Hamilton Heights Child Development Center - Omaha, Nebraska

Amy S.

This summer was an amazing experience for my school aged child. He loved volunteering, the field trips, water days and other fun activities. The teachers were great and made the summer memorable. The strongest endorsement of Hamilton Heights is from my 9 year old son who would ask, "why are you here so early" in a disappointed voice if I picked him up before 5pm. He had so much fun he didn't want to leave. I highly recommend Hamilton Heights!

Samantha S.

Hamilton heights helped my son tremendously ! After other daycares gave up on him HH kept working with him and we saw a drastic difference with in just a few weeks . I am so thankful for their staff and all they did for Vincent . They have a consistent teacher in the classroom which children thrive on consistency and a well developed program.

Michael C.

Hamilton Heights is fantastic.

My experience is specifically with the West Omaha / Taylor St. location, but I've heard that all the locations are great.

A little about Hamilton Heights Taylor Street:

Drop off after 6AM, Pickup before 6PM. Pricing is competitive. Discount for multiple children.

It is split up into classrooms, each with 2 teachers and ~8-10 children (placed based on age, development & common sense).

There are no screens in the rooms.

There is plenty of equipment/activities, books, and a stereo for music in each room.

There is a big indoor gym and a ton of outdoor space with several separate playgrounds which are shared in larger groups (while supervised by more teachers) according to age. When the weather is nice - they are outside a TON.

Teachers:

Each class has two teachers. Each lead teacher has some form of formal training in education, early childhood education, child development, etc. while each assistant is either pursuing similar education or has an abundance of experience in childcare.

Additionally, the teachers must complete a thorough initial training. It's about twice as many hours as what is required by the state, and includes all state requirements. They also hold mandatory, monthly continuing education classes for all teachers, and a full day teacher in-service once every couple months.

This in particular really makes Hamilton Heights feel consistent and cohesive... like the teachers are a team. The messaging to the children is consistent - rules, expectations, you name it. What is taught to 2 year olds remains consistent for 4-5 year olds.

Hamilton Heights stays up-to-date with research-based best practices for child development, focusing on emotional intelligence, problem-solving, and self-regulation in a supportive environment.

The teachers at Hamilton Heights do weekly lesson plans. Even for the infants. Do we occasionally laugh at the latest embellishment of what's considered "sensory play" since it's basically anything you can touch? Sure. But we’re grateful to have teachers who put real thought into creating a diverse range of activities - even for infants - multiple times a day, five days a week, all year round. Having teachers purposefully creating activities for each day that fall into specific developmental categories, such as "sensory play", is outstanding.

This is equally apparent in the older classrooms. In Pre-K, for instance, they upload a photo of the following week's lesson plan on Friday. It's a great way to talk with your kids about what they're doing at school each day.

They also have two apps they use regularly:

One allows you to see a video feed of the classroom (average quality/no audio). It is private, requires approval from the director, and is only available to the parent/guardians of the children in that specific room.

The other allows you to communicate directly with leadership and your child's teachers. The teachers will occasionally upload photos to your private feed so you can see your kid(s) learning new things, doing experiments, playing and hanging out with friends. They caption each one for context. "Small Group Activity: Monster finger painting!", for instance. This app is also great for keeping up on things like lesson plans, needs (diapers/wipes), projects requiring things from home (like a family photo or a t-shirt to tie-dye).

All of that aside though, the reason we have come to love Hamilton Heights is the people. The leadership is excellent, they hire great people, and it shows. Our kids love their teachers. And as they've moved up from infant rooms to toddler ones to Pre-K, they've had plenty, and they have all been fantastic. But it's equally apparent how genuinely the teachers care for the kids. That's priceless.

We're lucky we found this place.

Erin H.

Hamilton Heights is our second family! We’ve been with them since my daughter (who turns 5 in September) was 6 months old. From the infant rooms to the PreK room, we’ve always felt that our children were/are safe, well loved and taken care of! Mallory, Zoe and Kathy are amazing! To have a child center with so many tenured employees says something about Hamilton Heights! They treat their employees and families like their own! Thank you HHDC!

Kate H.

We have been with our "Ham Fam" for 3+years know and love it. We started our daughter in a preschool room and when we adopted our son, I knew there was nowhere else I wanted him to be! Infant and toddler care has lived up to those high expectations set by the preschool. I know our children are safe, learning, having fun, and most importantly loved.

Rachel J.

Honestly, I would recommend this daycare to everyone. There were issues previously with our old daycare. I went in to tour with Mallory, and I explained everything to her. I felt confident in the daycare after our conversation.
After my children started at Hamilton, they were thriving in the school work/ learning. My oldest was coming home telling me about all of the studies. It is amazing to see just how much they progress in a short amount of time.
The daycare is more than just a daycare. I've never seen teachers care about the kids they way they do. They have a great staff (management and all). Turnover rate is typically high at daycares, but I haven't seen hardly any. That says a lot right there. I would HIGHLY recommend to anyone looking for childcare to check them out.

Christo B.

Staff and leadership are great! We have loved the 5 years our daughter has spent at HHCDC! We fully trust the team to care for her and she really enjoys her time spent there. We especially love the summer program and all of the fun activities that the staff plans for the school age children to keep them engaged!

Rachel

I have only been at Hamilton Heights for about a month, but they have been more than accommodating with our 5 year old. I'm thankful that I found this daycare. My son has had some past traumas with his old daycare. They have worked with us to correct issues that we are having with our son. I couldn't be happier with my decision to enroll our 2 boys. They are the happiest they have been. Thank you again! I HIGHLY recommend this daycare.