The childhood every kid deserves! This place is magic. While they encourage students to grow in all…read moreareas, they also honor how and when each child is ready. Each thrives in their own way. True play based learning (which is sadly rare) throughout every day. Tree houses, sand pits, mud pies, dolls, books, cozy nooks, rope climbing, sewing, carrot peeling, daisy chains...all the best parts of the old days. As a child development specialist, my heart grows every time I observe teachers interacting with students. They are "gardeners, not carpenters". Love, empathy, curiosity, and firm boundaries all shine here. They are as engaged with social emotional teaching as they are "academic" skills. The world would be a better place if every child experienced this kind of early education.

Loving Space is everything we dreamed of for a preschool and kindergarten for our son. The teachers…read moreunderstand children and child development and provide the most magical, play-full, supportive, and loving atmosphere. As soon as our son started as a three year old, we noticed that his play became deeper and richer. As a five year old in kindy, his understanding of himself, compassion for others, and academic skills also grew by leaps and bounds. We are grateful for our time and LS and our only regret is that is doesn't go through 12th grade!

Teachers Angie and Kelly have been so good with my daughter. She is very attached to me and had a…read morehard time at first with the transition. They were really able to attend to her needs and have been so patient. Now my daughter runs in, barely saying good-bye to me. They have small student to teacher ratios and are extremely affordable, especially for what they offer. I highly recommend them!

The childhood every kid deserves! This place is magic. While they encourage students to grow in all…read moreareas, they also honor how and when each child is ready. Each thrives in their own way. True play based learning (which is sadly rare) throughout every day. Tree houses, sand pits, mud pies, dolls, books, cozy nooks, rope climbing, sewing, carrot peeling, daisy chains...all the best parts of the old days. As a child development specialist, my heart grows every time I observe teachers interacting with students. They are "gardeners, not carpenters". Love, empathy, curiosity, and firm boundaries all shine here. They are as engaged with social emotional teaching as they are "academic" skills. The world would be a better place if every child experienced this kind of early education.

We feel so lucky to have found A Loving Space school. All of the teachers and staff are so…read morewelcoming and caring, and truly make school a home away from home. They are amazing!

I would not recommend this school to anyone who was planning on their 3+year old going there…read more If you want a daycare that masquerades as a Montessori school, this is it. They "follow the child" in a way that also doesn't help to guide, help, educate , or keep the child safe. After 6 months of our eldest being there, she said she was repeatedly being bullied by a child. I contacted the teachers, asked for help, and they said "it's normal childhood development." I said I would like them to keep an eye on it, they didn't. After more bullying, I talked to the bully's parents. They stated, the teachers had never even talked to them about his behaviors (You might be asking how do you fix something if you can't talk about it at home, the answer is you can't). The parents stepped in and it was better for a short time, but then he began to bully my younger child instead. The owner of the school, is too afraid of conflict, so she does not address bullying. She was completely unable to have a constructive conversation around a child's abusive behavior, AND she scares the other teachers away from those conversations as well. She also didn't address a random mom that frequently taught there, yelled at my 2 year old after the abusive 5 year old had lashed out towards my son. There is no reason a caregiver should yell at a two year old to the point of tears. I watched said 5 year old physically shoulder check, push down, and call my son mean names on the playground at various pick ups/drop offs. He also shamed him about being friends with his older sister and her friends that were girls, to the point of which he would not come into a woman's restroom with me (it was later determined the bully repeatedly called him a girl), my son was 2 years old, being bullied about gender is totally inappropriate. Yet, the school would not talk with me about a possible safety plan after all these incidents. The interaction with the mom "helper" (also friends with the bully's parents', below), was the last straw, despite family hardships we made it work without child care, rather than leaving our children in the unsafe environment with these people. I want to reiterate, I asked for a plan to help these kids at least 4 times, over the course of a year. I even offered to help find services to the other child's family. The owner gaslighted everyone involved, including her other staff members who had observed the situations. The other staff members confirmed that not only that the child was bullying, but that he was also stopping lessons for everyone in the class. The owner denied everything, until our exit interview, which she acknowledged the child was abusive and encouraging his younger brother to act in an abusive way as well. She had no plan to curb the behaviors. Do what you have to do for child care, but don't expect the helpful, safe, kind values they state. They can't uphold them.

