Hand In Hand Creative Learning Center INC. is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 3 Oliver Wight Drive, Essex, Vermont VT. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
10/10, I love this daycare! The entire faculty is kind and enjoys their job of taking care of children, the curriculum is consistently fun and instructive! They have large rooms for each age group, it doesn't feel like anyone is cluttered. Their playground is excellent! Best of all, my daughter loves going to go "see her friends!" This is our 3rd daycare, and it is by far the best!
I can’t say enough good things about this place. The staff are friendly, caring and capable; the center itself is clean, activities are well organized and offer a variety of additional programs that you don’t typically see at other centers. And most importantly, our daughter loves coming here every day! She sometimes even asks to come in on the weekend. It’s hard sending her off 5 days a week, but I take relief in knowing she’s in such good hands. We were on the wait list for about a year to get in, but I'm so glad we stuck it out. Well worth it.
Our family was told in July of 2017 that our children were placed on the waitlist for spots beginning July of 2018. We verified these spots on two occasions and offered to put deposits down and were told that someone would call us before July 2018 and set up a time for a tour and that would be when we gave the deposit, but we were assured the spots would be available. Today, 2/15/18, after not hearing anything from them for quite some time, I spoke with the owner and was told they didn’t have any spots for our children and that we were never guaranteed spots since that is not their policy. This is not accurate as we most certainly were guaranteed there would be spots this July. We were also informed today that it would be at least another year before there would even possibly be a spot, which was then retracted and we were told that there may never be a spot. After explaining the situation this put our family in and that we should have been informed as soon as they realized our spots wouldn’t be available this July, or possibly ever, the owner, although apologetic, became very agitated and defensive. She also indicated that there is a strong possibility that they may have to shut down their business entirely. This is very unfortunate, as they had come highly recommend and my wife and I had heard great things about this place, and we are now left to scramble to find coverage for our little ones. So if you are on this center’s waitlist, be aware that you may never have a spot open up and that, from the owner’s own mouth, they may be closing.
My four year old has been attending for two years and he loves it! The staff is awesome with him and I. They're program is also very educational I definitely reccomend Hand in Hand to anyone in need of child care.
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Level 4 out of 5
4 Stars
This rating is part of the state's Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). Trained evaluators assess staff qualifications, learning environment, curriculum, and family engagement — standards that go beyond basic licensing requirements.
Level 1: Meets basic licensing standards.
Level 2: Exceeds licensing with some quality improvements in place.
Level 3: Demonstrates strong practices in curriculum and staff development.
Level 4: High quality across most assessed areas.
Level 5: Highest quality — excels in all areas of assessment.