1 / 5Smith College Center for Early Childhood Education
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On record in Massachusetts.
28 Lyman Road, Northampton, MA 01063
- Hours
- 8 AM–5 PM
- Licensed for
- 90 children
Amenities and accessibility
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
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The public record
- License number
- P-177053
- License status
- CURRENT
- License type
- Center-based Care
- Licensed capacity
- 90 children
- Address
- 28 Lyman Road, Northampton, MA 01063
- County
- Not listed
- Phone
- +14135853290
- Website
- Not listed
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What the record says
Provider highlights
Drawn from licensing flags published by the Department of Early Education and Care. Parent-review summaries will appear here once enough reviews have been collected.
Signals of care
Strengths
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Points to verify
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- Licensing: License status: CURRENT
From Google
Recent parent reviews
The 5 most recent of 11 Google reviews. Scroll for the rest of them.
Unfortunately the program was not as we had hoped or was presented to us. Our daughter was in the Group A toddler class and did not do well with the large class size of 17 kids. She prefers quieter environments that allow her to concentrate on her play/work. Nick the music teacher is great, but we wished it was more than half an hour a day. The art room is also great, but it is usually only open half the days of the week as Val is also a substitute teacher. We tried working with the school with various issues but it felt like our concerns and desires fell on deaf ears. We finally pulled our daughter from the program as she was becoming very shut down and just not her playful and talkative self. Within weeks being at home she returned to her normal self. Fortunately my wife an I run a small business so we can move our schedules around to be with our daughter at home. Since you have to sign a contract we are “contractually obligated” to pay for the rest of the year. Normally I don’t write reviews, but I felt a need to especially after seeing many of the reviews are from faculty. For this reason I took off another star rating as I would have given the school two stars.
Mark ChrabasczMar 13, 2018Amazing School !
Nancy KruegerMay 3, 2016Both my children have thrived in this program. The teachers we've had are incredible and respond directly to the individual needs of each child. We have two very different kids and they each have been supported and nurtured here. We love the amazing art and music programs (which my daughter participates in daily) and the creativity and critical thinking that is everywhere.
Amanda HermanMay 3, 2016Ft. Hill has been terrific for our family. The infant/toddler care is unparalleled, our son is thriving there. Excellent teacher:child ratios, a range of activity, thoughtful staff, top notch facilities, we could not be happier. We had growing pains with the mixed-age classrooms on the preschool side when our son was one of the younger children (and new to the school and a mixed-age setting), but the staff and administration were really engaged with us to work through them, and our older son is thriving there now. The facilities and opportunities for children to learn and develop there are fantastic. Agree with the other review on-line about cost and lack of diversity as drawbacks.
Leigh GrahamMay 3, 2016Great place to be a kid. While they don't strictly follow Reggio Emilia standards, they largely embody the same wonderful philosophy. Only gripe is that it's outrageously expensive, if you're not affiliated with Smith, and there are no financial aid options. This means there's a lack of economic diversity (as well as racial).
Jeff MacklerMay 2, 2016
Reviews shown verbatim as published on Google Maps.
How the reviews split
The 4.5 average comes from 11 Google reviews. An average hides whether opinion is consistent or divided, so the spread is shown too.
- 5 star9
- 4 star1
- 3 star0
- 2 star0
- 1 star1
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