Chapel Place Daycare Ctr

My 2 kids used to attend CPD, but Unfortunately we moved away from CPD and it was hard for us to commute. So we had to enroll our kids at a daycare closer to our new home. The new daycare is more expensive and it should have been an upgrade for us, but unfortunately that's not the case. The Staff and Patty at CPD are 10000% committed to children, they are full of energy, compassionate, Love and passion to take care, play and teach kids. They are simply amazing, from the moment you drop off your kids, they are full of positive and happy energy to the time we pick them up. the kids learned so much at CPD and we are forever grateful to all the staff.

oh one more thing, the food at CPD, is great, healthy and cooked by an amazing woman who loves and cares for kids so much.

CPD is such a great daycare, we regret moving just because of how far we are from CPD.

There is no doubt that deciding on the daycare for your children, has to be one of the most difficult and important decision parents must make in this incredible journey. If you decide to send your children to Chapel Place Daycare, you can be confident that it is the best possible decision for your children.

There is no other daycare that will truly be an extension of your family. The staff at CPD, led by one of the most passionate, loving, caring and fun-spirited childcare provider, Patty Palermo. Patty is 100% committed to those children - to their education, safety, healthy development and of course committed to providing a fun, exciting, challenging and stimulating environment. If any of you have the pleasure of dealing with Patty, my comments will reside loud and clear.

Your children will be treated as individuals, and not just numbers. Chapel Place has a diversified program that is adaptable for all children.

Their website lies and I have some first hand experience as a ece student during my very first placement there from seneca college. ok so there were some things I could have done better but I thus improved and I do well while still continuing to work on them. their program (at least for kindergarten is not stimulating.) I believe in Reggio-emilia(who is great) but the activities at chapel place not entirely child based. also its not reggio emilia One child wanted to move on to another activity but they wouldn't let him until they completed the puzzle. I can understanding having him clean it up first(unless someone else was playing with it) but they made him finish. also, i had to go against some of my beliefs. I'm a christian but I'm accepting of others. They made 3-5 years old memorize bible versions . they know them but don't actually what it means. (if anything religious views should be explained in a context that they understand/ a child's experience with their faith is different from n adults.) the language was above their level and a child's moral development is still developing. they were not developmentally appopriate pratices!

as for stimulating, I saw lots of stimulating materials that were hardly ever touched.

warm interactions, some were nice (at least in other staff rooms) but some did not care about the childs feelings or validate what they feel. some were quite crouchy with the children. no we're not always going to be happy with them, and if they do something inappopriate, then you should let them know in a firm manner.

alos, I saw one ece physically mandhandle a child. he literally dragged the child by the arm because she was crying and refused to come. I dealed with her in a gentle manner but she she refused. he tried being firm but she refused. I remember being horrified when he stated, "Fine i'll drag you." He lifted the girl yp by the arm and was literally hauling by the harm. Her feet were dangling.

I reported it to my professor who told someone and they had someone come and check in.

they also sometimes tried to use mortifying tactics to discipline the child such as by asking a 4 year old, if she wanted to wear a diaper.


granted some staff in the kindergarten room were nice enough but misguided. yes there were some things could have done better but I've learned from it.


parents, teachers, there are better childcares. I highly recommend asho meadows. they are reggio inspired and respect all the childrens faiths and expose them to diversity. also google reggio emilia. the teachers love what they due and are caring and stimulating for their kids. they are firm when they need to be and most of the teachers for the most part use appropriate discipline strategies.

also, my time at chapel place was in 2010. i'm nearly 22

you might as well call it the Nintendo DS camp!! Don't even think about taking your kids there for summer camp. They might as well stay home playing with their DS!!! Nepotism runs high and mighty at that place, the manager (and some staff) are related to a few kids, if your kids get harrassed or bullied by them you'll get nowhere. Plus you'll be nickel and dimed to death. There are other places which are better for kids than this place, thank goodness my kids are not there anymore!!!

Staff and supervior are not accomodating, especially towards children with special needs. Staff does not engage children during play time and uses much physical handling to get children to listen. Often report negative events at daycare rather than positive events to parents.

Adminstration staff is horrible. Patty doesn't return emails or phone calls. Poor customer service. Its unfortunate as the staff is so good.