My child has attended AFC for a year and a half, and I couldn't imagine him being anywhere else!…read moreThe director, DeLynda, is friendly, professional, and knowledgeable, and we have a high level of trust in her and the facility. The teachers do a great job with the Montessori curriculum. The school environment is positive and nurturing. The children's natural curiosity is encouraged, and learning becomes effortless for them through the techniques used in the school. Although the cost is higher than that at some of the other child care facilities in town, it seems reasonable when you consider the product you get in return. For our family, it's worth the financial sacrifice to know that our son is in the best of hands.

From the owner: Montessori School And Child Care…read more The Academy for Children, serving Fargo, ND and surrounding areas, is a Montessori school and childcare. It was established in 1987 and is currently offering infant, toddler, preschool and kindergarten. French and music classes are also offered withi

Poorly managed. Teachers stressed and frustrated because low staff to help at arrival…read more Not enough time for lesson planning, or cleaning classes. Younger children watching movies instead of teacher engagement. Or owners in classroom instead of teachers. Lack of classroom materials .

I am a Parent of 2 grown sons who grew up at the Gingerbread House. They loved going to daycare and…read morelearned so much. The Gingerbread House is very family oriented. The Mother Goose program in the Preschool room is a Fantastic Program where the monthly theme is divided into 4 weekly subthemes and includes activities where the children learn letters, numbers, shapes and sizes and colors and skills incuding writing, cuttiing and following specific directions to do the task at hand. Story time and music and gross motor activities are also included in this program. The staff is friendly and cares for each child as if they were their own. Stacey is Wonderful, fair and supportive of the staff and families. She has been in business for more than 29 years and has strived to meet the needs of each and every child both past and present who have started as infants and graduated to Kindergarten and Elementary School.

I do not recommend bringing your child to this daycare. From the start, I was told I was not…read morefeeding my child enough by the "nurse" and Faith. My doctor even confirmed I was feeding him enough, as he was ahead of milestones and definitely growing along his curve. They do NOT know anything about breast milk/breastfeeding guidelines and won't listen if you try to explain to them. They stretched my son's stomach so bad in the short time he was there. He was absolutely miserable there. The way I saw Faith talk to other parents, as well as myself was very rude, condescending, and unprofessional. My boyfriend told her that we were no longer going to bring our son and she made comments to him about me such as: "She's just a first time mom. When she has another kid she will realize how ridiculous she is being." She also told me that when my child cries they will always offer a bottle. According to Faith, they will lose their license if they do not offer a bottle at least every 1.5 hours (even though he was on a schedule of every almost 3 hours before attending this daycare). Babies cry for MANY reasons besides being hungry. I'd consistently get calls that I need to pick up my child right away because he would not stop crying. She'd expect me to leave work immediately to get there and then tell me it is my fault that my child cries so much there. Deciding to leave this daycare has been GREAT! Since taking my child to a different daycare, he has been his happy self again. I'm glad the stress of Children of Hope is behind my family!

One day I asked my daughter how her day at daycare was and she told me it was bad. I asked why and…read moreshe went on to tell me she accidentally throw a plate in the garbage and one of the guy staff made her stick her hand in the trash and grab it. Once I heard this I pulled her out. Now they are telling me I need a written two weeks notice and u have to pay for the two weeks.

We had our infant enrolled at Here We Grow in Fargo, ND and it was a horrible experience. I have…read moremy child development credential and worked as a preschool teacher for 7 years so I'm very aware of licesening guidelines and standards of care for a daycare centers and I witness so many violations it was beyond disturbing. The place is absolutely gross, I witness on several occasions staff changing diapers with out gloves and not washing their hands afterwards and or cleaning the changing table. The frig, cribs, bouncey, and jumpers were filthy - in fact the whole center was filthy. On a daily basis I'd see children being fed bottle's in the bouncers, there was usually 3-4 teachers and 12 - 16 infants and only one chair for the staff to utilize. There was no play mats for them to lay on so my infant pretty much lived in a bouncer when he was at daycare, or was laid on the dirty hard floor. The infants shared cribs and the bedding was not changed or flipped between use. On several occasions there would be 5-6 infants and only one teacher, licensing ratio is 1:4. The worst part was several of the staff in the infant room smoked and you could smell it as soon as you walked into to the room. I'm sorry but if you smoke and your hair, clothes, and breath smell like smoke you shouldn't be caring for infants - that's dangerous. On one occasion I picked up our son and he had bleach spots on his bib. When I questioned how he came in contact with bleach they had no explanation and their response to my question was that they would pay to replace the bib, I don't give a crap about the bib, I care that my infant was exposed to bleach to the point it ended up on his clothing in your care. Needless to say we pulled our child out of there as soon as we could find another opening at a center in town. I personally and professionally feel like this place should be shut down.

This place doesn't even deserve a star. This place is filthy and nasty. Always sending kids home…read morewith fevers just so they don't have to work. There is absolutely no structure any where in this place. Well they keep there staffs children when there sick and running high fevers. That possibly explains why the children are always sick.. Also the floors and building are disgusting . There is so much to say of this place and doesn't seem that it will ever change from drama, gossip, breaking hippa, cleanliness, care for children, don't pay enough and children don't get treated the best, half staff is on drugs and plenty of cover ups also plenty of theives to steal money from you... New daycare for my children and new job awaiting...