We love Kelda, Skylar and the Gardenview community. They provide a positive, loving, safe,…read moreintentional and thoughtful environment for our children. The recent negative review/rant from an angry parent is simply not true and can be verified by many folks. Clearly this person is lashing out, possibly due to larger issues in their life, past and/or with their family. Personally attacking folks who invest 110% love and compassion into the community is innapropriate, borderline defamation and plain mean. Our family and friends Highly recommend Gardenview.

This has been my sons school since April of 2016. Gin, the owner, has so much love for her kids…read more She is extremely passionate about teaching and really helps the kids grow academically and emotionally. The negative review below-about a child being touched, and about Vegas is bogus. It appears someone was angry with her or trying to sabotage her business. Gin is extremely professional and courteous to parents and to all children. I cannot say enough amazing things about Gin and her school. The experience my son has had is priceless. Gin has been in business for over 40 years and she is well respected in the community. We love the Gingerbread House and all the staff.

At first I felt my kids were safe at this daycare, then I must say that a little boy was touching…read moremy daughter breast and the owner did not tell me about it. i had to hear of it from two employee, who asked me not to tell tell the owner because she "was told not to tell me because the owner did not want to lose her license". Also, the owner took a vacation to las Vegas and canceled school in one weeks notice. The owner said to me over the phone that she had a death in the family and that was why she was closed. An employee later said she lied to me and decided to extend her vacation an extra day. You cannot trust the owner. I have also heard from the employee that the owner is money hungry and will lie to anyone who threatens her business. I was aslo told from the employee that the owner consistantly soad bad things about many of the families who went there. Do not trust this daycare with your children. She is in it for the money. A god fearing woman does not take a vacation to sin city and lie to patron's about a death in the family. As i saod beforee, we were also told stories about the owner saying nasty stuff about several customers that pay money to this business. I have way more to say about this shady place but I am so over it I do not want to waste my time. She is also closed more than the schools so you will always be scurrying for baby sitting. Do not trust this place with your family.

My ten year old comes home excited to share about everything he is doing at his art camp every day…read more I had no idea this place existed until recently and it's awesome to find a fun, new summer camp experience for our kiddo.

My daughters (6 & 8 years old) have really loved their experience at BellinghamArt and the art they…read morehave created is awesome! The did the Cat Camp during the summer and a weekly class this fall. Both were well organized, had interesting projects, and my girls learned a lot. This was apparently the first year of the new owner running the school after taking it over from her mother. We never tried the "before," but under the new ownership, it is great so far! During Covid times they have also made efforts to keep the children safe including distancing in class, mask wearing, and taking temperatures before class.

Unprofessional. I won't go into details because they are quite personal but for me, this was a…read moredangerous place to have my children.

Gabriel is aggressive and confrontational. New Yorker or not--her inability to work toward mutual…read moreagreement is infantile. I was given an old enrollment packet with old tuition, for the new year. The new monthly tuition for two kids for 2019/2020 increased to an additional 160+/month. I wasn't told about this change until after I paid fees and submitted 2019/2020 paperwork. What a terrible experience with a business owner in over her head. This act is fraudulent and I was never notified email or otherwise after I paid the fees. I was only notified when I asked. I wouldn't recommend Gabriel's art kids, and I will be sure to tell every parent I know about this experience

This is a member-driven organization with regular hours. However, twice a week, on Sundays and…read moreMondays they open to the public for tours. At the moment, tours are held Sundays from 2-2:30 pm and Mondays from 6-6:30 pm. They also host the Bellingham Repair Cafe once a month on the first Sunday of every month from 3-5 pm. This is entirely volunteer-driven and the public is encouraged to bring a small household item (e.g. lamp, small kitchen appliance, etc.) requiring repair for inspection and possible on-the-spot repair (first come, first serve).

A FANTASTIC resource for makers of all ages in Whatcom & Skagit counties. 3D printers, laser…read morecutter, wood shop, CNC, screen printing, much more. Plus classes to teach you how to use them.