Jardin Spanish Immersion Academy - Eden Prairie

"Honestly I am surprised by the rating on Google and I am so happy I decided to tour the facility myself. My husband and I toured 6 different Spanish Immersions and I truly thought I was going to have to give up my search and find alternative arrangements for childcare. When I walked in to Jardin from the very first moment it was a breath of fresh air. Because of how picky I am I kept thinking its "too good to be true" but now almost three months in and I know its not! We have had an amazing experience and our son loves going to school each day. He's already using some Spanish words and can count to ten and beyond?! in Spanish and he's not even two yet. I love having peace of mind knowing my son is well cared for while I am at work. Thank you Jardin Eden Prairie! :)"

"We enrolled our two kids (Now 2.5 and 5.5) at Jardin in May of 2021. It was really nice having them learn Spanish, but everything else about it was worse than our previous daycare. Our 5 year old has a lot of special needs and he was not receiving this at Jardin unfortunately. They put him on an improvement plan to help, but then the director and assistant director were both unexpectedly let go, and their plan fell through their system and did nothing. They hired a new director who worked there 3 months before she quit. The 3rd director was in her position for less than a month before she terminated our contract/relationship with Jardin for our child being too difficult for them to handle. We met with her to work through a plan, but less than a week later we were out of a daycare with no notice. If it wasn't clear above, they have a tremendous amount of turnover. Jardin is good if you would like your child to learn Spanish and the child requires no special attention. If your child would benefit from an individualized learning plan, don't go here at all."

"I have worked with Jardin for the past 5 years. I started knowing nothing about children's Education but I was very eager to learn. The lead teacher that was in my classroom was very patient with me and taught me step by step. There were moments that I wasn't feeling at my best but as soon as I stepped in my class seeing all my children run to me and giving me hugs just made me forget everything. Now as the years have passed by I have the opportunity in helping our new teachers learn what I have learn in the past 5 years. I give thanks to Jardin for opening the doors to my future!"

"My child does not go to this school as noone should, reason that would be. I was at a park with my child while there were other kids about 20 or so, from another school having an outing, aswell as Jardin had a company outing. A child from the other school fell and ambulance came to the park drove on the trail, the music playing at Jardin outing was very loud you could hear 5 blocks away, almost the entire time the ambulance was there to help the child in need. I thought this was very rude and showed no empathy for the child. I understand it is a party but the music could have briefly stopped for the respect of the child in need of help, not emphasizing the situation the child was in. This was very upsetting to witness. I was disgusted."

"Teachers are good but this place has very high turnover in teachers. My child has a dozen or more teachers & administrators in the last 2.5 years. I wanted to address this issue with main office and asked for a call 3 weeks and still haven't received one. I've been told they called, but there is no call missed calls, no voice messages. The only reason for two stars is that I feel no parent should have to wait 3 or more weeks to speak with a main office on concerns that affect their children."