The Smart Start is an excellent preschool with caring and professional teachers. Our sons and…read moredaughter have enjoyed the learning activities, games, outdoor playtime, events and field trips. We have been impressed with all the teachers.

I love working in this community! I am lucky enough to be…read more a preschool teacher in a warm, caring fun environment.

My son went here starting at 7 months old until he went to Pre-k 4. My daughter is about to be 2…read moreand is still attending. I have felt my kids have been so taken care of and loved. Every teacher and the director knows your kids. it doesn't matter who their teacher is. My kids have been so happy here.

As a parent of a toddler, the process of finding a preschool is daunting and nerve-wracking. A…read morechild's first experience in a "school" setting has a significant impact on their social and cognitive development. I'm a public school teacher by profession, so understand the need to put my confidence in the teacher to make the right educational guidance for my son. To that end, I'm very happy with the gains my child has made in his year at the Children's House of Montessori. He has flourished socially, his self-monitoring/self-sufficient skills has been noticeably, and is even potty training well! Ha. Highly recommend taking a tour and meeting the very seasoned and dedicated teachers.

My wife and I LOVE Surreybrook School; our son goes there. The staff is very friendly and seem to…read morelove their jobs. They always seem to be doing something fun with the kids, and seem to put money back into the school to upgrade facilities and activities. They are a little on the high side in the area for tuition, but you definitely get your money's worth. They are the only school that I know of that teaches Spanish, Chinese, yoga, etc. Our son LOVES going to school, so the money is definitely worth it.

Surreybrook is an amazing place for children and families. My son has been at Surreybrook for 2…read moreyears now and I have never had a negative experience. He started at 15 months old. They make sure your children are safe, educated, and have fun. The staff at Surreybrook love what they do and they are like family to my child. I am so grateful to have found Surreybrook. Compared to other daycare/preschools in the community, Surreybrook is by far the best! I have an older, school age child who tried 3 different school in the community and none of them came close to the quality childcare & education Surreybrook offers.

I'm glad I didn't read the only one star review before I scheduled a placement test there because I…read morewouldn't have come. We started coming here only a few weeks ago - I already see the difference! My first grader is one of the youngest kids in the class and has struggled through her kindergarten with low confidence. I'm amazed how well she is reading all her assignments. My 4th grader is also gaining her math understanding and reading comprehension and confidence! - I can tell the program is helping. (I would know, I struggled through the few months of Covid-19 homeschooling and I know where my kids were academically). This place has a good program, good tutors, very diverse. It is not a one time quick fix, it is really a building from the foundation.

Not happy. We wound up doing any teaching for our daughter at home. Kumon is not worth the money…read more The tutors have too many students, all they do is grade the workbooks, no real helping. Then to finish the rip off they make you pay for an additional 30 days after dis-enroling. Go somewhere else or just buy a few workbooks and do it yourself at home. I can't be any more blunt than to say Kumon in Woodbridge CT is a waste of money.

This seems to be a great reading and math program. To me it's flexible schedule, I like that they…read moregive consistent homework and they have Ann incentive program for grades, not for doing the work but knowing it. The staff is patient. Raj, who runs the Trumbull and North Haven center is very easy to work with as well. I like that they offer support classes but also classes for enrichment. My son, who's a bit mite advanced in both subjects, is no longer feeling unchallenged in school because he takes these classes in between! MATH: With today's changing times where elementary and middle schools are leaning toward the common core German method of teaching (like the more well known and reputable universities in our country!) I think a program like this is going to be critical to helping our children understand the fundamentals of math. Schools today may not be able to teach both with an aggressive/limited school schedule unlike foreign countries who attend school year round and have the proper time. I have already found my son living to solve math problems and testing himself on skills. Unprompted! READING: great to learn handwriting, reading technique. My son has always loved books but now I find he's also loves writing things for me to read. It's awesome. We also discovered in school he is a speed reader and enjoys long novels. These classes ares teaching him how to use words properly and also the various meaning to the same words. Including sound variations. Summary: well worth the investment.

Great program with a great, hands on business owner! My kids have made tremendous progress and are…read moreabove grade level in Math. Convenient location, great parking, fantastic staff - well trained, good with children and the owner, Raj, is a gem!

We've been here since August 2011. My oldest daughter loves her teachers, all the activities, art,…read morereading and outside play time she gets. My toddler loves her teachers, being outdoors and singing songs. The staff is knowledgeable, caring and (for the most part) long term employees. My girls have the same few teachers day in and day out and the schedule stays the same with teacher(s) every AM and the same in the PM. I love the consistency of knowing who is with my girls every day. I also love all the creativity in activities, themes and lessons that are provided for the older kids! In the evening when I pick up my toddler all toys that have been "mouthed" by the kids are air drying on the counter after being cleaned. The facility is owned and run by two sisters (Palmira and Maria) who are on site every day. They split they day so one of them is there from open until close. I appreciate having the ability to ask a quick question or give an update directly to the owners for things like health care, forms, etc. They spend the summer months going through their supplies, games, puzzles and the facility while the enrollment is lower due to summer vacations and eliminate anything that might be missing pieces or damaged, replace and repair whatever can be that they haven't caught along the way and doing the minor repairs and upkeep necessary to keep any facility of this kind looking clean. This was appeal ling to me while I was visiting the site in the summer of 2011. They also have plans to expand a covered porch area for the younger kids to be able to get some fresh air even when there's snow on the ground. I also like that they are involved in the scholastic book club ordering for the older children and St. Judes Trike-a-thon and the MDA Hop-A-thon. It's made sharing lessons of charity, caring for others, and "paying it forward" staple conversation in our house. I have experiences with 4 different daycares thanks to changes in our circumstances (family expanded, job requirements, etc). and I'm extremely happy with this choice. I just wish they were closer to my home! The one drawback and that may be because of last years unusual wet season - there are a lot of mosquitoes and my oldest is a magnet! This year we'll be using a skin-so-soft sunscreen combo to try to prevent bug bites. Hopefully with the dryer winter this won't be an issue. FYI Parents provide as appropriate: Sleeping materials (sheet and blanket and lovey) All meals and snacks sunscreen (must apply at home in the AM, center reapplies later in the day) change of clothes diapers, wipes, diaper cream/powder bibs

We decided to use First Choice College Placement to help our daughter who was struggling with her…read moreSAT study and scores. Her SAT scores rose 300 points and she is now a Sophomore in college! THANKS!!!

It must have been serendipity that I discovered First Choice. We were forced out of our first…read moreoffice due to a fire and were relocated a few doors down from First Choice. My older son took another SAT prep course when he was a senior four years ago. The "well known" course costed about $500. The course rushed and crammed information and did not improve his score. First Choice, on the other hand, costed about the same but not only had a choice of a "crash course" or spread out course, but also had free weekly SAT simulation tests and individual tutoring for as reasonable fee. So I signed up my daughter and over three SAT tests she continuously increased her score. James is very courteous and helpful. He gave great advise on which subjects to work on and how to improve her score. First Choice should be your "first choice"!