Bradmoor Educational Playhouse, Bethesda

As a first-time mom who works from home, I was extremely anxious to transition my baby’s care from a full-time nanny to daycare when my toddler was 15 months old. Adding to my anxiety, English is not the language we speak at home with our toddler, who has only recently started to speak as a way to express needs. Luckily for us, this Family Childcare provides nurturing, enriching care, and has become a second home for my toddler. The owner went above and beyond to ensure that the transition was as smooth as possible by supporting our family to incrementally expose my child to the new environment, caretakers and peers. She has remained highly communicative every day, providing detailed updates on our child’s wellbeing and achievements. I love her educational and care philosophy! The kids spend a lot of time outdoors, rain or shine, including learning to appreciate gardening! While maintaining a structured daily routine for the kids, she provides new and varied enriching activities every day using natural materials. My child has thrived in this environment in a few short months and is exceeding developmental milestones like speech and greater independence. Most importantly - my child enjoys being there, and adores her and the other caretakers. The owner provides healthy meals and snacks throughout the day, which is a big help! And her childcare environment is just absolutely beautiful, with lots of windows providing tons of natural light, calm, open play areas which she often decorates thematically in new and exciting ways! I am just so grateful and have so much admiration for how much attention to detail she provides - this is truly special, and a rare, rare find among childcare centers. You can tell she truly values and believes in her work and treats all the children like her own. We consider ourselves privileged to be clients and couldn’t be more pleased. 100% recommend!

This provider and her staff have become members of our family. They truly care about our son, and they keep us well-informed about his development. She goes above and beyond to ensure the well-being of the children in her care. We can tell that our child feels safe and happy with her. When we drop him off in the morning, she welcomes him with open arms, and a wide smile appears on his face. The environment she provides and her genuine dedication make her an exceptional choice for any family. I highly recommend this provider!

This provider is absolutely wonderful! It is so reassuring to know our little boy is in such a loving and nurturing environment. He was previously at a larger commercial daycare which was good but was much less personal and had frequent staff changeover. Here I know the providers really know and care about him and he gets cuddles from the same people every day. I have been really impressed by the curriculum and stimulation for the children - they are always learning about new topics with different activities which keeps our son engaged. We also love how much time the children spend outside! They have a great space and its fantastic to know he is spending time outside learning about nature. We could not recommend this center more.

This provider has a very loving and caring environment, great outdoor and indoor space full of light! I always felt my kids were being loved which was the most important thing for me but also, she made sure they ate properly and enjoyed their time over there. She provides plenty of activities, crafts, etc - my twins loved this daycare

We are so lucky to have found these providers. Our daughter started there when she was 3 months old, and she is so happy every day when we drop her off and pick her up. She was able to adjust within a week to her new schedule, which I fully attribute to the care that she's receiving at daycare.

Our kids loved their teacher and their friends.

This provider is amazing! Our son loves to go to daycare and sometimes doesn't even want to leave (even it hurts my feelings a bit, I know that it means he is happy there :)). This provider is creative. She always finds different activities for the kids. You can tell she genuinely enjoys taking care of children. In addition, she prepares homemade meals with organic products for the children which is a big plus for us.

This provider is very kind to my daughter. She's attentive to my kid and accommodating to her need. Her facility is clean and has many new and interesting toys. There are various activities throughout the day. I recommend this daycare to other families.

Excellent daycare!

I know this provider both personally and professionally. She took care of my child during afterschool hours at Golestan school. She also watched my child at her house as her son and mine played together. My child was late in being comfortable sleeping with us (his parents) in the room. I was quite surprised that he asked to sleep over at this provider's house the second time ever that he was there. This provider is responsible, loving, meticulously clean, and comforting. I felt at ease whenever my son was with her.