My family loves Childtime! Our son joined when he was 12 weeks old and is now almost 4. He has…read moregrown up with his friends and his teachers. To say it takes a village is an understatement and Childtime is an essential part of our village. We do not trust anyone to keep our children, the fact that I can drop off my son and feel comfortable and confident that he will be treated and loved the way he is at home is amazing!

All 4 of my children have gone to this school in some capacity since 2015. The school is run by a…read morecaring, empathetic leader, Bethanie, who has always been approachable and supportive. She communicates well and helps parents feel at ease. Though my older kids only go for school days out and summer camp, they LOVE coming back to Childtime. It's a bit of a commute for us, but its worth it for my kids to feel loved and happy. Shout out to Ms. Janet, who has been there longer than we have. She is so kind, generous, and always gives us a nice anecdote about their day. Any concerns are handled quickly and I love that I don't have to pack them lunches! Thank you, Childtime, for being there for my family for almost 10 years! You are a part of my village and I couldn't do it without you!

My daughter has been attending this center since she was 2 years old, one of the best decisions I…read moremade for her. She has learned so much over the last 3 years. She and all the kids there love Ms Michelle which is the owner.The center is kept clean thought out the day which i love keeps down on the germs!!! Everyone who works at the center really cares about all the children and it really shows. The center provides a nutritious lunch and snack each day for the children. My daughter has learned Spanish, how to write and so much more over these 3 years. If you are in need of childcare this is the place to send your child.

The Learning Ladder is a great facility/daycare to place your child in. From the moment that you…read morewalk in the door the smell of cleanliness just get's you and when it comes to choosing a daycare for me personally the initial smell is what grabs me just because you are a daycare doesn't mean you need to smell like one. Then it was meeting the owner. The welcome from her was very warm and welcoming, from the moment you walk through the doors everyone is speaking saying good morning/afternoon. The walk-through of the facility was amazing one there is an area for each age group with there own play areas. The infants are in there own room. The three year old's are not to cross over into the 2 year old's area anyone who isn't dedicated to that group also isn't allowed due to making sure everything being sanitized due to not spreading germs across. The daycare also prides it self on assisting your little one with potty training that they have installed tiny toilets for your little ones. Then there is the Large play area in the back for before and after care children where they can be dropped off by van service and picked up before and after school and get assists with homework( Love It) Affordable too. The children are also apart of a nutritious food program which I love. Then last the tuition is so affordable that you really can't complain I am a single mother of 4 and if I can make the payments then it is a great price but what I love is that they are willing to work with you if you are unable to make payment. The children are in uniform they are in a classroom setting getting them prepared for school early, but what you know what puts the icing on the cake is that your child is being taught by a teacher an actual teacher so not your average daycare focused on learning and not just play all day. Since my son has being going here. He can count to 20 he knows all his colors , shapes and he is (Reading) and he is only 3. If you are looking for a place to put your baby I say please put them at the Learning Ladder when your child comes home everyday happy saying they've had a great day and all he/she can talk about is the staff and taking things out your home for them then it's a great place.

Nothing but great things to say about Goddard owings mills! The teachers and staff are amazing…read more We've loved our time here.

I've met the staff, directors and the owners of this school and they are by far the most caring and…read morekind folks. I was impressed by the cleanliness of the place and how well run the school is. I wish they had space for my child to enroll.

