Wonderland Montessori Academy

Our kids have gone here for the last year and I am very happy with their care. Sure they get colds like any day care but the staff has always been professional and caring for my kids. Since both of us work we are so grateful to have such a comprehensive child care facility in flower mound. Also they don’t charge ridiculous fees like some of the other places in the area. Thanks wonderland!

We had enrolled our two year old at Wonderland Montessori, Flower Mound after looking at multiple daycare facilities and after talking to friends who have their children enrolled in Montessori care /​have family members who are certified Montessori teachers.
We ended up pulling him out after one week of horror.
When we picked him up after his first day he cried and hung on to mom for dear life.
After his first day he did not sleep, cried the next morning when we were in front of the building and did not want to go in.
After another night of not sleeping and beginning of day 3 we had to literally wrestle him into the car seat and he started saying no daycare when he recognized the way to Wonderland and it only got worse from there.
My husband and I thought he was just being a 2 year old having a tough time with the change. Since my child was getting gradually worse despite the director telling me how much fun our little one was having, I took the time to watch the video footage Wonderland records of the classrooms during the day and I did not like what I saw. First of all it was one teacher for 8 kids.
Our child sat at a table, by himself, crying and clinging to his teddy bear for 30 min after we had dropped him off. After that they went to the tech room.
During the day the teacher sat with other children, not engaging him once to join the group. The teacher left the room multiple times and while she was in there she was mainly focused on everything else but the children.
Our child sat by himself for long periods of time not playing, not doing anything other but clinging on to his bear majority of the day.
I asked the teacher and the director for a joint conversation to address this and was told that the Montessori Method is not to push a child to become part of the group… to me there is a difference between not pushing a child vs ignoring a child.
Overall the teacher became defensive and acted like I was being an overbearing mother.
After discussing this incident with my husband and our little one getting sick, we decided to take a break and then try a different daycare.
We ended up enrolling our child at a new daycare which opened in May 2013 on Long Prairie Rd. (not a Montessori facility).
After 2 days in we see such a difference. Our little one is engaged to be part of the group, also plays by himself with the toys (not sitting alone at a table…).
There is no tears, no fights, no sleepless nights, no clinging. Our child is happy when being picked up and talks about the activities with a smile. Our little one likes Ms Jenna (teacher) and accepts her as the go to person.
We appreciate that 2 teachers are present when the group grows bigger than 6 kids
(unlike Montessori).
Lastly we love being able to watch our child through the daycare’s internet camera system. This way we know he really is having a good time and witness first hand how caring and loving the teachers are with the children.
The only nice things I can say about Wonderland is that:
a) the facility is in a great, quiet street and very well kept
b) I was able to get our 2^nd week tuition back I had paid in advance (they could have
kept it)
I would have liked to leave our child there since it’s in walking distance to our home, but a nice facility or proximity doesn’t do our little one any good if his needs are being ignored (under the umbrella of the Montessori Method).
Never ever again.