a complete knowledge of the proper learning path for her little one's! When you look at the pictures on Facebook you can see and feel the happiness in the children's faces! I firmly believe this is the finest pre-school learning experience a child in Connecticut can experience!

From the owner: In home licensed daycare. Your child will feel they are at home away from home. Smaller groups, one…read moreconsistent adult, more one on one time with me, the provider and other children. CPR/FIRST AID certified. medication certified. AED trained. Outside play/activities. Weekly curriculum.

I am agreeing 100% with the previous poster for the east lyme location. I have had nothing but…read moreproblems with Carelot Childrens Center. My kids go to the thompson, ct location and it is the complete same. They combine classes, teachers are always taking kids from other classes to run "errands" put the older kids on the busses, if theres too many babies in the infant they take them to the older classes and such, etc. VERY DISORGANIZED. They also do the bare minimum with teaching. My 4 year old is barely taught handwriting or anything important. There "handwriting session" is drop off in the morning trace your name on a yellow lined piece of note pad paper written in half! It's so pathetic how cheap they are. AND YOU WILL DEFENITLY want to know this... I signed up for full day care 7-5:30 because they were ALWAYS complaining if I was 15-20 minutes off schedule (doesn't matter about traffic, the fact that I'm a single parent, my schedule varies between school and work) they then told me that there DAILY RATE of $60 only covers 9.5 hours and that for the 10.5 hour day it would be an extra $7 per day per child!!! OUTRAGEOUS. And as the previous rater said, they do make you put 2 weeks down. They also make you do EFT payments, no other options. If you choose to do that with a credit card its a fee. But you also have to have a checking and credit card linked to your account so they have the ability to freely charge whatever they want. They fucked up my account and withdrew $166 extra for four weeks before I logged into my bank account to notice, also note they do not provide statements for you to trace unless specifically asked. I can't suggest enough that you do not bring your child to this very poor excuse for a daycare. They need to be shut down.

I can not say enough great things about CHBS. First, a great group of teachers. Second, wonderful…read moreenrichment experience in language, arts, music, and more. Prior to CHBS, my child was in other typical American preschool/k, and no one knew if the kids had BM, or a nap, no daily report, nothing. CHBS gives you a daily report of your children's day- about the nap, bathroom use, noticeable events, growth, etc. I have many books of our daily correspondence between us and CHBS which will be a treasure for me for years to come. I would highly recommend CHBS. Of note- I am from Japan and I can say with confidence they are so kichin to shiteru.

With my Japanese background, I always wanted my kids to grow up learning Japanese. With that said,…read moreit was very difficult for me to speak to my kids solely in Japanese when their dad doesn't speak the language. Enter Cedar Hill Bilingual School (CHBS). Once my kids started at CHBS, their Japanese language skill sky rocketed. My 4 year old went from somewhat understanding what I was saying to him in Japanese, to being able to speak to me in Japanese 100%. He also learned to read and write during his time there. I also have to say the quality of the teachers and program are top notch. You cannot find a better daycare than this one.