Joy First Family Childcare 234 West Selden Street, Boston, MA 02126

"My son has attended Joy First Family Child Care for the past 4 years. Miss Joyce is an amazing provider. Because of her, our son was beyond prepared academically and socially for kindergarten. In addition to fun activities, but there is structured morning and afternoon, age appropriate learning activities. This is one of the aspects that we love most. Ms. Joyce has seen us through many firsts: birthdays, steps, tantrums, and even tooth fairy visits! This year, she even came to send our son off for his first day of kindergarten! Miss Joyce is truly a gift. Her commitment to the children is incomparable. It is evident, each day that she has a heart of gold, patience and compassion to this work. In her care, our children have had the best memories, and adventures. From apple picking, weekly library visits, and the onsite garden, the adventures and learning opportunities are endless. We have found JFFCC to be a safe, clean and nurturing environment for our children to learn and grow. The community of parents is awesome as well! We have had the most amazing experience and I’m so happy to be continuing this tradition with having our third child in her care!"

"My son has been attending Joyce daycare from birth. Thanks to Joyce love, attention and dedication to the kids are smart, well spoken and advanced. This is a family daycare, the kids are treated as her own❤❤❤ i highly recommend Joy first family daycare for your little ones."

"We had come from another daycare and we were not happy with our child's learning or attitude. After they had abruptly closed we went through the difficult task of finding another provider. We found Joy first daycare and were pleasantly surprised! They go to the library weekly, playground daily (weather permitting), they have annual Christmas pageants and annual field trips with parents. They also do learning twice daily (with a Montessori approach). Our oldest child went into K1 and is performing very well (socially, academically, emotionally and having fun during recess) We thank Joy First daycare for all that they did."

"My daughter has been with Ms. Joyce since it's opening and I don't have one complaint. As a matter of fact, I am blown away by the level of excellence and care that is provided to her. This is a well rounded facility. Not only do they exceed all expectations educationally, they also teach the children life skills, respect and appreciation. They have a class garden where the children help to grow the vegetables that make up their summer lunches. Joyce takes learning beyond the 4 walls. The kids go on neighborhood walks and field trips throughout the year. They exercise and dance throughout the day. they are always coming up with new types of creative projects, like the yogurt finger paints. They are really good with keeping the Facebook page up to date, so can see all that is going on at the daycare. The most important thing is that Joy First Family Day Care is a family. The love and care dynamic that makes up a family is the foundation at Joy First. I know that every parent would agree with me when I say that Joy is truly first at this center. Update: Daughter started kindergarten this year and since leaving she has asked to go back to joy first ever weekend. We miss this place dearly. The staff at Joy first are still actively apart of our lives and we appreciate it."

"The best daycare ever! Today is my daughter's last day (headed to Pre-K) and as sad as i am that she will no longer be attending we will be back with baby #2 due March 2016!!! My daughter loves Ms. Joyce and Ms. Gloria! So much love, attention and they make the kids feel like its their 2nd home! Thank you for being amazing teachers to my princess!"