Bright Horizons Family Solutions

Our first child started at bright horizons in 2010. Our second in 2012. The teachers and staff really care about our kids and our family. Our children have had a really great experience and have learned more than we expected. We highly recommend this center.

Our daughter has been enrolled here since she was seven months old, she is two and a quarter now. We could not be happier with the teachers and staff at BH. They are so warm and welcoming. Our daughter loves her teachers and loves going to daycare each day. Sometimes it’s hard to get her to come home in the evenings.
BH does so much for kids’ learning. They have even suggested things that we can try at home to further the learning. They also care about every child. I have seen many teachers cuddling with children that need some extra attention at times (my kid included).
I cannot recommend this facility enough. It is worth the money, no question about it!

For the sake of clarification, this used to be the Learning Garden, but is now Bright Horizons.
I am really shocked about the reviews of this place. I’m also a little embarrassed that it took me so long to write a review.
We had a wonderful experience with this facility and the staff and teachers became like extended family.
Our daughter was at this facility when she turned one, and stayed there until she was 18 m.o. and we were relocated to Cincinnati. During that entire time, our daughter was extremely happy and loved her teachers Ashley and Andrea. I am giving them a personal shout out because they are the best and really do care about the kids. I say this because even though we have been in Cincinnati for several months now, I am still in contact with Ashley and she is always asking for updates about my daughter. Prior to leaving the facility, Ashley and Andrea made us a scrapbook of all of our daughters art projects and gave us a CD with 350 pictures of her time spent there. If that doesn’t say something about how much they care about the kids, then I don’t know what does.
In response to K. C’s post about kids getting hurt, our daughter did get hurt on a couple of occasions, but that is bound to happen at any daycare. When there are a bunch of rowdy kids put in the same classroom, things happen. The teacher to child ratio is lower than any other facility in the area, so you really ARE getting better care than at other facilities.
Again, I cannot stress how much this facility cared for our daughter. She loved her time spent there, and even when she was with other teachers, she was really happy. Don’t let the two bad reviews fool you.

We’ve been extremely happy with our daughter at Bright Horizons in Bothell. We enrolled her here after taking a look at a number of other daycares in the area, and this was the only one we found acceptable.
There is no doubt that Bright Horizons is very expensive compared to other day cares, but this is definitely an example of «you get what you pay for» because we were not willing to settle for a dirty daycare with teachers who didn’t appear to genuinely care about their kids.
The teachers in our daughters classroom are outstanding. Our daughter absolutely loves them, and we have 100% confidence she is taken care of and given opportunities to learn and grow every day.
Not many day cares will go through the effort of sending daily emails with photos of all the great things their kids are doing. We have a daily view into their room, and don’t feel at all disconnected from her while she is in their care.
If you can afford it, I would highly recommend Bright Horizons to anybody.

This is the worst facility ever. The director is not the nicest person to deal with. Yes, the place is very nice but honestly, for the money, this Bothell campus is just a glorified daycare. I found out a year ago, they had a teacher who also worked as a stripper at night. The director is the worst person to deal with any issues. I feel it has come down to just the money. To pay over $ 742 a month for 3 days a week from 9 – 3, PLUS they want you to pay an additional $ 155 for the summer programs. Also, when I signed up my son 2 years ago, I was told they have a Spanish teacher, art teacher and music teacher. Found out, there was not always these classes available. Some of the special teachers were also regular teachers to cover the the light staffing. This location has a high turnover rate and I am disgusted with this place. Oh, also, they had the toddlers napping for over 1 ½ hours. My son never napped at the school, so he just sat in the dark for a long time. Plus, I didn’t find out until I asked) if he was eating the provided lunch. The answer was no. He threw fits because he was starving and they never told me. If you wish to take your child to any Learning Garden, DO NOT consider this location.