Little Imaginations Early Learning Center

WOULD NOT recommend. If I could give zero stars I would. Our daughter was in the baby room and recently turned one, but she is not independently standing and no where close to walking. The staff felt it appropriate to move our daughter to the toddler room a week and a half after her first birthday with zero communication about this change to either of her parents. I was met at the gate at drop off with "so she's starting in the toddler room today." I was shocked and immediately pushed back. She'd go from 3 other classmates to 9 other classmates, all of whom are independently walking, running, and climbing. I asked about the guidelines to be in the toddler room and was told the child has to be one and "nearly walking" -- so when I said, "okay, my daughter isn't even standing independently yet" -- they basically responded with "well we're sorry but another child has started in the baby room so she can't be in there any more." They moved our daughter to create a spot in the baby room where there wasn't one, and they did it at the expense of the safety of our child. (As a side note, our daughter has been out of the school for almost 3 weeks and she is still not walking, so she was no where close to being ready for the toddler room.) She also has started working with a feeding therapist and has to be monitored when she eats -- this would not have been known by any of the toddler room teachers because the staff here didn't bother to mention that they were considering moving her up anytime soon. As parents, we expressed our frustration and were met with "well I don't know what to tell you" from the director -- there was zero accountability taken. We did not feel safe leaving our daughter there and stated that we would not be sending her back. We also gave a three week notice for our son's last day. In retaliation, we were written an email stating that they "did not feel like they could meet our expectations" and they were revoking our son's enrollment, effective in two days. Our son has been there for 3 1/2 years and they absolutely ripped the rug out from under him. They took out their frustration with us on our son and overnight he was without his friends that he has been with since infancy. The level of unprofessionalism was truly astounding. Also, for prospective parents looking for daycare-- on two separate occasions I have seen the same toddler strapped into a chair with a restraint around his waist to keep him from getting out because he 'needed a break.' I've lost track of how many times I've come in and seen teachers blatantly on their phones and I've made it halfway through the classroom before someone notices I'm there. The turnover rate is unreasonably high even for childcare. I had to request a meeting with the owner because of walking in and seeing her berating the children in my son's former classroom, threatening to take away their toys and that she was "so done" with all of them. This place has absolutely gone downhill since our son started, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone now. I know childcare options are limited, but I'd recommend that any parent truly think twice, three times, about sending your child here.

If I was doing this review in January of 2020 when they first open and my son started going there I would give it a 5 star but as of today it’s a 1 star. I use to love this daycare. But I have had some issues in the last 6-8 months. I’ve picked up my son with dirty hands and face. a full pull up. Bruises. They keep saying my son is bitting and hitting and throwing chairs and that he kicked a teacher in the face. And when I asked to see the video they refused to show me saying that it was against policy but that the teacher was holding my toddler like a baby and that he wasn’t listening. The teacher was restraining my child. I got told I needed to find a new daycare on Tuesday and when asked how long I had they told me asap and now as of today 2 days later my son is not allowed to come back. And when I message her back she would not answer me as to why. Since my son has been sick the last 2 days.

Best child care around. My son loves going to "school" and is learning so much! This place has been a godsend and I wouldn't put my kids anywhere else!

Couldn't ask for a better place or people to care for my child.

Hands down the greatest care. My son loves going here and is always happy when I drop him off and pick him up. I am very picky with daycare providers and have seen a lot of subpar providers in the line of work that I do. I can say, without a doubt, that they care very much for all of the children in their care and provide an amazing learning environment!