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December 2022 by Duo L
The schools IT and notification system is a joke. Please switch vendor.
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December 2022 by Daniela
We have a really good experience with the school pre-pandemic, but the new head of school and teachers says they had tons of experience and the kids happiness was their priority. In my opinion they have really limite knowledge to deal or help each individual kids. If the kids doesn't follow their standard seems to be a huge problem for them. My son has hard time to adapt and needs extra support but they don't have the time or staff to do it. Our last meeting they openly suggested my son has neurological disorder, without an appropriate professional evaluation, just because they can't connect with him. He was evaluated by a therapist, and his pediatrician and nothing is close to that fake diagnostic they gave us. The only thing they did was causing a lot of stress in our family. All their PT meetings we have highlighted what our son was not achieving instead of focusing in what he learnt, we always make us feel something was wrong with him, which is NOT true.Be aware all 5 starts reviews are from previous admin.
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December 2022 by Elafross
As long as the Head of School, Laura, and executive director, Shannon Blackwell, are employees with wonderland-I would highly advise to look elsewhere. They are not people who carry a lot of integrity and they also do not operate for the children…everything starts from the top down and it is very apparent. Laura will say it’s all about the children, however provides zero support for the teachers to provide the environment demanded by the Montessori method and zero communication from her. There are apparent financial issues wonderland cannot seem to figure out…what they are aiming to be, will not survive in the location they are at. If you’re looking for an AMI Montessori—Southlake Montessori is a much better atmosphere and head of school to be in your childrens lives.
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April 2022 by Tro J.
They don't answer their phone professionally. I got a "hello" from a rude woman named Heidi. Showed no interest at all in my questions or her job. Very bad first impressions to put on your school.
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December 2021 by Brady Haarmeyer
I love my son being here! The staff is amazing. I would highly recommend this school to any parent who is interested in an authentic Montessori experience
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January 2021 by John D.
Our son attended for 1 year starting when he was 3 years old. The school looks great but had high turnover and few teachers with experience in this method of teaching. We could see he wasn't being prepared for Kindergarten so we left for another school that did prepare him. We have friends that remained here and watched their kids struggle making the transition to kinder. The school also took no action after our son came home repeatedly with cuts on his face caused by another student. The other student had several siblings enrolled at the school so it doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure out why they didn't do anything about it.
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December 2020 by Raven Thibodeaux Waguespack
I would highly discourage anybody that wants a quality education from a trustworthy staff to send your child to this place.In the 2 years we attended, Wonderland went through countless heads of school and teachers. We stayed out of loyalty to two particular teachers (even after our child was denied food and water and had to change classes to get out, while that specific teacher had no repercussions).The tuition has changed multiple times, the last time June of 2019. Less than a year later, we are encouraged to pay a hold fee to hold our child’s “spot” and that it would count towards December’s tuition. There was a difference in wording between April and May’s 2020 emails, and if you try to argue over that, they will dig deep into semantics.The night that that hold fee was due, we get an email saying everything was changing. Classrooms, “guides”, tuition, EVERYTHING. During a pandemic – they decide not only to restructure how tuitions is done (from one rate to a school/summer rate), making it confusing to calculate. Ours went up 11.6%. This is despite being sent a tuition card in June of 2019, in the interest of clarity, promising that price would hold, less than one year before. In addition to that, they said that after this year, if you could not pay the ENTIRE school year in ADVANCE, they would tack on an additional 3% to monthly payments.For the last two years they pushed for AMS certifications. Then on a whim, during a pandemic, change it to AMI certifications. This meant that all the teachers or “guides” that got their certs, were forced to relocate, be fired, or invited back as “assistant teachers “ and were informed about 2 weeks before school was supposed to start again.If you balked at all of these changes, a complete turnover of staff, guides, and classrooms, you would be told “Montessori isn't everyone's cup of tea, but the differences are most abundant in the 3-6 age range, where we are preparing children for multiplication, division, and basic algebra”. And that “Montessori isn’t trademarked,” so literally anybody can use it. That has been made clear.So basically, if you get tired of the lack of communication, poor decision making, and prices that don’t show results, you must want your kid to go somewhere “where all they do is play all day”. According to their thought process, if you think it is wrong to encourage people to pay a hold fee and then wait until that night to inform them that everything is changing and what they did to their staff was morally despicable, then you must not want a good education for your child.Their failings as a company in getting kids prepared for Kindergarten had been made clear and instead of investing in themselves to make a better product, they have decided to push their failures onto the parents. They state “ We have offered the opportunity to maintain the pricing you agreed to previously,” and yet when parents inquire about this, one person says yes. Not five hours later, the head of the school says no, that is only for those who have financial hardships.So what does this come down to? If you want a school that consistently doesn’t keep their word – Wonderland is for you. If you want a school that shows no loyalty to their families or staff during a pandemic or any other time – Wonderland is for you. If you want a school that has a head who is certified in administration but not certified in AMI to lead all of these drastic changes – Wonderland if for you.I would not only NEVER recommend this place to another parent and I wouldn’t even recommend it as a place of work. If you want to ask other schools in the area about the Wonderland Mass Exodus of 2020, I’m sure they can tell you all about how it benefited them.
