Montessori Room

My son went here when he was 7 months old. We withdrew him around 13 months. I really did not want to put him through transitioning to a new school, but this place was so bad. 1.) The infant teachers and director always left him crying in his crib for over 45 minutes and said that he needed to learn to be independent. He would cry himself to sleep (sitting), only to wake up 2 min later and cry again. This was heartbreaking to watch on live camera. When I told them not to let him cry in the crib for more than 10 min, they stated all infants must be in the crib at 10am and 12pm so that the teachers can take breaks and reset the room. After that, they put the crib behind the camera where I couldn’t see him cry. 2.) I was watching the camera one day, and my husband dropped him off. He was sitting by himself across the room, crying on and off for over 2 hours in the same exact spot he was dropped off, while the teachers played with the other babies who were already content. No one even came to him. Other babies were left in their cribs, crying for over 30 min. 3.) He would scream and cry so loudly during diaper changes. Whatever they were doing, was traumatizing him. This behavior stopped within 1 week of withdrawing him. I can’t imagine what else they did behind the cameras. 4. They also turned on iPads for the infants to watch movies (illegal). For the whole 6 months he was there, he would cry every day at drop-off. I thought it was just his personality, but after only 3 days (2.5 hr/day) of attending his new Montessori school, he smiled and opened his arms for the teachers. That’s when we immediately withdrew him from this place. Find a better and more experienced/loving place for your babies! Update: I've been in the pediatric field for almost 10 years, so I definitely know babies are not allowed to sleep in the bouncers. The teachers put him in the bouncer to sleep from the beginning. It's fine if they were consistent with crib training; however, they were not. One day, if they felt like it, they would leave him to cry in the crib. The next day, they would put him in the bouncer to sleep. That's when I was fed up and told them no more crib. I worked on crib training at home and even taught the teachers strategies. They never used it. It took me only 3 nights to crib train him at home. As a healthcare professional, I would never tell a daycare staff to hold my baby to sleep. When you have concerns, they never listen to it. They just blame you or others. Very unprofessional!

My son started school here at 5 months old and is now in the toddler two class, he absolutely loves school, his vocabulary is thriving and he’s constantly learning more skills, he loves the healthy snacks provided and loves the active time outside, he adores all of his teachers. We love MR!🩷 …

My daughter has been coming here for a little over a year now. There has been some frequent turnover with teachers since she stated but apart from that we have had great experience. All of her teachers have been so kind and she has learned so much. She is always so excited to get to school. Her current teacher Mrs. Dominga has truly been exceptional. She’s in the Spanish Emerson program and is thriving. We are greatful for Montessori room and the care they have provided to our girl.

My child was always sick and had a terrible experience there.

I totally agree with Caitlyn Jensen’s review. Similar thing happened to our kid. The sad part is the school doesn’t care. The director is unprofessional and so rude. It makes sense why they have a huge employee turnover. Our kid was always coming home sick. Sometimes the school will send us a message asking us to pick him up only to take the kid home or to see a physician and find out there is nothing wrong with him. We enrolled him in April and for some reason, I never felt comfortable with him there. He got sand in his eyes and hair and his eyes got swollen and the director had the gut to send us a message that he got sand in his eyes and they were swollen. When I asked her what they will do to prevent this from happening in future, she totally ignored my message. My kid’s eyes were swollen for over a week. Also I feel there’s something at the school that they were either giving to my kid to make him sick or something at the school was making him sick. He was always happy and healthy on weekends but anytime he went back to school, he would come home sick with something. I was also convinced that anytime they didn’t have enough teachers, they will send some of the kids home and that is what they kept doing to us. This week we got fed up with their unprofessionalism and rudeness. This time I trusted my instinct and we removed him from the school and guess what, his last day of school, he came home with his snack bowl full of sand from their backyard (Yes, I always packed snack for him. I didn’t trust what was served at the school).

I really wanted this daycare to be what it was advertised as... But I feel the need to write this because it's extremely concerning that bad reviews continue to disappear for this location. I feel deceived as a parent and wonder what else people have experienced and spoken up about that got deleted. I also noticed some of the positive reviews are written by people that work here... redflag. I won't go into all the details, but my 1 yr old was constantly sick during his time here - about every two weeks for 5 months - which led to a lot of sick time off work, a miserable sick baby and/or mama, and too much wasted money on care he wasn't even there for. I know this can be considered "normal" for some, but in those 5 months I witnessed a serious lack of hygiene practices and cleaning/sanitation, and notifications were not posted or sent out when there was another reported illness in the classroom like their handbook states. Honestly a lot of their handbook/policies were not followed. I definitely wouldn't consider their supervised play to be Montessori. There were too many days where the children would be outside in the Arizona heat when it was way too hot, during the day or for morning drop off, and their indoor playroom would get humid and hot so I felt so bad leaving him in such an uncomfortable environment. And there were several other red flags that led us to find other care.

I had two children that attended Montessori Room Anthem, and they had THE BEST time. They loved their teachers, and were excited to be at school. The school also offers camera access, so I was able to get on and watch the kiddos during the day when I wasn’t there.

Only giving two stars because of Kayla (otherwise would be 1 star) who was moved out of my sons room with no notice. In theory, Montessori teaching works very well. But that would imply that there is actually teaching taking place. Kayla was great, she sent us pictures throughout the day and was very hands-on with all of her kids, not just mine There are, of course, a few exceptions with some of the workers, but the rest of the staff definitely needs attention. Their ratios were not true when it came to teacher/student, and there was virtually no curriculum. If you want your child to actually learn, and you are thinking of a Montessori style daycare facility, seek somewhere else. For what it’s worth, there were over five reviews that were one star. It would seem the owner has deleted them and posted false reviews, one of which is from an employee. This is not a learning facility, it is supervised play at best. I would not recommend this place overall.