So, I read the reviews and toured the facility. I had a pleasant feeling about the cleanliness and…read moreorganization;presentation amazing. The 3 year old room teacher even took me on a tour herself. However, LISTEN TO THE REVIEWS!!! I read them before we started, warnings of the owners behaviors once you present her with a concern. Welp, we were 15 days in, I had a concern, addressed it with her directly, and three days later, she pulls me into a room to tell me that her staff is "not licensed to diaper three years old" and that "they should be asking" (3 year olds)to go to the bathroom. She also stated that her staff was "scared" to help my son to the bathroom because he is "punching them in the face" and telling them "don't tell me what to do, or I will leave this center, go get my mom and have her slap you." Keep in mind, he is 3!!!! He can't even cognitively put together that sentence, and we don't speak like that in our home. He has been in daycare for 3 years, another center prior that abrupt left closed down, which when he was there, they LOVED HIM and never had any issues, outside of him telling them "no," but what three year old doesn't. When I asked her to advise me why her staffing issues, of having to take my son to the bathroom was even be a problem, as her staff and center are license for this, she asked me to leave. Well that was it, I took my son and left, she said "good, better for us." I have raised 6 kids in Columbia daycares and have NEVER experienced this kind of communication or human experience. I have many, many connections in the community, and should have referenced them prior, as others have heard similar stories with the owner. It's I called DHR IMMEDIATLY-they stated there is NO SUCH LICSENCE stating that certain staff cannot diaper or change 3 years old. Or that they have to use the potty and cannot be changed. So, this was verified a LIE, so what was her motive??? I am so flabbergasted!!! LISTEN TO THE REVIEWS!!!! DONT LET THE APPEARNCE FOOL YOU!!!!!!!!! I also walked into the room yesterday to pick up my child and one of the providers was screaming at a little girl, "DONT YOU BE TRIPPEN ME GIRL," when she noticed I was standing there, she quickly looked away. HUGE Warning: stay away. All the reviews about the director and the way she talks to you, and places the blame on the parent and makes up stories, one person stated "pokes holes in stories," is TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! End of day teachers are rude, yell at the kids, and tell them "you better pick up your toys before leaving cuz we don't do that around here, we don't pick up after kids." I have heard this DAILY at pick up, in FRONT of parents, and they say it in a rude and nasty manner, eyeing up the parents, like we better not say anything. Don't get me wrong, yes, they should clean up after themselves, that's not my issue, its the way they spoke to the kids. Oh yeah, I was told when I was addressing the changing issues, that my son "needs to learn to adjust and that change was inevitable." This was DAY 3!!! I kindly asked them to have patience with him asking to use the potty , as he is trying to adjust to the new environment, and was told " what you dont think we do?" It was just one defensive, aggressive remark after the other by the owner. Bottom line: DO NOT SEND YOUR KID HERE, DONT LET THE APPEARANCE FOOL YOU, AND IF YOUR KID ISNT 100% POTTY TRAINED THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR YOU!!!! PLEASE PLEASE STAY AWAY!!! PLEASE!!! DONT PUT YOUR BABY OR FAMILY THROUGH THIS. I'm not usually one to YELP and hate social media but if I can save a child and their parents from a circus show and unneeded stress, then this is ALL worth it!

I've been really happy with MKD Kids Learning Center. We had my daughter at a different daycare and…read moreswitched here because it's closer to where we live and more importantly, I wasn't all that happy with the other daycare. At the old daycare she would cry miserably when I left every morning. I felt awful leaving her like that and it was a terrible start to the day. I figured some separation anxiety was normal (she is now 13 months), and expected her to at least be a little upset when I left her at MKD, but in the month and a half that she's been there, there has been exactly one instance of her being just a little sad when I left. My daughter LOVES Miss Jenny and is excited to see her every morning. I just wish I could have started her here earlier! I'm surprised to see the negative review about the management. The director, Miss Mona, who started the school originally as an at home daycare, is super nice and attentive. I've never had a complaint, so I can't speak from experience, but I have a very hard time imagining her being unreasonable. The staff all seem to have a great sense of humor and like to have fun, but still take their work very seriously. The kids seem to have a lot of fun here. They spend a lot of time outside (when weather permits) and parents get a weekly printout of the activities for the week (all with a theme). If there's only one thing I could change it would be to get more information on what they're doing each day. Some daycares use systems that send messages and pictures to parents throughout the day, which obviously would add to the overall cost and far from essential, but kind of nice. It's a nut free environment if that's of interest to you. Overall, I'm really pleased with the daycare - especially for the price - and highly recommend it.

Awesome! Our little one is in his second year here already. He started in Annie's Angels, which is…read moreacross the street. They break it into three rooms there, based on size and ability. This year, he is in the big house...so to speak. Annie's is great with communication, they send newsletters, let us know what the baby needs if his supplies are running low, if he did anything naughty, etc. They do some crafts, play outside, and have a ton of staff to keep an eye on them. I like the fact that they send us text message pictures almost daily of the kid doing something. When I pick em up, they tell me what he ate, how long he napped, and whatever else I want to know. They even held out spot all summer since my wife is a teacher and is home to watch him. Didn't cost us anything!! I think they are doing away with that soon though. Times are tough. Really like the place.

