Where do I start. This place is a house of hoarders. Two adults can not walk past each other…read morewithout knocking something over. The owner needs to clean it up due to safety. The staff is constantly turning over, you never know whom you will get each week for your child. There are a couple of good daycare workers but it's overshadowed by the lack of quality management. They constantly lose paperwork or ask you to resign things. Also this is not an inclusive daycare at all. Lastly, I went to true Montessori schools as a kid and this place isn't it. They try but lack completely. So If you are thinking about signing up your kid, I would highly recommend against it. especially if you are a POC.

From the owner: We are a bilingual Montessori program for children ages 18 months-6 years old. We offer toddler,…read morepreschool and JK/SK childcare programs. We make children our priority. Our staff, facilities, materials, meals/snacks and programming are specialized and adapted for children. We have caring, loving and highly educated/trained educators who work in teaching teams to ensure continuity and a family-like atmosphere for your child.

My family and I have had a great experience with BrightPath Kitchener and it will be sad to say…read moregoodbye at the end of the summer. I've watched the wonderful changes that have happened within the centre over the past year with new leadership taking over. Walking in, you can see the love, passion and hard work that has been poured into the centre not just aesthetically but with the staff and classrooms as well. You can see that they truly care and believe in what they do. You can see the staff are happy and are truly passionate about their job because it's evident in their environment. The communication with the office is nothing short of superb. The centre director Natasha is professional, welcoming and creates a caring and safe environment for my child. Overall since the change in leadership in the office, they have done an outstanding job creating a positive, well organized, caring child care centre and you can really see how well the centre is run! It will be truly missed by my family!

There is some great staff still there but many were chased out when they repeated reported abuse…read more Christina was responsible for many allegations. My son ripped out his 2 front teeth at 18m in her care. They didn't do anything to work on his verbal skills. Christina slapped a pen cap from my son's hand. This was reported to family and childrens services on Friday afternoon. I wasn't notified until Tuesday at noon. I punished my son on the weekend for slapping my hands. We thought he was just hitting and being a brat. He was trying to tell us. They claim that she didn't make contact. My son had bruises on hs hands.Christina wasn't fired. She was moved to another room( The infant room) and staff didn't know what happened. The staff that reported her were punished and fired. I got the full report and found out about other abuse she committed she was not only verball abusive with 3 year olds on multiple occasions but picked 2 of them up by their wrists. Do to her not being allowed near my son he was held back in the toddler room. His progress with potty training, education and socilization was stalled for an extra 6 months. i tried desperately to find emergency care to no avail. Melanie continually covered for Christina and made excuses for not moving Hayden up. We are still struggling to fix the damage they have caused.

Great school great teachers and staff my son loves going there my son is special needs and the…read moreteachers are great with him

Fabulous child care centre!! Staff is superb and have knowledge, experience and training that…read moremake them top notch! I would recommend this centre and any of the other Regional centres to anyone.

My daughter is taking swimming lessons at ymca kitchener kaufman branch …read more Today was her first day and since she got in the pool she was not comfortable and she couldnot teach the ground and she was gonna drown 3 times and her instructor a kid called Karima does not know anything about teaching or caring . She is a careless person . My daughter kept suffering until my husband called the life guard to take my daughter out of the pool . You have to take action with this shit and stupid person , my daughter now is so scared and she got alot of water in her nose and mouth because of this ass hole that you call her instructor . I will keep complaining and even i will talk to human rights and all organisations

Okay. Recently renovated, the facilities are very nice. The pool is always just the right…read moretemperature, though don't come during family swim unless you want to be swarmed by small children. Go for a later public swim. As for the gym equipment, most of it is fairly new and we'll maintained. There are plenty of wipes to wipe down the equipment. The weight machines are, however, clearly designed solely for men, and if you're a woman planning to use the weights you probably want to look up proper positioning online before you come as there are only guides for men, and, as we well know, we fit into the machines differently. Finally, there are often small children roughhousing on the equipment in areas they're not allowed, and the staff acts like you're disturbing them when you ask if they can tell the kids they're not supposed to be there. All in all; good facilities, if you're a guy and don't mind kids loudly slamming weights and machines.

I, as a parent, am very satisfied. You can notice how the educators get attached to the children,…read morehow much they care for them and love them. They spend a lot of time learning, playing, reading books to the children; they spend a lot of time outdoors. Everybody is involved in taking care of the kids: director, assistants, educators, cook(s)... everyone. The facility is very clean and full of different educational toys that they rotate or try to replace with other toys - whenever possible. The staff are very culturally-sensitive. Once you get in there for your informational session, you become sure that there is no better place for your child than La Garderie. Kids do not watch TV there, which makes me very happy. There is a large outdoor play area for your child(ren) and they have a gym in cases of extreme weather conditions. You get reports about your child's day on a daily basis. Our child is obviously happy at La Garderie, and my husband and I are more than happy about that!