City View Centre For Child & Family Services

Great daycare and staff. Great meals for kids too

Drove here from North Gower for the EarlyOn playgroup and was turned away because they were full. Would not recommend making a special trip to come here

I never imagine i would see daycare like that. Omg today i visit one of licensed home care lady and am not sure what kind of word i can use to describe what i saw. DIRTY HOUSE, NO MEAL PLAN, NO ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS JUST WATCING TV %95 OF THE TIME, ????. Avoid them. I feel sorry for the kids.

This center is one of the best in town! The staff are amazing, very well-trained and caring. My son had the best pre-school experience with the nursery school program. Absolutely recommended.

I withdrew my infant from that center he was 18 month old at the time. He only attended there for about 2 weeks. I came to pick him up one day and he was standing alone in the front entrance trying to leave. His teachers were in the backyard unaware he was even gone. He was an infant and could've left un noticed...and walked into busy traffic if hadn't arrived on time.... to pick him up. I'm thankful god put me in the right place at the right time because if not my son could've gotten hurt or gone missing... I'm truly saddened by my experience with them.

Although from the looks of it, this daycare will look like the best in town. The infrastructure, the cleanliness and just the area and location they have is really great. But, inside, its not so great. Or atleast our experience was not so great. 1) Their program includes, 4 hours of outdoor play everyday(2 hours in the morning and 2 in the afternoon). Which maybe fine if the teachers put in an effort to design inclusive activities for the kids. But all they do is leave the kids in the open like a herd of cows and kids are wandering aimlessly. Especially the toddlers, who cant even speak properly. They cant tell what they want. I saw my daughter a few times there and all she did was look expectantly at other kids or teachers to just hold her hand and interact with her. In fact all the kids felt like roaming aimlessly in a trance. Toddlers need attention at all the times. If the teachers put in an effort to really engage them, they would be much more happy and content. But the teachers just gather around and chat. And 4 hours seemed too much to me in the hot sun for a little child. 2) The indoor activities- Though in their curriculum, you will see they have circle time everyday, but all they do in the circle time is switch on the youtube on the system in the class, kids will watch the songs and maybe dance. I was shocked to see the amount of screen time they give kids everyday. 3) Food - Though food is ok, but my daughter was always starving at the end of the day when i picked her up. She actually lost 2 kgs in the 2 months that she was there. We asked them if she doesnt like the food there, i can pack her lunch. But they were adamant that they didnt want outside food in their class which really pissed me off. It was affecting my daughter's health. The new daycare where i have enrolled my daughter, allows me to give her lunch. And she eats the lunch provided there too. So this way, i know that my daughter had atleast some food during the day. 4) Too many rules- Having rules is a good thing. But excess of everything is bad. They have so many rules and regulations, that as parents we felt stifled. And every week they wanted some thing new for their one day of play. For example, they wanted to have water play one day, and for that one day, we were supposed to buy, swim suit, water shoes, towel and what not. And they never repeated that exercise again.So all that money wasted. 5) They have staff on rotation every week. So although my daughter had one teacher assigned to her. But because of the rotation policy, she wasnt there everyday at dropoff. So my daughter would cry seeing an unfamiliar face in the morning. The connection which a toddler seeks in a caregiver, didnt form there. So my daughter would cry hysterically every day at dropoff. And many times, we found her crying at pick up also. 6) The daily reports that they fill dont reflect the truth. In the report they would have written, that my daughter ate well during the day, which was clearly wrong as when i used to pick her up, she literally would be starving. So all in all, we didnt have a nice experience at this daycare. Not to count the number of infections she got there. In the same month, she had viral fever, stomach bug and an ear infection, in addition to the never ending cough and cold. But i guess that is normal at every daycare when a kid joins it. But we have enrolled our daughter to a different daycare and she is a different person now. She enjoys going to her "school" and has fun all day long as in this new daycare, they keep the kids engaged in different activities all day long. So she loves being guided and having fun at the same time. She loves her new teachers. i hope my honest review will guide parents.

My son was in the nursery school program, he really enjoyed it and learned a lot. I now know why they always have a waiting list , it is really a very good center and the staff there are amazingly helpful and super sweet. My son had separation anxiety and I honestly feel that because of the lovely staff there he overcame it quickly. He was there for a year and half and then he transitioned to kindergarten which went by smoothly and I am pretty sure its because of his experience at City View. I highly recommend this center and I will definitely enroll my second child there. I especially want to thank Mrs. Kenza for going the extra mile to ensure that my son is comfortable.

City View Centre Daycare is amazing! The staff is great with the children and are professional, attentive to mine and my daughter's needs, warm and kind. They provide a safe and excellent environment for the children to learn, play, and grow. My daughter loves going to daycare so much and talks about her teachers and friends all the time at home. Since starting at City View, my daughter has developed so well cognitively, verbally and socially that people are surprised she hasn't even turned two yet. The meals and snacks are always nutritious and varied. Her acceptance of new foods has certainly grown since attending City View. And above all, I never have to worry about my daughter being in good hands or if she is having fun -- both are true 100% of the time. Covid protocols are also taken seriously and responsibly. This puts me at great ease since my daughter is not yet eligible for a vaccine. THANK YOU City View!