The Children’s Courtyard

My now 5 year old attended this CCY location for almost 2 years and my 2 year old attended for almost a year (only reason they are not going there now is because we moved to a different city). Ms. Alissa, who is the school Director, is great. She was always in a happy mood and actually knew the names of all family members (which, if you think about it, is a lot). If I ever had any issues, I felt comfortable talking to her about it and she was always very helpful and took responsibility for things (nothing «big» ever happened, just a few small things). My oldest was in APK with Ms. Irma. There are no words to explain how wonderful Ms. Irma is. She has been a teacher for quite some time and you can tell she loves her job and the children she teaches. My son was reading and writing at the age of 4. There was never any pressure for him to do these things but he liked writing and learning to read. She had so many fun activities for the kids (to make learning fun!) and she went above and beyond the required curriculum. My son always had so much to say at the end of the day about what they learned and did that day. It gave me peace of mind about who I was leaving my son with every day. The youngest was in Ms. Gabby, Ms. Ashley and Ms. Meghan’s class. She didn’t start daycare until she was 14 months old, so it took her a while to get adjusted. She loved all of her teachers and would always ask where her teachers were when we were at home. She learned all of her colors and was able to count to 10 before she turned 2. This is a great school and we were so sad that we had to move them.

My youngest child has been at Children’s Courtyard in Keller since he was 6 months old. He is now 2 and we really like Children’s Courtyard. The Director and the Director of the Preschool make an effort to know the names of all parents and family members. I visited several other area care centers in the area before I chose CCY. I found that the larger places offered more «activities» for the bigger kids, but that the infant areas were cramped and seemed like an afterthought. At CCY, the preschool building feels like more like a home setting and there are multiple, flexible settings for the infants and toddlers that the directors adjust depending on the number of kids they’re dealing with.
The rooms are bright and clean and full of developmentally appropriate toys. There are daily notification reports on what the kids ate, how they slept (and potty notes) and activities they did. There are extra notifications that come home if there are any incidents (skinned knees, someone whacked someone else with a toy hard enough to leave a mark, etc.). As the mother of several children who have been in all kinds of care situations including in my own care in the summer, I am well aware that bumps, bruises and colds will happen. It’s part of life with little people. I feel every time anything has happened with my little it was handled professionally and with care.
The directors also plan activities that make it more like a private school setting (which it is for the private kindergarten); book fairs, parents night out, fall festival, picture day, theme weeks, etc. Our family loves CCY and I know my littlest loves it because most evenings it take some coaxing to get him to leave.
I have been a teacher for almost a decade in one of the area’s best high schools. My older kids go to one of the area’s best private schools. For my littlest, I chose Children’s Courtyard and choose to every year because I think it’s the best preschool in the area.

Day one when I picked up my son he had a sore throat he was only 4 months old, be prepared to get used to refrigerated food for infants in this Centre. I am new to the system and gave another five months time, in return got ear infections, cold and sleepless nights. he was moved to toddler room when he got hit on his eye lid. They are never sorry for anything that happens to the baby.