River Valley Montessori & Child Care 110 Prairie Street North, Shakopee, MN 55379

"Our son is 15 months and has been attending River Valley for just over a month and we are SO happy we made the decision to enroll him after switching from another daycare in the area. Our son has Hearing Aids and his teachers and Director, Ms. Delanie, have been so dedicated and attentive to his care plan. The enrollment specialist, Marissa, was fast, efficient and helpful and his teachers are fabulous - so caring and fun. Our son is so well taken care of and we love the learning themes each week, the art projects, the reading, and all of the special developmental sensory toys he has access to every day. We highly recommend RVM!"

"I have three children, one in each of the different departments (infant, toddler, preschool) and I cannot say enough good things about each department! My children are so well cared for and loved by all the staff, the communication app is always great I know what each of them have done that day, and the classrooms always look so cute being decorated in the children’s art work! RVM has become an extended part of our family!"

"River Valley in Shakopee has been the best fit for our family for the last three years! We had no hesitation from day one leaving our son in the care of the infant teachers and have loved watching his progression all the way to the preschool classrooms. This center is staffed with some of the best there is and everyone is so kind and patient with the children. The director is also very hands on with all the children and communication from staff to parents has been great. We have loved the hybrid model between Montessori methods and traditional child education as well."

"My daughter has been attending RVM for almost three years and can say there’s not another center like RVM! The teachers are all amazing and love the children so much, the activities and lessons done with the kids are fun and engaging and there really is a family aspect to them that you can’t find anywhere else."

"My daughter attended this daycare for about 3.5 years. At first we really liked this daycare unfortunately, the lack of organization,communication and actual knowledge really started to show as the years went on. There is an extremely high amount of turnover which leaves the “teachers” with far more than the 1:7 ratio. You really have no idea who will be watching your child. This is not a true Montessori daycare /preschool. I’m really not sure how they are aloud to advertise as such. Be prepared for them to close a whole week off for Christmas as well as closing the Friday before a Monday holiday to make a 4 day weekend. Also, they treat the entire staff to trips to Florida and ask you to pitch in additional money on top of your tuition to help for excursions. Not only will you have to still pay tuition for them to close down for these trips, you’ll have to take off work or scramble to find someone to watch your children. We didn’t want to rip our daughter out of the daycare and try to find another one when she’s was going to start another school when she turned 5."