Met with the owner, Ann, as well as the teacher for the 3 year old class to do a walk through and…read morediscuss enrolling our son. Gave them advance notice that our son has autism and needed a smaller class than the daycare he was currently enrolled in. We also mentioned that our son was enrolled in the Infants and Toddlers program and would have speech and occupational therapists, as well as his psychologist making weekly visits for his therapy on site. They seemed to listen and take everything in stride, and said it would be no problem and they'd be glad to work with him. We enrolled him and he began this past Monday. My wife took the day off and stayed with our son for a few hours to make sure he was okay with his new surroundings. He began playing with toys and seemed happy, so she left him there for the day. When she returned to pick him up later that day, the owner, Ann caught my wife outside and immediately told her that our son had a "bad day". She asked what happened, and Ann sent her in to see the teacher. The teacher told my wife that our son wouldn't take a nap, and that he wouldn't sit in the group for circle time. My son is non-verbal, and cannot sit still for long, but he is also a 3 year old boy in a brand new environment, with all new stimuli around him, so that's not that out of the ordinary that he wouldn't take a nap or wouldn't sit for circle time for the first day or two he's there. Our son seemed in a good mood when my wife got there, so we marked it up to first day growing pains. My wife called our son's speech therapist and explained what happened that day, and the speech therapist said she would come the next day to meet with the staff and owner to show them how to work with our son. The next day the speech therapist went to the daycare and worked for several hours with the owner and staff of Annie's Ark and according to her report, they seemed very receptive to her ideas and willing to work with our son's delays. Our son again seemed happy, and the staff told her that our son even took a nap on this day when my wife picked him up from daycare later that day, so we assumed all went well. That evening the psychologist sent an email and said that she'd be going to the daycare the next day to work with the owner and staff to teach them how to work with our son. We received a voicemail from the psychologist the next day (Wednesday) saying that she'd met with our son, the owner and staff of Annie's Ark and she felt that he would do very well there, and that the staff seemed genuinely interested in working with her to help our son flourish in their environment. Shortly after we received that voicemail I received a call from Ann, the owner. She started off the conversation by saying that she doesn't think our son being there is going to work. I asked what happened. She told me that she just doesn't feel he is a good fit, and that he doesn't listen when it's time to get into the circle for circle time, and that he also hadn't taken a nap that day. She also said he was a disruption to the other students during circle time because he chooses to play with toys instead and he doesn't respond to them when they ask him to come to the circle. I mentioned again that our son has autism and those are some of the results of his condition, and that we went over this when we interviewed with her for his enrollment. She said that she didn't understand what it meant when we told her he was autistic, and that she couldn't deal with it. She then complained to me that she had to take our son into her office with her and close the door because the teacher "needed a break from him", and now she can't get any work done because she had to watch him. I told her that I certainly wasn't going to debate to keep my son somewhere he's not wanted, and told her I'd leave work immediately to come and pick him up. She said that he could stay until the end of that day with her but we'd need to find somewhere else for him to go after that. Given Ann's tone and what was said to me, I felt it best we went to get him right away. My wife left her work and went and picked our son up from Annie's Ark. When she got there, Ann brought our son out of her office and tried to discuss it with my wife, but by that point there was nothing left to say. Then her staff followed my wife to the car and asked if she would tell them why our son was kicked out of the last daycare he was at. She informed them that he was not kicked out, and that we transferred him to Annie's Ark at the recommendation of his psychologist because their classes were smaller so it would less stressful. I cannot put into words the level of disdain I have for the way this was handled. Not only did Ann make it appear to us that our son would be welcomed at her daycare despite his learning disabilities, but she also led everyone to believe she was interested in learning more about autism and helping our son succeed, only to kick him out in 2 1/2 days.

During this time with the Covid19 going on this center has helped me and my husband in so many…read moreways. I honestly don't know what I would have done without them. I appreciate the great service, and communication this center has provided for my children. This center is very supportive and a BIG help to me and my family! I'm so blessed there still open during this time, they work with you in so many ways. If you need care I would recommend this center.

This daycare has provided excellent care, communication, and education for my infant son. He has…read morestorytime, tummy time, goes on neighborhood walks, and more. The center is affordable, clean, warm, friendly, and inviting.

My child is at the Hickory Ridge location and I cannot speak highly enough about the staff. My…read morechild, 8 months old, comes home each day happy and tired, which to me indicates a great and stimulating day.

Warning to parents about school's Hickory Ridge campus: On several occasions when our child was in…read morethe care of a classroom aide, particularly when the lead teacher was absent, our child came home visibly upset--this was unusual given how typically happy and loving our child is. Our child would often share concerning incidents involving the aide, such as being unfairly singled out, including having food taken away. The most alarming moment came when the aide told our child, "don't tell mommy and daddy" about something that happened, which caused fear and hesitation in sharing further. When we reported these issues to the administration, they dismissed our concerns and defended the aide's actions. After consulting both a pediatrician and a childhood psychologist, they both flagged the aide's behavior as a serious concern and advised us to remove our child from the school. Despite this, the school has yet to address the incident and continues to support and employ the aide. While there are wonderful teachers at this school, the administration's defense of harmful practices leads us to advise against enrolling your child here.

I cannot say enough positive things about the Ellicott City Celebree. The staff have been so warm…read moreand welcoming to my children and everyone takes time to get to know each and every child, not just the ones under their direct care. The pre-school teachers have provided our child a diverse curriculum that engages and excites his mind.

This location has wonderful teachers who each have a relationship with every child. Provides before…read moreand after care. With each of us working, this was essential. Just like during the Covid-19 outbreak, Celebree of Ellicott City has supported our family through the Howard County bus delays and school start changes.