The Children’s Meetinghouse

After an exhaustive search for a pre-​school four years ago, we were delighted to find The Children’s Meetinghouse. We wanted our kids to be in an environment that stimulated their creativity and curiosity. The staff at TCM is superb at both and on top of that, they are warm, loving, and truly amazing people. My kids adore their teachers and their school, and I am amazed at every pick-​up, how much they have learned and how they have grown socially. TCM is everything I ever wanted in a pre-​school and more.

This was not the place for us. Perhaps for others, but I did feel as though I was pulling teeth for inforamtion about what my child was doing every day, and I was never on the same page (to the point of which I was questioning my own memory, sanity, and levels of expectation) when I shouldn’t be. I did not feel my child was prioritized, and that our needs were addressed, much less met.
Culminating point: our toddler had been at the center for 6 months, during the parent teacher conference, the teacher who was with her during her time there (part-​time, 2 – 3 times a week) told me outright and sans-​compassion: I don’t know your kid. My feelings were hurt, and I worried about who the onus was on: my child, or the provider who was with her for those 192 (or so) hours? Had she tried? Did she care to do so?
There are some elements of the child-​care that were nice: low child ratio, environment that is concord, and the Director is in fact a sweetheart, the assistant in the toddler room as well, however with such things at play, how had one of the lead teachers failed to discover my child? If there were automatic capturing of what was happening during the day, (without my likely annoying prodding) I could tell you. That said, I’m sorry it simply wasn’t the case. I’m still recovering from how much this experience hurt my feelings, and how I felt my daughters feelings were on some levels ignored as well.
I was unnerved and nervous looking for a new provider thinking that perhaps this was how it was everywhere. Fortuantely I found out simply, that was not the case. Our daughter is thriving in an environment that recognizes her unique abillities and talents.

The Children’s Meetinghouse is a great preschool/​daycare. It’s a small operation with very passionate teachers who have dedicated their lives to early childhood education. It has a very homey feel. With the exception of one teacher, they have all been there for 10+ years and all have degrees in Childhood Education. The location is convenient and picturesque and the hours very accommodating. They offer early drop-​off at 7:30AM and late pick-​up at 5:30PM. I can’t recommend them enough. I have utter confidence in their program and their director. Our son just loves going there.