This is my son's second year here. Next year he will be moving on to Pre-K and I am going to be so…read moresad to say goodbye to everybody. This is the absolute best preschool in the area. The teachers are amazing. If you are thinking about sending your child here do not hesitate you will not regret it.

horrible staff that changes every other month..not a safe place for your kidsread more

This place has been our daughters home away from home. From day 1 we knew our daughter was in the…read morebest of hands! The teachers are amazing, loving and you'll never have to think twice! We love them!

From the owner: Beach Friends services children ages 18 months- 5 years old. BFSC is licensed through the NYS…read moreoffice of children and family services. We are CPR/1st Aid trained. The provider holds a master's degree in both general and special education.

My daughter started OKP at 20 months, and I was a nervous wreck. She cried for the first week at…read moredrop off, but was all smiles at the end of the day. I am very particular with everything I do, much less my daughter, so this was a huge step for me to allow someone else control. OKP was everything I was hoping for in a child care establishment. They are attentive and communicative. I can call anytime of day and speak to my daughters teacher or an administrator. No one is perfect, but OKP comes very close. The children are learning and having a great time doing so. My daughter who will be 2.5yo in 2 months and she absolutely loves going to school. I can see the joy on her face when we talk about how her day was. I am currently expecting another bundle of joy, and safe to say we will be adding another student to the OKP Roster.

Literally the best early childhood center for any race child. I love how sweet, attentive and…read moreamazing they are to the children. I only had one negative experience with another parent. And honestly the way the staff responded was top tier. I love how in tune with different culture's the school is. Not to mention the many learning and fun activities they have for the children. My child really felt close with his teachers and made lots of friends. I highly recommend OKP for all children. Thank you guys so much for the years there. Xoxo

Very good swim instruction program with mainly experienced staff. Haven't used other facilities.read more

I love this JCC. My husband and I have been coming for two years now and it's wonderful. We mostly…read morego for the gym, but I've also attended some programs and we even hosted our baby shower in the adult lounge. The staff is very accommodating and friendly and membership is worth every penny.

It's hard to put into words how incredible this place is. Lori who runs Brightstar is incredibly…read moredevoted, caring, and always ensures the highest standards for her faculty and children. The entire staff and faculty are amazing. You can easily tell that everyone at Brightstar loves what they do and is 100% committed to the children in their care. Our boy has grown so much academically, socially, and emotionally. Even in the challenging times of COVID, Lori and her team have have worked tirelessly in providing accurate and timely communications, adhered to strict safety protocols, and always do so with a smile on their faces. This is an incredibly stressful time, but somehow they don't let that impact the children. You know your in good hands when you show up to pick up your child and he tells you to come back later because he wants to stay for aftercare to play with his friends.

Bright Star Academy is the best preschool and pre-k! The director of education, Lori, is wonderful!…read moreShe gets to know the children personally and supports the teachers in every way they need. The teachers are bright, nurturing and offer individualized learning based on your children's needs. Our kids have shown such emotional and intellectual growth since starting and we couldn't be happier!

It's been a month, so I decided to revisit my review…read more Things started bad with people letting our baby cry himself to sleep and fall asleep face down. Not being watched, ignoring the schedule provided, overfeeding, not supporting the baby properly, leaving him to cry for an hour at the high chair, just moving him from one container to another (high chair to bouncer to crib), sending him home covered in food, ignoring the shoe cover rules, picking up pacifiers off the floor and putting it back in his mouth. They also lost his bib and one pacifier. We found the bib, but they tried to give us someone else's bib twice already. He doesn't cry himself to sleep as much anymore, but I've noticed they either let him get overtired or they just ignore him in his crib. I watched another baby shove him down and the teacher eventually picked him up and put him in the crib. The crib seems to be the go-to if he's crying. I watched one teacher lounging on the floor ignoring the babies until he fell over. Then she just put him back into a sitting position and walked away. After he cried too much, she put him in his crib and went back to her lounging position. Another teacher came in and they appeared to have an argument. There isn't a lot of routine and stability there either. Some mornings he is in the other baby room. The teachers seem to rotate, but there is no set schedule to the rotations. They will let him go 5 hours without a nap and then have him only nap for 15 minutes. I've watched him so tired he fell asleep face down on the play mat for over 10 minutes before someone finally took him to a crib (this happened more than once). I watched an older baby hit him on the head with a toy and knock him over. Luckily a teacher picked him up pretty quickly. He also comes home everyday with the diaper on way too tight. Sometimes the tabs overlap. He's developed diaper rash, which he never had before. We have so far caught a really bad virus and some sort of a cold in such a short amount of time. The positives are that he eats way more solid food than he used to. I like that he is socializing and sleeping in the crib.

There are 2 employees currently head teachers n the other assistant teachers who should not be…read moreanywhere around kids n r currently employed at tutor time in east rock away please contact me whoever is in charge been calling all day leaving messages calling Susan viggiano , next thing I'm contacting a family friend from the Nassau herald , its sick n heart breaking how heartless an evil people can be n they r hired buy tutor.time and places around children makes me sick to my.stomache

I called multiple times to no avail. Her answering machine said if you email me I'll get back to…read moreyou sooner, it's been almost a month. I get that a daycare can be busy, but busy to the point that you can attend to people, yeah OK.

Yes, we have since spoken and I am quite happy we did…read more This question was posted 10 days ago; prior to me getting in contact with you. My review was actually a question about how to get in touch with you since I could not and I was hoping that someone would have responded. I can see the reviews, which is why I was reaching out as much as I did. We have actually planned to meet and move forward, so hopefully that can still happen. I understand you are a small business and my review was not to bash your business at all as I did not know you. It was a genuine question being posed at the time. I am actually quite satisfied since speaking with you, so again the post was not an actual review, but an outreach to someone who has their kids here.