Montessori Country Day II

Do not take your babies here if MISS ILIANA still works there. My child still has a scar on her cheek from what she explains as during a diaper change &#34;she wasn&#39;t having it.&#34;  She had a red bloody inflamed gash on her cheek from what I presume were her 2 inch long fake nails not appropriate for her job. She also had zero patience for babies during nap time that didn&#39;t want to sleep and would restrain them by wrapping them tightly in swaddles because &#34;she tries to crawl away.&#34;  I also dropped my daughter off during nap time once and my daughter didn&#39;t want to sleep and while I was still there in plain sight had the audacity to swoop up my child and stomp off out of the room to complain to her boss, take her to another room. This wasn&#39;t convenient for MISS ILIANA because she likes to be on her phone during babies nap time. She is unprofessional, lacks patience, compassion, and I strongly regret ever entrusting this place to care for my baby. She also doesn&#39;t have the intellect to know she should engage with babies and provide stimulation other than the basics of changing diapers and feeding.

We decided to send our two year old here for full days M-F due to all the positive reviews. The classrooms are very endearing and the teachers initially make a great impression. I loved all the outdoor time they included throughout the day. This school is on the more expensive side, but we felt it must be worth it. Unfortunately we had a very bad experience. We forgave the initial confusion and disorganization (we completed a tour, filled out the paper work, gave them our first day, which they committed to, yet they were confused about our arrival on our first day yet sort of squeezed us in....it did not feel very welcoming). Yet this was fine, we let this slide. Unfortunately the issues were much more serious than mere disorganization. They were EXTREMELY rigid and punishing in their treatment of our TWO year old. The list is long but the first red flag was when we heard that they put him in a TIME OUT because he didn&#39;t sit on his name for circle time. He&#39;s two. 5 year olds struggle with this skill in kindergarten. It then became clear that the teachers felt my son had behavior issues. I observed a teacher tell him to clean up and when he kept walking towards me to give me a hug (he had not seen me ALL day!) she used this terribly strict voice with him &#34;NO, first pick up all of your toys. You pick up too.&#34; She then proceeded to lecture me about following through and if we all work as a team we can solve this issue etc etc etc....and &#34;you know, this is the montessori way&#34;....again, he&#39;s two years old. Plus I researched Montessori and I really don&#39;t know how what she was saying is related to the philosophy I read about. Furthermore, I would be worried if my two year old listened perfectly all the time. He&#39;s not a robot. Another time I walked in, all the other kids were outside and a teacher (different one) was helping my son in the bathroom- she didn&#39;t know I was listening and I heard her sound very obviously frustrated that he had pooped in his diaper. It sounded very shaming to me. He also started to engage in some bigger behaviors like once he threw a lego, another time he scratched at a girl during lunch. On that occasion, the teachers responded by ending his lunch. They didn&#39;t sit next to him and help him find his words, they didn&#39;t simply move him away from the girl- they removed his food. The teacher did call to notify us that this occurred and reassured us that they would feed him after nap. I appreciate the call but it shows that they don&#39;t even see anything wrong with this response to this behavior. Once my husband came to pick him up and saw my son outside standing in line for afternoon snack. He heard the teacher  say to him &#34;No, you don&#39;t get snack today because you didn&#39;t pick up your toys. Maybe tomorrow you can try again&#34;. We were livid and decided that day to pull him out. Denying access to food is never acceptable. Additionally, how about teaching him to pick up utilizing reinforcement?? Another big issue for me was that whenever I picked him up in the afternoon the teachers were all one one side of the play area chatting while the kids were far away in the play areas. Often the teacher would yell things out from afar but never did I see them actually sitting with the children and engaging with them or facilitating play. In the mornings I would often see the teachers disengaged from the children as well. I am positive the increase in my sons undesirable behaviors was related to the lack of attention from the teachers. I recommend any current families pay really close attention and any families considering, I would ask a lot of questions related to discipline and how they approach teaching children during play. I didn&#39;t see any natural environment teaching occurring at all. I toured a different preschool and asked how they&#39;d respond if my son hits another child or throws things, etc. Their response immediately was &#34;oh, you mean if he acts like a two year old?&#34; and laughed. I asked our pediatrician if I should be worried about his behavior because the school sure was making me feel like possibly there was a more significant issue than what was normal and she basically told me to find a new preschool. I would avoid this place or at minimum pay close attention. Update: a month into his new school, zero concerns, zero aggression, he&#39;s HAPPY and engaged and loved. I didn&#39;t realize just how much MCDII was affecting our little boy:(

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