You absolutely cannot go wrong with choosing Kinderberry Hill - this place is amazing. The entire…read morestaff - Director Kathy, Administrator Lindsay, Chef Vonnie, Nurse Nancy and, of course, the teachers - do anything and everything they can to create a loving, nurturing, stimulating, healthy and safe environment for the children.
When we needed to find care for our child, I spent a lot of time visiting and touring many different centers. I knew immediately when I walked in to Kinderberry that this place was special. Six years and 3 kids later, I couldn't be more happy with our decision.
What I love about this place:
- Amazing, highly-qualified staff - because of the staff, I have total peace of mind when I drop off my kids
- Curriculum - the kids learn a lot while still being kids, very developmentally appropriate
- Family involvement - Kinderberry does a great job of engaging and recognizing families, we were given many opportunities to come and be involved in our kids' day care experience, we also had many opportunities, through Kinderberry, to meet and become friends with other Kinderberry parents
- Enrichment programs - all kids have access to spanish, fitness, music. In addition to core programs, our kids had access to many optional extracurricular activities, like yoga, Tae Kwan Do and computer classes
- State-of-the-art facility - beautiful, colorful, clean rooms, fun playscapes, nice garden where kids learn hands-on about growing plants and food
- Healthy and safe - with a kitchen on site, Chef Vonnie makes delicious and healthy meals - our kids get to try many things they might not normally try, Kinderberry also has a nurse on site - even though all of the teachers are trained in first aid and CPR, we really appreciated having a wonderful nurse to provide that extra level of health care to our children
- Use of Technology - through tools like Baby-Connect and Shutterfly, I can check in on my kids at any time and stay on top of what they are learning and doing
- Flexible and Accommodating - Kinderberry is very supportive in how different families approach raising their children, when it came to potty-training and introducing solids, Kinderberry was very willing to accommodate our somewhat atypical requests. For example, we chose to follow a baby-led weaning approach when introducing solids. Kinderberry was very willing to learn about this and follow it with our children
- Diversity - much to our pleasant surprise, there is a lot of diversity at Kinderberry. There are kids from many different cultures and backgrounds. Because our kids our multi-cultural, this was really important to us. We weren't really expecting to find this in Woodbury, so happy we did
Really, the only negative about Kinderberry is the cost - the amazing care and education does not come cheap! We had to take a long, hard look at our budget and get creative to make Kinderberry work, but it has definitely been worth it. Our kids have been given a wonderful foundation - much more than we ever anticipated they would have.