Little Flowers Montessori

As a parent of a child who goes to the 2 year program, I love this school so far! After the initial adjustment period of one week, my child is very happy to go to school everyday. The teachers and the staff are all very friendly, courteous and attentive. Good balance of play and activities for a 2 year old and they potty train too. The classrooms are big, and well organized. They have playgrounds for the various age groups. They provide good selection of food and snacks. I am a fan!

My son’s best times ever. The staff, the place, the food… everything is best here. Miss Myrique is one amazing lady.

Awesome place, my eldest had a great time and is now in Kindergarten and my youngest is enjoying his time here. The place has a great backyard and is very clean. The kids get freshly cooked food, which is priceless. But the best thing about the place is its teachers, they are so caring and helpful ! I would highly recommend it!

Very clean, nice teacher, warm environment!
I love this preschool, especially their play ground and facilities.
I also like their food that they provide to the children. I’ve been to other preschools before I chose this one, but I really didn’t like the food there. Here they provide ‘a real meal’ as well as good snack.
They also wash the children’s nap time crib sheet, so you don’t have to worry about it.
The teachers’ are very friendly. My son loves his teachers and this preschool.
There are lots of toys and puzzles, which my son lo vs, so he won’t get board.
They recently raised the fee, but I think it’s worth.

I have always trusted big daycare centers and think they are more professional than the family-​based ones.
My 2-​year-​old started at Little Flower and the nightmares began, literally. She cried for a month and had nightmares every night. At first I thought I’d give her some time to adjust. But every morning the first thing when she wakes up, she’d say, today no daycare? And when I said yes, she’d start crying.
Until I saw a few times when we just got there, the other kids started hitting her head with books, I couldn’t believe that she was indeed having a hard time. She came home with more bruises on the face, nose and the forehead, and scratches on the chest. The two teachers watch over 24 students in one class. The students are basically left alone. The teacher will never pick up a child.
Eventually I had to pull her out of there because it is getting out of control. And guess what, they charged me another month for early termination.
I kept her home for a little over a month, and then I had to try to send her to another daycare. This time, I was so worried that she would not adjust. I found this home-​based daycare, the teacher has 8 kids ranging from new borns to 4 year olds. There is also an assistant. So the ratio is so much better. When my baby started crying, the teacher would pick her up and talk to her to calm her down. The teacher would also sing and dance with her when requested.
Now I’m completely converted into a home daycare believer. If your child is very independent, not needing any care from the teacher, Montessori is for you. For children like mine, they need some reassurance from the teacher to know it’s a safe environment, then don’t go to Montessori. It’s the biggest mistake I regret till today.

We applied with $ 50 for our son in Oct/​Nov, 2010! When we asked about waiting list, vancacy info and was told none! Five months later, we were told to put $ 50 more to garrante a spot in the comming fall class. We’re not sure that our son could wait longer, so we did not so that. But we were also upset that later comming with $ 100 could come before us. Anyway, we never hear any info from them anymore. Now is May, 2012! The director was aweful when we told her that it’s unethnic to do in such way. She replied that many other school did the similar way. Anyway, application and waiting is a black box and they intend to do so. After several visits, we’re not impress with them at all.

We enrolled our daughter before she was 3 and they potty trained her right away. We picked this school because it’s close to work and we liked it best (we checked out 2 other schools as well). I love that they always have events and include the parents. We get a monthly newsletter that gives a schedule with everything that is coming up. They do arts and crafts in addition to all the Montessori work. My daughter is really happy there and it makes me happy too. The staff is so nice and cariing. I wish I sent my daughter there at 18 months. The only downside is the parking lot in the afternoon/​evening during pickup. Some drivers are crazy and not looking. But I just go around the backside and park there to avoid the traffic.

My son is currently attending their 3 year program. He started there when he was 2, in their summer program. He loved it so much he is now a full time student. He loves the Montessori work and can now write his name without tracing! Not too many 3 year olds I know can do that. I’m very impressed with what they’ve taught him. Their curriculum also includes writing, music, geography, math and now reading. It is a great way to get your kids a head start.
They also provide breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack! Their meals are balanced and the kids love the variety. I would strongly recommend this school to any parent that wants to give their kid (s) a head start.

My daughter is currently in the preschool 3 program at Little Flowers Montessori School. We really like this school and my daughter she loves going to school. It’s so easy to get her ready in the morning all we need to say is «it’s a school day» and with no fuss she is ready. She has made lots of friends in the class. She really likes to do the montessori activities in the class. I have seen her and her class mates during their work period.
It is amazing to see how well disciplined and focused these little 3 year olds are. My daughter is only 3 years old and she has learned so much in the school. she has started to trace letters and numbers, she knows her alphabert and can sing tons of songs. I really like the fact that the school has lot of other activities apart from academics. They host lot of functions for the students and also for the parents to come and interact. Recently they had a Halloween show, which I thought was very well organized. The school is very clean. They have friendly staff and my daughter loves her teachers. She always play pretend teacher at home, which is really cute.
I have recommended Little Flowers to several parents and many of our neighborhood kids go to this school as well. The only thing is this school has a waitlist. Although the school gave a time frame that my daughter could potentialy get in I still had to wait couple of more months before she actualy got enrollment.

I have been a Parent Patron for Little Flowers since it was Children’s Galaxy. I have now sent 4 kids through their program. As you can guess, I am very happy & satisfied with their academic & social skills program.
Before even going here, I shopped around and quickly discovered this is the best bang for the buck. Kindercare was charging over $ 1300 per month & they did not have an academic program like they do. Mud Puddles and some other Preschools in the area just could not compare. Full time is from 8am to 6pm. They include breakfast/​snack @ 9am, then lunch, and lastly an afternoon snack. Don’t worry, they do have vegetarian food programs.
SECURITY. They have the front office all ways staffed. No one comes in or out without someone knowing. There are security camera in every class room.
Probably the most tell tale sign of success is to see my child in Kindergarten. They were more advanced than any other kids that went to any other pre-​school in the area. My child was able to write their own names, address, count 1 to 100, knew colors/​shapes and were very comfortable in a classroom setting. (I have seen kids who have never gone to school until Kindergarten, and the child is traumatized. They spend their whole day crying.)
Ultimately, the money worth giving my child a big head-​start. You will not be disappointed.
As for the last reviews about kids hurting other kids. Unfortunately, it is not completely the teachers fault. Do you think you can 10 – 13 kids al the time? I would be confident in saying that the children who act out physically on other children is due to their own environment. What do you expect when your kid is watching Spiderman/​Batman/​Power Rangers? They know what they are doing, and unfortunately, their parents feel that is okay.

My kid got hurt again! This time, bleeding. Pretty unacceptable.
PS — going to Smart Start down the street. It rocks! They charge 780 full time vs 1200 for Little Flowers.