Pillow Preschool

My daughter and I love this preschool! It was formerly named Pillow Preschool. The director Mrs. Gwen makes you feel like family. I love all the staff! They are all caring and attentive to every child’s needs. My daughter is excited to come to school every day. Their establishment is always clean. They feed breakfast, snacks and lunch. Tuition isn’t all that bad. We pay 160.00 for 4 days a week.

I’ve had three kids that all attended this facility since its been around. From day one the staff has meant everyone of my children’s needs. They communicate on your child’s growth in any class and work with you. They have focus on each one of my child’s different learning levels. The environment is very clean and organized. They keep in mind a healthy home evironment so there’s not much adjustment between home and school. I’ve been very pleased with this establishment and will continue to recommend anyone to attend.

Please do your research on any daycare provider before enrolling your child. Below is a little background along with my review on Harvard Preschool (formerly Pillow Preschool)
Background: my daughters daycare of 3 years closed. I sent her to a recommended school but it seemed to institutional so I withdrew her a few months later. I had seen signs for Pillow Preschool everyday for years but paid no attention because my daughter was at such a great home daycare. The time came when I needed to find another daycare and so I went to Pillow Preschool. I went for a tour and loved the facility and the Director reminded me of my daughters 1^st daycare provider. She seemed nice, welcoming, kinda like family… We decided to enroll my daughter the following month.
Fast forward: my now 4 year old daughter attended this preschool for 6 months and during that time her behavior drastically changed for the worst. She regressed and started biting her nails all the time and constantly threw tantrums. She became angry, cried a lot and was constantly disobedient. She’s has been out of that school for about 3 weeks and the nail biting has ceased and her nails have completely grown back. Her behavior has improved and the tantrums are practically nonexistent. She is very good at verbally expressing her emotions, thoughts and feelings.
Every parent will have a different experience but due to my personal experience and expectations of a preschool, I would definitely NOT recommend this preschool to any parent looking for more than just a baby sitter.
Below are a few of my PROS and CONS for this preschool.
PROS:
*Tuition: $ 800 for full-​time (ability to pay weekly, bi-​weekly or monthly)
*Clean
*Hours of operation are great (6:15a-6:00p)
*Breakfast and lunch are provided
*Celebrates birthdays & holidays.
CONS:
*Staff are unqualified and not nurturing. (A provider laughed at my daughter once when she fell and bumped her head.)
*Curriculum is not challenging nor stimulating (the 3 y. o class sang their ABCs during open house. The work being brought home consists of coloring and tracing of letters from worksheets and very few projects.)
*Children did not go outside everyday (even on dry, sunny days)
*Children are grouped based on age and not ability. (My daughter could have been placed in the pre-​k class and kept up instead she remained with the 3 year olds because she was 3 when she started)
*Poor communicators.
I could go on for days but I’ll stop here. Feel free to message me if you have any questions.

Very pleased with the teachers at Pillow. My son LOVES going to school here and asks me on Saturdays if he’s going To school :). They are academic based as well and use positive reinforcement as a way of reinforcing wanted behavior. We love pillow!