Bessie is the most loving, knowledgeable, and creative child care provider I have ever had the privilege of encountering. Our daughter entered her care when she was just 5 months old, and at Sow Well Tots she has flourished into a confident, kind, fun, vegetable-loving toddler. I feel so fortunate to have joined the Sow Well Tots community. Leaving my daughter to go back to work was the most difficult challenge of my life, but knowing she has been in the care of such skilled and compassionate caregivers has given me tremendous peace. I cannot recommend Sow Well Tots more highly.

I am so thankful that both of my children got to benefit from Sow Well Tots. I cannot imagine a better place for them. Bessie creates a peaceful, reflective, honoring, creative, loving space. She knows how to bring out the best in kids: their empathy, their responsibility, their curiosity, their mindfulness, their sense of humor. They serve home cooked nutritious food. They make beautiful, simple art projects. They foster curiosity in nature. They engage children in sensory activities that calm and engage. As teachers, they are constantly taking classes, learning new methods and techniques, reflecting on their practices, and taking social justice issues into consideration. As director of the school, Bessie consistently communicates with clarity, compassion and integrity. I am a child therapist and I have been humbled by how much I have learned from Bessie’s astute, nonjudgmental observations of our children and her modeling. I have never encountered a daycare/preschool that I could recommend more. I give my highest possible recommendation. And lots of gratitude.