1,635 Daycare Centers in Iowa

Adventure Club receives mixed reviews with a significant divide between locations. The Des Moines location has positive feedback about activities, staff friendliness, and billing ease. However, the Schererville location has serious complaints regarding incident management, supervision, billing issues, and food policies.

One parent highlights the staff's flexibility and engagement in activities, while another describes the environment as fun and caring. Conversely, other parents report serious concerns regarding staff bullying children based on clothing, lack of structure, and hostile administrative behavior.

Several parents highlight the center's spacious, clean environment and highly regarded, caring staff as major strengths. Conversely, one reviewer reports a negative experience involving perceived rudeness and unprofessionalism regarding service availability and deposit inquiries.

Yellow Brick Road Preschool and Daycare in Sioux City receives mixed reviews ranging from 1-5 stars. Several parents praise the caring staff, flexible scheduling, and positive learning environment, while others report serious concerns about hygiene practices, lack of communication, and management issues.

Story Time Preschool & Child Care Center in Sioux City receives highly polarized reviews, with strong praise from some parents citing caring staff, positive environment, and flexibility, while others report serious concerns including inadequate diaper changes leading to health issues, lack of communication about daily activities, and strict rule enforcement.

Story Time Preschool has polarized reviews. Positive reviews praise staff for going above and beyond, good communication with parents, and creating a welcoming environment. Negative reviews allege mistreatment of children, staff abuse, and poor management practices.

CFI Child Development Center receives mixed reviews. Positive reviews praise the caring staff, director Sam's responsiveness, communication with parents, and quality food. However, recent reviews raise serious safety and neglect concerns, including inadequate diaper changes, insufficient staffing, and a child found unsupervised off-premises.

Little Sprouts receives mostly positive reviews with parents praising the caring staff, particularly owner Shannon, and noting their children's development and happiness. However, some parents report significant concerns about inconsistent staff professionalism, safety issues, inadequate supervision, and disorganization in enrollment and communication.

One parent describes a highly positive experience with the after-school program, highlighting creative activities and patient staff, while another parent reports a negative experience involving unexplained injuries and concerning staff interactions. A third review cites general management and staff rudeness, contrasting sharply with the positive feedback regarding the center's caring environment.

SCFY Davenport Early Learning Center receives mixed reviews. Positive reviews praise staff dedication, director responsiveness, and child development outcomes. However, several serious concerns have been raised about staff handling of children, including reports of rough physical treatment and yelling.

One parent highlights the dedicated staff and engaging activities, noting ongoing facility renovations, while a separate review details severe operational failures including high staff turnover, arbitrary child removals, and poor communication regarding health protocols.

ASAC Heart of Iowa Child Care Center receives highly polarized reviews. The majority of reviewers praise the program as transformative, crediting staff with providing compassionate support and life-changing recovery assistance. However, two recent reviews describe serious concerns including alleged theft of personal belongings and poor staff conduct toward vulnerable clients.

Hundred Acre Woods has highly polarized reviews with strong opinions on both sides. Six parents gave 5-star ratings praising the owner, staff, activities, and caring environment. However, four parents gave 1-star ratings citing unprofessional behavior, poor supervision, unresponsive management, and safety concerns.

Kinderworld receives highly polarized reviews. Parents whose children attended praise the attentive staff, safe environment, curriculum, and reliable operations. However, prospective parents report significant communication issues, with multiple complaints about unreturned calls and difficulty reaching the owner.

Washington Charlie Brown PS receives mixed reviews. Multiple parents praise the friendly staff, security measures, staff-to-child ratios, flexibility, and care quality for children. However, several parents report significant dissatisfaction with management and billing practices, particularly citing issues with the director.

The Clubhouse Learning Center receives extremely polarized reviews. Five parents praise the staff's dedication, care, communication, and professionalism, while five others report unprofessional behavior, inadequate child supervision, disrespect toward parents, and concerns serious enough to warrant DHS involvement.

One parent praises staff member Chloe Daniels and the caring environment, while another criticizes the staff's handling of children with special needs and inadequate supervision. A separate review highlights a serious injury involving an 18-month-old child on age-inappropriate playground equipment, resulting in the family discontinuing their use of the facility.

Shea's Learning Days has highly polarized reviews. Some parents report positive experiences with clean facilities, responsive staff, and good communication. However, the majority of reviews cite serious concerns including poor management, understaffing, staff turnover, and questionable business practices.

Some parents appreciate the caring staff and specific employees like Chloe Daniels, noting that children feel safe and well-cared for. However, other reviewers report serious concerns regarding inadequate staff training for special needs and supervision failures that led to a child's injury.

Friendly House Kids Corner receives mixed reviews with strong polarization. While some parents praise the facility and staff for events and community services, multiple recent reviews highlight serious concerns about front desk staff behavior, including unprofessional conduct, rudeness, and an incident involving police being called during a birthday party.

Feedback for the Ann W Wickman Child Development Center is sharply divided, with some parents describing the providers as excellent and caring while others label the facility as awful and understaffed. One reviewer strongly advises against enrollment, citing severe staffing shortages and a lack of breaks for workers, whereas others highlight the friendly atmosphere.

One parent describes the experience at Trinity Preschool as merely 'ok', offering no specific details regarding the quality of care or facilities. This limited feedback provides no clear advantages or disadvantages for prospective families to consider.

One parent praises the staff's ability to manage children effectively, noting they were well-behaved yet allowed to play. Another review describes the group as unstable and threatening, suggesting they must be stopped from taking over the world.