Mighty Sprouts Montessori (Child Care) — Local services in East Hanover

Unfortunately, our experience at this daycare was consistently disappointing. Here's why:

-Safety Concerns: We were alarmed early on when each parent received a text message containing multiple photos of our child plus a vague message from an unknown number, causing significant worry. It was ultimately attributed to internal staff conflict, which was unsettling.

-High Staff Turnover: We frequently encountered new teachers, which made it difficult for our child to establish a consistent bond. Out of the original four teachers in his classroom, only 1 remain after a year, and we have seen them cycle through three to four different full time teachers for that classroom, plus a couple more temps in the mean time.

-Inadequate Care: Our child was once fed 12oz milk in feeding (more than double his usual) just to stop him from crying, he threw up in the car afterwards. There were many instances where he came home with dried poop on his butt. There was also a stretch of two days when they forgot to offer him milk at all.

-Ignoring Medical Information: The director disregarded our child's primary pediatrician's notes on multiple occasions, creating unnecessary confusion and delaying our child's return to daycare after illness.

-False Emergency: During a minor earthquake, the director falsely claimed a state-wide emergency, requiring all parents to pick up their child within the hour, causing us to rush to pick up our child and miss work needlessly.

-Poor Communication: Inclement weather notice was always communication at the ery last minute, such as past 10pm the prior day, or on the day itself. Once the director even contradicted her own message the night before and announced a same day closure at 8am.

Overall, this daycare lacked stability and clear guidelines, impacting our trust and satisfaction. We cannot recommend it based on...

The Mighty Sprouts Montessori Center is an ESSENTIAL source of community and support in my family's life. The center director hires excellent educators who pour love and care and intention into the encouragement, nourishment, and learning of each child in the center. My son has been enrolled for the last two years, and every step of the way, from the infant room when he was just twelve months old, to the toddler room, to the preschool room, he has had incredible social development and made wonderful little friends. He loves going to school each day, we get detailed updates via an app throughout the day about Montessori learning cycles, naps, and meals, and when he comes home every day he can't wait to tell us the amazing things he has learned. It is a wonderful, warm, social family atmosphere. My daughter, who will be born in a matter of days, will begin as a student in the infant room at 3 months of age, and I have every confidence that she will benefit from having sweet teachers who are wonderful collaborators with her loving parents. It was very hard for me to make the decision to enroll my son in daycare, when he turned one, because there was no way for my husband and I to work and support our family otherwise. Finding Mighty Sprouts Montessori has been a profound blessing in our lives. As a PhD in education, I could not have more confidence in this investment in the growth...

Enrolling our daughter at Mighty Sprouts is the best parenting decision we could have made. From our first tour, to our daughter's first few weeks, and throughout her transition from infant class to toddler, everyone at Mighty Sprouts (Owners, Director, teachers - literally EVERY staff member) have gone above and beyond to make sure we feel at home and that our child's individual needs are a priority. The center is immaculate, is owned by a nurse practitioner and run by a longtime educator and mom who has a background in special education, not to mention, every teacher has treated our daughter with genuine care, respect, and attentiveness. We have seen palpable developments in our 18 month old's speech, socialization, hygiene practices, and level of independence - she even cleaned up after herself without being asked! Mighty Sprouts also employs very accessible technology that helps working parents who are always on the go have easy access to teachers and Director through their seamless app (detailed daily reports, multiple photos a day, easy payment options) and they even have a streaming service that allows us to see the classroom at all times, accessible from any device. Our family is truly so grateful to have found a home at MS - would 100% recommend to...