please recommend a good daycare near 22310 (within15 mins driving)

[Anonymous]

I am looking for a good reputation daycare/preschool for my 2 year old boy. nice teacher, clean room, good facilities with lower kid staff ratio. I think most of them has ration 8:1 which is kind of high although it is acceptable. Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Blue bird of Alexandria and Bluebird II. Both locations are in Old Town near Duke and West.

Also, a friend of mine loves Child time on Huntington.

[Anonymous]

Montessori is considered too if he turns to 2.5 years later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blue bird of Alexandria and Bluebird II. Both locations are in Old Town near Duke and West.

Also, a friend of mine loves Child time on Huntington.

is traffic horrible in old town?

[Anonymous]

Not there...if you are coming in from telegraph road you can take the Eisenhower road ramp. Turn right onto Eisenhower and then turn left on Holland. From there you can turn right on Jameson (light before Duke street) and BB II is at the corner of Jameson and West. If you go to BBoA , you go to Duke, turn right, then left on Peyton and right on Prince, the right on Commerce.

I did that commute for 5 years. Both locations allow you to avoid the Duke Street traffic for the most part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not there...if you are coming in from telegraph road you can take the Eisenhower road ramp. Turn right onto Eisenhower and then turn left on Holland. From there you can turn right on Jameson (light before Duke street) and BB II is at the corner of Jameson and West. If you go to BBoA , you go to Duke, turn right, then left on Peyton and right on Prince, the right on Commerce.

I did that commute for 5 years. Both locations allow you to avoid the Duke Street traffic for the most part.

thanks a lot!!!!

i will go for tour!

[Anonymous]

any other recommended daycare near 22310???
How is little acorn patch? it is quite close.

[Anonymous]

Be careful with BB. They are under investigation for abuse for a second time. Check the DSS site. The new report should be up mid March.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Be careful with BB. They are under investigation for abuse for a second time. Check the DSS site. The new report should be up mid March.

I am OP, thanks for the information. this is a redflag definitely.

do you know little acorn patch, childtime, teddy bear IN ALEXANDRIA?

[Anonymous]

I am OP
here is my interested list:

Country Woodland School
Springs Montessori
Childtime
Bright Start Learning Center
Creative Play School I
Creative World Learning Centre
Teddy Bear Day Care-Reynolds Street
Little Acorn Patch
Northern Virginia Academy of Early Learning
Blue bird

Any feedback from these listed 2's class?

Thanks a lot!

[Anonymous]

I live in 22310. We went thru a string of daycares until we finally got our spot at Little Acorn Patch.

I love Little Acorn Patch. Teachers are great, there's very little turn over on lead teachers (although the aides do shift between rooms so it can be hard to know how long some stay.). Since it's not a chain, it's not horribly expensive. They have special events (puppet shows, musicians, etc) every week or so. They were invaluable in helping me get my kid potty trained. My only beef with the place is that their parking lot is horrible. There just aren't enough spots during dropoff/pickup and it's a huge pain.

We also were in Childtime for a while. I wasn't a fan. I didn't find the director to be very sensitive to the needs of my kid, who is a pretty picky eater. She wouldn't let me bring in any outside food so my daughter went hungry some days. I also didn't like the proximity of the daycare to the other stores in that strip mall along Huntington Ave. People can just walk by and look at the kids (in some of the rooms). The outdoor space also wasn't very nice.

I've heard good things about Northern Virginia Academy of Early Learning but that's further away from our house than LAP so we didn't really investigate that one.

Good luck in your search!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in 22310. We went thru a string of daycares until we finally got our spot at Little Acorn Patch.

I love Little Acorn Patch. Teachers are great, there's very little turn over on lead teachers (although the aides do shift between rooms so it can be hard to know how long some stay.). Since it's not a chain, it's not horribly expensive. They have special events (puppet shows, musicians, etc) every week or so. They were invaluable in helping me get my kid potty trained. My only beef with the place is that their parking lot is horrible. There just aren't enough spots during dropoff/pickup and it's a huge pain.

We also were in Childtime for a while. I wasn't a fan. I didn't find the director to be very sensitive to the needs of my kid, who is a pretty picky eater. She wouldn't let me bring in any outside food so my daughter went hungry some days. I also didn't like the proximity of the daycare to the other stores in that strip mall along Huntington Ave. People can just walk by and look at the kids (in some of the rooms). The outdoor space also wasn't very nice.

I've heard good things about Northern Virginia Academy of Early Learning but that's further away from our house than LAP so we didn't really investigate that one.

Good luck in your search!

Thanks a lot! little acorn patch is on my top list. It is quite close. I will have a tour next week and hope the waiting list is not too long.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Blue bird of Alexandria and Bluebird II. Both locations are in Old Town near Duke and West.

Also, a friend of mine loves Child time on Huntington.

Blue bird has the 8:1 ratios OP was talking about. We moved to a preschool with 5:1 ratios, and dd is getting much more attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Blue bird of Alexandria and Bluebird II. Both locations are in Old Town near Duke and West.

Also, a friend of mine loves Child time on Huntington.

Blue bird has the 8:1 ratios OP was talking about. We moved to a preschool with 5:1 ratios, and dd is getting much more attention.

Where did you move to? In DC, it is 4:1 for twos! 8:1 is too many imo.

[Anonymous]

NP bumping