Pine Village Preschool Needham, Massachusetts – Child Care Center

We enrolled my daughter at 15 months and she’s almost 3 now. I can’t say enough positive things about this school. Every single teacher is kind, caring, affectionate and truly love the children. Lucy is a wonderful director and very responsive. Joselyn, Helen, Nory, Nikki have been my daughters teachers and the comfort and peace of mind I have leaving my daughter with them all day is worth every penny. Pine village is like an extended family and my daughter loves coming. Highly recommend!

I am extremely disappointed with my experience at PVP and the way my son, Lucas, was treated. As a parent, I entrusted this school with my child’s well-being, but instead, he experienced physical harm at the hands of his teacher, Ms. Virginia. This is completely unacceptable.

Beyond that, the school’s handling of the situation was deeply concerning. Instead of providing support, they removed Lucas from the classroom, making him feel isolated rather than addressing the real issue. Their lack of care and accountability has made it clear that this is not a safe or nurturing environment for children.

No child should ever feel unsafe at school, and no parent should have to worry about their child being mistreated by the very people who are supposed to protect and educate them. I would not recommend PVP to any family looking for a safe and supportive learning environment for their child.

Needham location needs severe improvement.
My son did not learn Spanish and his naps were way too long. He would arrived at 8:00am and at noon they went to nap until 3:00. I would then pick him up at 3:30. Terrible if you ask me. My son is 5 (late birthday) and he only needed an hour of rest. He never wanted to nap honestly. The teachers at times would put them to nap at 11:50 which made me a bit furious….I would pick my son up for lunch and sure enough when I would drop him off at 11:50 the teachers would place the kids down for a nap 10 min early.
They need to move this location into a bigger suite/building. It doesn’t look like they invest much because it’s obvious inside they need new toys/everything really just an upgrade. For the amount I spent to have my son attend, I expected better.
Lastly, Jenn Doyle from enrollment needs to be fired. She’s rude and takes forever to get back to you. She typically has the same lame excuse stating that she is in a meeting which an attitude.
I pulled my son out of Pine Village because I felt that he was not learning at all. He is now in another Preschool where he’s been learning really quick academically in order to be ready for kindergarten. Look elsewhere or stay away from the Needham location.
Lastly, my son learned horrible habits of hitting and biting from other children. That stopped at his new school because the teachers would not tolerate this. But, at Pine Village the teachers my guess is that they did not pay attention to the kids or no consequences happened for example. pulling the child aside. And this is why it persisted.
The teachers are nice here but they have a high turnover…My guess is that the higher up’s do not value them and simply do not pay them well. The higher up’s only cares about profit and they are rude. They should try treating the staff every Friday to maybe lunch as a thank you. Lastly, in order for teachers to receive a bonus they ask us parents to donate money. We pay a lot for our kids to attend school. They should maybe give them a bonus on their end…