Country Casa Montessori Daycare and Academy - Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario

Joyce Price

We have had such a positive experience here at Country Casa. Everyone from my son's teachers, other teachers, admin and the cook have greeted us every morning with a smile. They have amazing activities for the children. Last week the kids had the chance to see construction vehicles and the week before a fire truck! My son came out with his fire fighter hat on and he was just so ecstatic! The list of activities goes on (summer, Halloween, Christmas - the holiday train. Yes, there is a small train the owner built. They offer the children and their families hot chocolate and train rides during the holidays. Santa also visits as well). Amazing! They have done an excellent job. I highly recommend Country Casa.

Olivia Cheyne

Country Casa has made our transition from maternity leave to daycare seamless. Our son is always thrilled to walkthrough their doors each morning, without a second glance at mom and dad because he loves it there so much. His teachers in both the infant room when he started, and now the toddler room are incredible. We have another child starting in the infant room next year and know he will have the same incredible experience. Each month our oldest child gets to participate in special days such as bug day or baking day where he has a blast. Each day is documented well in his journal of what he did and what he ate, and most days he eats better than mom and dad! We were accepted into a daycare that was 15 minutes closer but we decided to keep the longer commute because we know he is so happy with his care we didn't want to disrupt his routine. Thank you to all of the amazing staff at CCMD you are incredible!

C Brain

My eldest attended Country Casa for about 2 years and my youngest started about 6 months ago. We give Country Casa five stars without a doubt! This daycare has been an absolute blessing for our family. The staff is incredibly caring and attentive, making our kids excited to go to school every day. The spacious property is a paradise for little ones, with ample outdoor areas for play and exploration. The cherry on top? A mini zoo where our kids get to interact with animals regularly, leaving them with beaming smiles each time they leave. Highly recommend this wonderful daycare!

Danielle Wood

Lovely daycare! Our 2 and 4 year old were there for over a year. We left to go somewhere closer to home, and the differences are staggering. CCMD has caring staff who genuinely seemed to love the kids, it was always well organized, good food, good security, the kids learned so much, and it was always super clean. It was so nice to get an update in a little book each day of what they did and ate. If you can get Miss Kristy as your toddler teacher, do it! My 2 year old LOVED her, and her crafts are next level. Thanks, CCMD! We miss you!

Nick Mccrae

My daughter attended country casa and I was always very happy with the care she received. She loved her teachers and the take home books that told me about her day and had pictures and all of her arts and crafts were always a great way to see what she does every day and also are such a great keepsake! Her teacher was always kind and very knowledgeable and provided wonderful learning opportunities for her ! Thank you country casa for taking such great care of my daughter before kindergarten she is now starting big kid school with a head start thanks to her amazing teachers!

Lyssa D'Ambrosio

We did not have the best experience with Country Casa.

Our daughter went for approximately 3 months. She would cry from morning until night when we would pick her up. Numerous times I would pick her up when they were outside and she would be by herself at the far corner crying her heart out no one tending to her. The teachers told us in the first couple weeks that she has separation anxiety and suggested to enroll her in some extra curricular activities which we did and we spoke to our DR who suggested if we could to try her at another daycare which we decided to give her more time to adjust at Casa at that time. Olivia did not eat her meals ever there she would come home starving, she did not eat because she was too upset. She came home from school one day and she seemed to be dehydrated. When I asked the teacher the next day if she was drinking any water as I realize she doesn't eat because she gets upset, the teacher asked me what do you mean? I told her what happened the day before and the teacher began to tell me that she offers my daughter water but she doesn't drink it. I was a little upset that no one advised us that my daughter wasn't drinking water all day. I don't think I should have to ask.

Country Casa does not have an app to provide you with updates , they write the updates in a book. We found that the updates weren't accurate and we had to ask the teacher if she ate or not, if we wanted to find out. Sometimes they didn't write in the book and rarely provided pictures.

Please note our daughter does need a bit of extra attention for sure and likes to be picked up a lot! I think the teachers did try.

On the website and when we went for the tour they advertise Organically grown food when they actually feed them hotdogs , Pizza, Bear Paws.. ext.. The kids get a lot of food on a daily basis that are processed foods. They do feed them fruits and veggies wraps, pasta , perogies things like that as well.

They were great at diaper changes , our daughter has sensitive skin/eczema, we had no issues at all with redness in that area.

We enrolled her at a new school and the first day she ate everything, when she cries the teachers cuddle her and she doesn't cry as much. She is a much happier child going to her new school. By day 3 she was reaching for her new teacher when dropping her off, where at Casa as soon as I stopped the car in the parking Lot she started screaming and would still be screaming as I got back into my car.

Also, when I went to pick her up one day at Casa I heard a teacher screaming very loud (not raising her voice) at the children inside the classroom thank goodness my daughter was being brought out at that time. I did advised the supervisor as I was especially concerned as they advised my daughter had separation anxiety and I would be devastated to find out if a teacher were yelling at my daughter like that. They assured me they spoke to the all staff that were working that day.

The school and property are very beautiful. I think this school could have potential under the right management. However we had a very bad experience and we are very happy we made the switch to the new school.

Athena Ashley Bates

I would never bring my daughter here.

*Disappointing experience with Country Casa Montessori Daycare
*Attempted to reschedule viewing multiple times, no response- Had to go in person to speak with a staff member
*In-person interaction with staff member facilitating tours was negative
*Staff member came across as unwelcoming, aloof, hostile, defensive
Left with a poor impression of the daycare and *wouldn't recommend it

A betti

This is a very well run and structured daycare. Our daughter has been going to country casa Montessori for the last 4 years. I’ve been very pleased with the quality of care provided by country casa the owner and staff members are outstanding, they go out of their way to make the kids feel special.