Mississauga St. Hilary YMCA Child Care Centre

There's not enough reviews on this St Hilary's Ymca Day Care Center for such an important decision.
The ECEs are very friendly, and are the type of people you want to trust your children with.
They are more of babysitters than educators though (I found). At about 3 and a half years old I recognized that my child was still having trouble with recognizing her numbers and alphabet letters. Let alone still no interest in spelling her name. By three years old we started doing her numbers and letter at home hoping that the school was doing some of the work during the day. The progress binder they give each child suggested that my child was excelling in this area, but the games we played at home suggested the complete opposite.

When I mentioned it to the staff and management I think they took offense to the observation (or something). That's when the calls started coming to my wife from the staff manager about how bad my child was being at school. It was such a coincidence. Their complaints about our child were all about things that a 3 yo would do - running around and not taking her naps. They called in "behavioural consultants" who reported nothing abnormal on numerous occasions. The 1:1 conversations with these consultants pointed to our daughter not being challenged enough by the center. Maybe explained why she struggled with her numbers and letters.

Anyways, we decided to pull her out of the St Hilary's day care center and home care for her just before COVID hit. Within 4 weeks she was fluent in her numbers and alphabet with confidence, and was well into writing her first name. And now she is in kindergarten, having a great time with no "behavioural" problems reported. Like, not even a hint of suggestion of it.

If I had a choice I wouldn't send my child here again just based on that strange experience.