Take My Hand Inc

What can we say about Take My Hand. Our daughter started going to TMH when she was about 10 months old. She just graduated from TMH Pre-​k 4 in June. She is now 5, almost 6 and has begun Kindergarten. She was there for the better part of 5 years.
What would you look for in a day care?
Kindness, love, attention, responsibility, cleanliness, flexibility, affordability, early education, a well trained staff and sooooo much more. They check all the boxes with flying colors. We could not have asked for a better and more trustworthy place to send out precious angle.
Our experience there is one we will never forget or stop appreciating. Our daughter loves this place and still talks about it and her many great experiences there and the friends she has made. Carol, Johnathan, Michelle and the many staff members we’ve gotten to know over the years will always hold a special place in our hearts. We will always be grateful to and for them.
With all of our heart, we recommend TMH!

My daughter loves daycare! I had to entrust a lot to the school as I had to go back to my work when my baby was 6 weeks. Like any new mom I was terrified. But they completely came through and wow’d me. I lost both my parents and I don’t have the expertise grandparents have to help me learn the little ins and outs of babies. The teachers really care about my daughter and help communicate everything to me and I feel I can ask for advice from them and not be judged. My daughter reaches for her teachers when I drop her off and she is extremely advanced for her age in motor skills and language. She moved into the waddler room recently and she doesn’t want to leave when I pick her up! Teachers and directors are amazing, I can’t say enough good things about this daycare!

My 2 year old daughter has been going to Take My Hand Child Care Center since September 2013. The is my 4^th child and all 4 kids have attended daycare/​school — although the other 3 kids went to another local child care center. I am very impressed with Take My Hand! The teachers she has had in the 18 – 24 month old class — and now the 2 year old class are WONDERFUL. They always welcome my daughter warmly and at the end of the day when I pick her up — they communicate any essential information about her day. They do a lot of creative projects which the teachers obviously have planned out very well. For example — a few months ago — as part of their Sensory theme week — the kids baked Oatmeal Muffins. As part of the Spring theme — they are purchasing eggs from a local farm and will keep them in an incubator until they hatch. The outdoor space at Take My Hand is excellent! They have a large gated area to play — as well as a playground with the soft synthetic ground to keep it safe for the children. There is a weekly music class — which my daughter talks about EVERYDAY! In addition the kids sing on a daily basis. One of the things that MOST attracted me to Take My Hand — is the flexibility they offer in scheduling. You pay by the week — so if you have a vacation planned — or don’t need to send the children for any reason they you know of (4 weeks) in advance — you can pull them out for the week and not have to pay. They also offer great flexibility with the part time programs. Take My Hand was highly recommended to me by several different families in Leonia. I am so glad I decided to send my daughter to the school.

This was my first daycare experience as a new mother. I took my son here and at first I thought it was a warm and welcoming environment. My son was entering a stage though going through some aggression and starting to try to bite (due to teething, lack of talking, etc.), he was only about 13 months. Carol had said though they work with the parents. Basically, he was sick for a whole month on/​off due to an ear infection so was hardly there. When he was finally back for 1 ½ weeks, I get a call on Friday that he bit again and this time it hurt, to pick up my child, to not come back. I was never informed of the other actual bites and only on a few times told me that he was acting aggressive, and «tried» to bite. When I picked up my son, Jonathon the director’s son, told me I’m sorry nobody informed you about the other occurrences of bites. I asked the teachers why I was not informed and they said only the upper management (Carol, Johnathon, or Assistant director) can discuss with parents. So in conclusion, the school has very poor communication with parents. When I picked up my son which was at 4:45 or 5 PM, I only saw teachers around and not upper management. Had they been more closely communicating with me on these occurrences, we could have tried to come up with a better plan to prevent this. Also, to be part of such a strict daycare, is not what I’m looking for. I found a place where I love now, where it’s run more like a school with different rooms (unlike the open Bull room environment at Take My Hand which I don’t care for), and so many activities they do with the children. Biting does take place here and my son wasn’t the only kid to go through this stage. They truely work with the parent and don’t blink an eye at this quick stage they grow out of. They also every day provide you with a report of specifics with what they ate, sleep time, and diaper changes.

My daughter has been attending Take My Hand since she was 3 months old. She is nearly a year old now and her face lights up (and she squeals with delight) every time we enter the school. She started off in the baby room and has now transitioned to the next age/​developmental level. Before choosing TMH my husband and I visited several daycare centers and none of them came close to offering the same warm, caring, and cheerful environment. Our time in the baby room has been wonderful, the staff and owners really do a wonderful job of caring for each baby on his/​her own schedule, by his/​her own needs, and as each parent wishes. My daughter has benefited greatly from her interactions with the baby room teachers and the other children. I have been especially impressed recently with the thoughtfulness, patience, and gentleness with which the staff and owners have handled my little girl’s transition into the next stage. They were aware and highly sensitive to my daughter’s need to gently adjust to a new environment, new caregivers, and a new more structured daily routine. I even felt like they were gently transitioning me as well. I am deeply grateful to TMH for helping my daughter grow and learn while also feeling safe, cared for, and secure.

Absolutely in love with this place! I had looked at 4 or 5 other daycare centers, in this area in as well as the Bronx, since I was commuting, and when we took the tour, it felt so right. It wasn’t cramped, or smelly, I didn’t have to worry about enrollment, or staffing. All the kids were happy. The spaces are huge, airy, and inviting, filled with everything a child her age could want to play with.
Now, my daughter has been there 9 months, since she was 3 months old. They have excellent equipment that is always clean, and the teachers go out of their way to provide every possible opportunity to the little ones. They genuinely care for my daughter, and she always gets the attention that she needs. They bring the children outdoors at every opportunity and always have engaging activities planned. I have watched her learn things from the other babies right before my eyes, and she is ahead of the game already developmentally. She has made friends there and so have I. The price is extremely reasonable for the quality of childcare that they provide, and after having seen her succeed there, I would never dream of letting anyone else watch my little girl.