Goddard is a wonderful place that my daughter enjoys going to every day. She started there at 6 months and even at that age, they are being taught and not just baby- sat. The wonderful teachers (who are all college educated in early childhood development, if not certified k-8 teachers) work on things like creative and language arts (finger painting and story time), motor skills and music and movement, just to name a few, EVERY SINGLE DAY!!! The kids are not forced to participate, of course, but they have the exposure to these things from day one. For fussier children, they even have rocking chairs where the babies can be soothed to sleep instead of just put down in the crib and left to cry themselves to sleep. My daughter's teacher is also in constant communication with me to work on the areas that I and her pediatrician deem necessary at the moment ie: sitting up, crawling, etc. so that she not only meets her milestones, but she flourishes. I consider myself the luckiest Mom!