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December 2019 by Jennifer Furnish
Been at Wonderland since they opened! We had consistent teachers, excellent care, and my children have exceptional gross and fine motor control!!! Love love love this place
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December 2019 by Trenton Newell
Being at WMA-Trophy Club has been incredible. My wife and I love it, and our son loves it. He's smiling when we drop him off and smiling when we pick him up. He seems to get a lot of dedicated attention and has made rapid progress there (e.g., sitting up, walking, talking, and so on). They teach Spanish, sign language, and other things that we couldn't give him at home. The school itself is extremely nice and new and has a lot of activities for the kids. It's safe, secure, and more. The staff are friendly, responsive, and communicative. I really cannot say enough good about this place. STRONGLY recommended.
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December 2018 by Amanda Lopez
We moved from California to South Lake around a year ago. We have been hardcore Montessorians, even from our time spent in California. We explored several Montessori schools in the area and settled with Wonderland in Trophy Club. At that point, I had really liked Southlake Montessori for their Montessori structure compared to WMA, however, still went ahead with WMA because our kids were really happy with their beautiful buildings and playgrounds. At that time we thought we will stick with WMA for 3-4 months and then switch to Southlake Montessori, but in the last couple months, WMA has implemented many changes allow them to implement the true Montessori structure, something that many other Montessori schools we visited did not seem to have. As of this review, I believe that WMA Trophy Club is the best Montessori school in the DFW area.
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December 2018 by Roger N
Our family was looking for a learning environment that nurtured and challenged our son. He comes home at the end of the day happy and excited to share what he has learned. We are very happy with our experience at the school and recommend it.
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December 2018 by Toni Harrison
I interviewed several schools before deciding on WMA for our daughter. The teachers in Children’s House 2 truly love her and I know that she’s well cared for.
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December 2018 by Bree Rob
Both our children attend and we couldn’t be more pleased with this school. Our son is in the Spanish immersion class and learning a lot!!
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December 2018 by Erin LaBere
I couldn’t ask for a better daycare/school! The teachers and staff all truly care about the kids and go the extra mile every day. My kids always come home happy and well cared for. The curriculum is excellent and there is a different activity every day including arts, gymnastics, Spanish, music and theatre. We saw a huge improvement in my older son’s speech after he started attending here. They learn so much. So lucky to have this school! Thank you for all that you do, Wonderland!
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December 2018 by Jordan Massey
We love Wonderland. The teachers are really warm, kind, and knowledgeable. My youngest is in Children's House and absolutely loves his teacher (Ms. Ayu) and going to school every day. He's learned all kinds of things as well as grown in confidence and independence since we started at Wonderland a year ago. He is 4 and came home the other day naming all of the continents!The school also does a great job with school aged kiddos. They provide lots of fun, engaging activities during after school hours and in the summer. This is important to me because it means my son enjoys his time there.
