Melody Lane Children’s Center

For any parent looking for a safe, creative and happy environment for your kids while you’re working or for any reason needing child/​day care, Melody Lane is exactly what you’re looking for. The school director, Janice, goes to great painstaking lengths to ensure each child’s safety and comfort level, as well as ensuring complete compliance with all State regulations for child care centers. She and her staff are warm, personable, professional and considerate to the needs of each child; they genuinely care and you easily get that sense when you speak with them. Additionally, they’re very well-​prepared for the separation anxiety that very typically occurs during the first few days (or sometimes weeks) of new students being there… which, for me, definitely helped to set my mind at ease. My son spent several years there, from the age of 2 until he started kindergarten at 5, while I had to return to work full-​time. He’s 11 now and he still remembers and talks about the fun activities, art projects, and holiday feasts that he enjoyed during his time at Melody Lane. This is – hands down – the best childcare center in the area!

this daycare is a really good place. I have had a child in that school since he was a infant and have never had any issues. From the owner to every single teacher they all care about the kids and they go out of their way to accommodate any needs that you may have. I would highly recommend this school to any one.

So, I want to start out this review by saying that I am a stay-​at-​home mom who was very, very reluctant to have her child in preschool. However, I will soon be re-​entering the work-​force, and I needed to find a preschool where I felt comfortable with the staff and students.
To that end, I visited many different providers in the area, some sponsored by the county, some private. Melody Lane was on my list because the location was very convenient, and I received a referral from my friend who had her twins there before they started kindergarten.
My first impression of the campus was that it was very organized and set up like a real «school.» Some of my visits other locations were just sad (small campus, if any! nasty equipment, etc.). Melody Lane was sparkly and bright and I liked how secure it felt. Even the knob on the gate was really high so a child couldn’t reach it! At first though it was weird — there was no child in site! But that is because the children aren’t allowed to run unattended throughout the school. The children are always in the care of a teacher.
Anyway, I met with the director and really liked her personality. I had my baby with me (okay, 16 months of age isn’t exactly a baby LOL) and the director explained that my daughter would be in the baby room until two years of age. The baby room staff was really friendly and they seemed to take extra care with every charge! I was then taken to the toddler room and the other rooms. They have a full-​time cook who gave my daughter a little snack while there. It was really cute. I just had the impression they weren’t there to make money — they were there because they genuinely care about the work they do. But this place has been around since 1994 so I am not surprised they know their business!
Anyway, long story short, I decided on Melody Lane and I have been really happy! My daughter spent six months in the baby room, then was moved up to the 2-​year old room. The teacher, Miss Sol, is the kindest, most gentlest person I have ever met. One day when I arrived early to pick up my daughter, all of the kids were napping away except, of course, my daughter who had woken up early. Miss Sol was sitting on the floor rocking her and talking to her. My daughter was looking up at her with such an adoring expression! For me, it meant the world. I’m not the type of mom who gets threatened/​jealous when my baby likes someone else LOL. But to know that my daughter is receiving such gentle care…
The other neat thing is that sometimes they will text me a video of my daughter in class, while she is singing or dancing or learning something. It is so cute to see how she interacts with her little friends. Now that she is a little over two, she asks to go to school in the morning! And I’m blown away that at only 26 months of age, she can already COUNT TO TEN! And she knows about 90% of the alphabet song! That is because of Miss Sol and the education they are providing at Melody Lane.
Anyway, I cannot recommend them enough!

At first this school seemed good. But my son started to pee his pants everyday and we had no idea why because he was already potty trained very well.
So after a couple weeks of this he ended up telling us that another boy in his class was touching him. He also told us it was inside the classroom. The classes have like 10 kids and they’re pretty small so to him say it happened inside the classroom is mind boggling. Obviously the teacher wasn’t paying attention to miss that! Immediately after hearing that, we went to the school and informed them of this. They told me they would give me a follow up call and let his parents know. We never got a follow up call or any sort of information on what had happened. We don’t even know if that conversation left the room.
Besides that he never had projects that he brought home and never seemed to learn anything he didn’t already know.
I would’ve given it 0 stars if I could.