Changing Tomorrow Childcare

As a parent with three children who've attended CTA, I can't recommend their program enough. The staff's communication through Brightwheel is exceptional - providing real-time updates with photos and detailed information throughout the day. The teachers are experts at fostering development and independence, with plenty of age-appropriate activities and equipment. Most importantly, they truly love our children, evident in every interaction and milestone celebration. While the cost reflects typical US childcare prices, the quality of care, curriculum, and genuine warmth from the staff make it worth every penny. We've enrolled all three of our children here for good reason!

Long overdue review, but CTA is incredible. Our son is almost three and has been at CTA since a month after his first birthday. The amount of progress/growth he's made in such a short period of time is truly because of the care, attention, and structured opportunities he's been given at CTA. He's made so many great friends, learned a lot, extended his curiosity in age appropriate ways, and so much more. We especially love that classes are structured by six-month increments, meaning our son has had the opportunity to really flourish in concentrated spurts as appropriate for his age range. I was SO nervous about sending our son to daycare and we searched long and far (we live in Carroll Gardens!) for one that met our expectations. CTA has continuously exceeded our expectations and we will be so sad to leave when the time comes!

This daycare tried to have my review removed on yelp. I would not be surprised if they tried to remove this one. This is not a review that I wanted to write but I feel a need to let other parents know about my experience. I first enrolled my 9 month daughter into this school. I was a first time mom and I didn't know what to expect. I was so blown away by the space. It is simply amazing but as time went on, I started noticing things that I just felt weren't right. First of all the teachers are just here to get college credit. Which means really young students that never had experience taking care of kids. I am not saying that they are not capable. I will say that they are here to get some time under their belt to become a teacher. Which means high turn over. I feel that it's important for a baby or toddler to have the same teacher in order to adapt to the environment. Another thing is that the sleeping space in the same space where the kids play. If one kid wakes up and plays, other kids will wake up. My daughter is a light sleeper and needs a dark room and sound machine. At the end of the day I received a fussy baby home. This place takes Montessori to another level of individual. In other words whenever my baby got hurt the director would always use the CCTV to look back. This is frustrating. Why isn't a teacher watching over my kid? My baby got hurt three times in one month with a scratch on her eye. I found out through one of the pictures that were uploaded. Three hours later a teacher messages me about what happened. Three hours and no incident report. No apologies. Pickup was usual. They didn't care that my kid got hurt. I mean it's my daughter's eye and this daycare is so far from reasonable price. The answer I received from this place was that we focus on individual play, which means that the babies/toddlers don't play with each other and no one is really watching them. I also noticed that these teachers really don't watch over my kid. I would received the baby bottle back with so much hair around the nipple. I guess it rolled away and no one cared to give my baby back the bottle. This happened almost every day. The pacifier was also gross when we got it back. The pictures! WOW! It showed how unhappy my baby was. My baby was crying in every picture. I love the honesty but it really sucks that this place made my baby so unhappy. I really wanted this place to work but it didn't. Another thing to note is the nap time for toddler is dead set on 12 pm. Can't change it and has to be one nap. Most toddlers drop their second nap around 18 month and may take longer. My daughter getting constantly hurt at school, the constant changing of teachers and the lack of supervision that my baby had. For the price that this place charges, I would expect a lot more than just a spacious place. It's not like I can provide anonymous feedback. There is camera facing the anonymous feedback box. I just end up switching to another place that addresses all of my concerns.

Enrolling our daughter in Changing Tomorrow Academy was one of the best decisions we ever made. We had originally planned to send her to a daycare just around the corner, but when that fell through were in a desperate situation. Amanda was so wonderful and found a place for us at very short notice. We weren’t expecting much — we were just happy to have found somewhere so quickly — but our daughter flourished and thrived under their care. Amanda was extremely communicative and seemed to know everything about how our child was developing. She is so great with the children and just an extremely positive force to be around. We never worried for a second when our daughter was there. The teachers were wonderful at helping her adapt to her first daycare, and then helping her transition to the toddler class. We got regular updates and photographs throughout the day that regularly made us laugh. They came up with really great ideas for activities. They calmed us when we were worried and gave us tips to help her along. The facilities here are amazing, but the staff are what makes it great. We HIGHLY recommend Changing Tomorrow Academy and will be eternally grateful for how they took care of our little one.

My daughter loves it here. Staff is great. They do a lot of fun activities with the kids. Lots of photo updates throughout the day, which is great!

One of the best experience we had. Being first time parents and facing different challenges especially in city can really be tough. But thankfully we chose CTA, everyone's so professional and they treat you and your kid as family. Whenever we had any concerns they listen and address it in the best way possible, which is rare in city :) So a big thanks to Amanda and the whole team for always being there for us. The pictures & other updates through out the day is amazing, being always considerate and informing about upcoming events or alerts on time etc simply i would say everything's perfect. Thank you guys ❤️

We sent our son to CTA for about a year and a half starting after his first birthday, and it was an excellent experience. The staff are warm, attentive and responsive, and our son flourished under their care. We appreciated the frequency of check-ins and photos throughout the day, and enjoyed tracking the weekly curriculum and talking about it with our son after the school day was done. The facility boasts a large indoor playground for gross motor skill development and a big stroller parking room, and the staff held regular events to give parents a night off or encourage mingling with other families. We highly recommend CTA and are very happy that we chose the school for our son’s early years.

We LOVE Changing Tomorrow. Our daughter has been in school here since she was 4 months old (shes now nearly 2). Before she started, we had heard a lot of daycare "horror" stories and looked into a lot of options but were super impressed with the school. She has learned so much more than I thought she would have at this age, they feed her all her meals and are wonderful at communication. Cant recommend enough!