My daughter has been going to this daycare since she was 6months old and we love them. She has a…read morerelationship with all of the girls who work there and I can see a bond of trust and care. She is encouraged through her mile stones and loved through the growing pains. I am informed about her day and involved in her care. The owners are fabulous and the girls there are great. They are all different backgrounds, so I'm not too sure what the previous review was about, but I don't see any prejudice among the kids or the staff. I highly recommend them to everyone I know.

From the owner: We are delighted to welcome you to Magical Forest Academy. Our focus is on providing a…read morecomprehensive education that includes social skills, age-appropriate academics, music, art, and physical activities. In addition, we use the Christian based Abeka curriculum to enhance our daily lesson plans. Our approach is centered on praising children for their hard work, ensuring that they are safe and well-cared for, and accepting children from all races, religions, and backgrounds. We aim to encourage children to be their unique selves while supporting their emotional, physical, and academic development. Our goal is to provide a welcoming and supportive environment for your family. You are always welcome to visit our center and observe your child progress. Our qualified educators are carefully selected and possess the necessary educational credentials to provide excellent care. Our teachers are warm and friendly, with a proven ability to connect with both children and adults.

I am so grateful to have found this preschool! First off, they are a gold seal preschool, and there…read moreare only 18 of those in the entire state! My goodness does that quality standard difference show big time! The teachers and support staff are extremely loving and caring. They do some incredible activities to help all the kids learn not just the standard curriculum, but they even teach social-emotional health. They have a beautiful layout for how they teach daily which I truly appreciate. My daughter is in VPK and attends the 4-year-old classroom. She adores her teacher who is also the head administrator of the school. The layout for the preschool is unlike anything I have ever seen; they call it kid village. The entire school is filled with vibrant colors and designed in a truly playful way that reflects the warmth they have given Valentina daily. They run an extremely tight ship with grace and professionalism which is gigantic to me. They prioritize health and safety to a high standard with their secure entry process which does require a daily temperature check. The entire compound as they call it (and it is very large) is filled with beautiful flowers, trees, and a gigantic playground. All of which are fully gated with stronger security measures than any other preschool I toured. Palm Coast is a very safe city already (address says Bunnel but its right there on the line of Palm Coast), but the added security measures make me feel so at peace when dropping her off. I really can't think of anything negative at all to say and I highly recommend this preschool to anyone looking for their child's education to be cultivated with the highest standards of care which is not something I say lightly as someone also in education. Thank you for doing such a wonderful job with my daughter!

The staff is friendly and helpful. I would recommend this preschool, because of the staff and the…read morecleanliness of the facility not to mention the security access to the building. This makes me feel that my kids are safe when you drop them off. I'm a foster parent and my kids were struggling in another daycares, I was told they couldn't handle the behavior. I have noticed my kids have matured and the behaviors have calmed down and they are learning a getting the resources they need. This staff will work with you to help make your kids feel comfortable and help them to succeed.

Rooms are overly full, you have a teacher just long enough to learn their name. Then your child…read morewill see someone new, (who doesn't even attempt to pretend to like being around kids) and your child will start crying and not want you to leave all over again. Most days the only present one there. The front desk girl will be stuck in a. Class because one of the "teachers" called in. So If you have a hard time getting in, you have to flag down the older, misserable one in her office to open the door. My child lost a finger nail here due to another kid, comes home telling me she was hit and pushed. If I could give them zero stars then I would.

From the owner: Sunshine Academy / Sunshine Academy of Flager specialize in Early Childhood Education and…read moreDevelopment. We are a Child Care provider for children from 6 weeks - 12 years of age.

As of this morning, I'm pulling my 6th Grader from Imagine School at Town Center!…read more The folks at the school are incredibly nice, and very helpful when you walk in requiring assistance of one kind or another. You're always greeted with a smile and assured everything will be taken care of. The problem? They don't follow through! My youngest son has always been an A student. Not to suggest he's perfect. He isn't. His A's have been hard won, and it's required a balance of teaching, parenting and great communication, which we've always had with his teachers. When he would start to slack off or not hand in homework, I made sure teachers knew that I was there, ready to respond. We recently received an email from his Math Teacher saying he was missing 9 assignments. (FIRST QUESTION: Why did it take getting to 9 before anyone contacted me?) I immediately contact the teacher by email requesting a list of the missing assignments and a meeting. To date, I haven't heard back. A little back story: My son started the year at a different school and was on the waiting list at Imagine. I guess they expected him to know their rules even though he wasn't there for orientation. As it turns out, the math teacher sends home a list of the weeks assignments every Monday for parents to sign, which was the reason we were supposed to know our boy was missing homework. The problem is that we didn't know she did this, and had NEVER sign one. You'd think that would be enough of a reason to email us and let us know something was wrong. My wife and I called to talk with the school about the situation and finally got a response from Kristy, the school's Assistant Principal. She explained that Imagine has a 24 hour contact policy, and that we should have received a call or email within 24 hours. Very sorry about the entire mess, she promised to look into the issue, have a meeting with everyone in the department and get back to us with the specifics of on my son's issue(s). That was well over a week ago and I haven't heard back from her either. My son recently came home with his progress reports, which contained several C's, two F's and a D. We signed and returned the progress reports with a request for a meeting with the teachers in each class. We still haven't heard from a single one. If you're looking for a great school that will educate your kids and communicate with you, this place isn't it. "Charter School" may sound nice, but going from an A student to a D student in just a few months and being ignored through it all... Enough is enough. We have many friends that teach in the Flagler County School system and when we told them we were moving our son to Imagine, every single one of them told us to be very careful. Some even described this exact situation. I should have listened. I didn't, and now my son is paying for it. I'm moving him back to Bunnell Elementary this morning. ----------------------------------- UPDATE: After enrolling my son at his new school, I returned to Imagine to let them know and make sure my son didn't owe them anything. I ended up meeting with Kristi Kendall and having a good talk. While there were attempts made to contact us, she agrees that we should have been called and that there is definitely a problem, even if only this time. There's a lot to this issue, and my review of one start still stands, but I couldn't walk away without doing everything I could to make them fully aware of the situation. No child or parent should have experiences like this. Particularly when they're so involved. I wish them luck and hope they fix this, and quick!

This is my son's second year at Imagine--he is now in 8th. My twins started kindergarten there as…read morewell a few months back. First I have to say that I have been so impressed with the middle school program. The teachers are highly intelligent, thoughtful people, who genuinely love their jobs. AND my son loves school. (He disliked his previous school in Wisconsin) Though we're just starting out with kindergarten with the twins, I have been equally impressed with their teachers. They seem knowledgeable and sensitive to our kids needs. I've had good experiences with the administrative staff as well. When we needed to rearrange our pick up schedule, the principle and vice principle were extremely cooperative. We moved to the area in part because we had read good reviews about Imagine...I can't believe how lucky we were...honestly it's better than what we expected.