Montessori System School - Cedar Falls IA Licensed Center

3220 Terrace Dr , CEDAR FALLS IA 50613
(319) 266-0745
3 Reviews

About the Provider

Description: Childcare is available at Montessori System School in conjunction with our preschool classes. The Childcare Facility is open from 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please contact the school for information regarding pricing.

Childcare is available for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. A nutritious breakfast and a delicious catered hot lunch is served daily.

Montessori Childcare reinforces the ideas and experiences the children learn in their preschool classes and provides a safe, nurturing home for the children when they are not attending preschool. Using one provider for preschool and childcare eliminates children’s transition problems and worries about who is picking them up and where they are going. Our facility is bright, beautiful, clean and sanitary. Our program is always planned on the basis of what is best for the children. Our childcare is licensed and certified.

Families may elect to have their children participate in a variety of activities while using the Childcare services. Some electives, such as swimming lessons, music, and tumbling, are fee-based. Other electives, such as drama, art, and foreign language, are offered at no additional charge and further enrich our program.

Drop in child care may be added to your preschool contract as needed.

Additional Information: QRS RATING: 2 Stars. QRS Level: 2;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 22786
  • Capacity: 88
  • Rate Range Infant (up to 24 months) Half-Day/23.00| Infant (up to 24 months) Half-Day/23.00| Preschool (24 to Kindergarten) Half-Day/23.00| Preschool (24 to Kindergarten) Half-Day/23.00
  • Quality Rating System (QSR) Level: 2
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • Current License Issue Date: Apr 17, 2019
  • District Office: Iowa Department of Human Services - Child Care Assistance Unit
  • District Office Phone: 1-866-448-4605 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Reviews

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Nathan Landes May 07, 2023
I have used this provider for less than 6 months

The administration as of 2022 is ruining what could otherwise be a wonderful school. The contract you sign leaves you with little power, and makes it is nearly impossible to leave if you are unhappy (unless you are willing to pay out the remainder of the contract). My children were sent home from school almost weekly for illness, and sometimes for ones that seemed, frankly, invented. When I tried to bring one of my children back with a doctor's note to show we had waited a medically approved amount of time, the director told me she didn't trust doctors, and asked that her daughter inspect my child to determine if she was healthy enough to return. They twist facts to make themselves look good and to make people with genuine concerns look bad. Can't recommend for any working parents, or to those who wish for their children to be in school with regularity. Really disappointing.

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M. D. Apr 12, 2023
I have used this provider for less than 6 months

This school is an administrative nightmare. I could write paragraph after paragraph about how bad our experience was there, but I will keep my review brief for now. The director and teachers treat parents with extreme disrespect. Children who are having a hard day or a hard time adjusting to daycare/preschool are viewed as nuisances who need be removed. Policies around drop off are completely inflexible and make life impossible for working parents. Likewise, illness policies change on a weekly basis via app messages to parents and do not follow any accepted guidelines. Children can be sent home for weeks at a time at the whim of the director, even if the child's doctor recommends their return to daycare/preschool. Do not send your kids here. On another note, this school does not actually adhere to many common Montessori practices. For one thing, children are given sugar cereal with added dyes on a daily basis during morning snack time. Please save yourself and your children the extreme stress of attending this school.

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AT88 Aug 22, 2019
I have used this provider for more than 6 months

First of all This is not a real montessori and not an American montessori society accredited preschool . It is the preschool that is run by a DICTATOR. The dictator uses the montessori in the school name to get the kids stuck in her basement preschool system . No doubt they have good education but they have zero manner and they are the title of disrespect. This school is basically in a basement in a church. They have good teachers for the preschool classes however outside the classes kids play randomly without experienced adults supersvision. Mrs Stephanie , Mrs Katy and Mrs Angie are the reason why education is good at This preschool . There's a teacher her name is Samantha she has very harch character . Mrs Samantha wants parents to accept their kids crying with no mercy and she would ignore you in front of your kids with no respect. The Owner / manager/ dictator hires college students who are lazy to move from a chair to interact with kids or to know what's going on with the kids. They ignore kids pain/ nose bleeding/ hygiene. They have one answer to all your questions: I don't know what happened with your kid I wasn't here. If you happen to have any concern the dictator Candy would never accept any concern and she would make you feel she is making you a favor accepting your toddler at her preschool. The infant room in this preschool system is peaceful but very old fashion and if the infants room supervisor happens to be absent ( which happens alot) your infant will not eat and will not get enough care and it will be a hot mess room. The dictator Candy and her assistant" Angry Veronica" have their own rules and "emergent rules". They can come up with anything that fits their own schedule and their own mood! Moms are allowed to breasfeed in the infant room for months until they dislike you and decide to send you to an old room in the basement to breastfeed. You cannot drop off your toddler or your infant after 9 am and you cannot pick up your kid anytime. Your little kid will be playing in a playground full of wood chips and mud.Or in an empty room called gym. Candy obliges parents to sign annual contracts with her and if you don't keep your kid at her preschool you will have to pay a penalty of not less than 5000$. Candy denies any verbal agreement with her blaming misunderstanding or basically her mood! This school closes more than any public school closes "You either follow The dictator Candy's way or the high way!" She closes Christmas break/ spring break/ summer break / conferences and for her teachers development. She charges additional $$$$ for childcare and parents get stuck especially that they signed contracts! Candy who can pretend to be nice is a true foxy person . She gossips about parents to other parents. She can denies anything . She can hide the sun with her finger if she wants! Save your time and YOUR money and find convenience with education for your kids at other child care centers in town. look for NAEYC accredited centers in town. This the so called montessori preschool is way far from all NAEYC measures.

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