Daniel Lucy Way KinderCare

My Daughter has been going here for 9 months and loves it. The staff is great and always friendly to deal with. I would recommend this facility to anyone!

Our two girls are at KinderCare on Daniel Lucy Way — one in the infant room and one in pre-​school, both full time. We love this center! The director is very involved, approachable, always present, and her focus on quality of care is very clear. The teachers are great — down-​to-​earth, loving, thoughtful, and dedicated. We feel that we always know what’s going on with our girls, which we truly value. Our older girl tells us regularly how much she loves it, and the younger, while she can’t say it yet, seems to feel the same way.

My husband and I moved to Newburyport 2 years before giving birth to our first child. We both work long hours and commute several miles in opposite directions for work into Boston, MA and Portsmouth, NH. Needless to say, we spent little time in Newburyport meeting local families and integrating ourselves into the community. We knew we needed to do our research to find a daycare that would meet our expectations as we had few recommendations to rely on. We visited countless centers from Boston to Portsmouth and asked endless questions to find one that was suitable for the most valuable member of our family. Excellent commuter location, long hours of operation, cleanliness, up-​to-​date facility, competitive cost, few holiday closings, low turnover and low student to teacher ratio, were among the countless criteria in why we initially selected Daniel Lucy Way, Kindercare in Newburyport, MA. In looking back, while these standards are essential, there are so many intangible and more important reasons why this learning center has been one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. The teachers are caring, nurturing, knowledgeable and reliable. I eagerly look forward to reading their review detailing what my daughter learned, eat, sang, and enjoyed that day. They stick to a schedule that provides structure to my infant’s day but can be changed depending on her mood or needs at any given moment. They adhere to policies and procedures for safety but are flexible and understanding when we need them to be. Most importantly, I have found every teacher and management to be approachable and responsive to our questions and concerns. Our daughter has been at this location since she was 4 months old. We would highly recommend this daycare to any family or friend without hesitation.

My son has been going here for over a month and he loves it. He’s 3 and in the preschool program. There’s tons of hands on learning they do and he talks about class the whole ride home. The staff is friendly and very caring and make him comfortable every morning at drop off. I’m very happy I chose this site when picking a child care provider. The director Joanie is very helpful and very informative for just about any situation. In the short time I’ve had dealing with this provider she has helped me immensely. If Joanie doesn’t have an answer or a solution she takes the time to find out what avenues or people need to be involved to solve the problem. Thank you for all you guys do and thank you for caring for our children.

We had a really great experience with this Kindercare. We had our 2 year old son there for just over a year. The director while we were at the center, Devon, was really excellent. She was super quick to respond to our emails and questions, very friendly, and very competent.
We also liked the majority of teachers that we met who interacted with our child. The only complaint we made during our time there was that during drop-​off and pick-​up things always seemed a bit more hectic than they needed to be – it seemed like having another teacher in there during that time would have helped.
The other challenge was teacher turnover, though I imagine this is fairly common at any daycare center. Of the 12 or so teachers we met, five moved on in the year that we were there. Luckily they ended up being replaced by other great teachers.
Our only reason for leaving is that a 10% discount on two children was still much higher than us just hiring a nanny.