287 Child Daycare & Preschools in South Dakota

Discovery Learning Center receives consistently high praise from parents who emphasize the caring, professional staff and strong educational curriculum. Parents highlight the center's focus on early learning through Spanish, sign language, and academic preparation, as well as the owners' transparency and personal involvement with families.

Apple Tree West receives mixed reviews with strong praise from satisfied parents but serious concerns from others. Most positive reviews highlight professional and personable staff, convenient services, and good experiences with children. However, negative reviews raise concerns about staff rudeness, inadequate support for children with special needs, and poor communication practices.

Parents consistently praise Kids Crossing Daycare Center for excellent staff care, cleanliness, and engaging activities. The facility is noted for strong communication through daily photo updates and reports, video surveillance in all rooms, and diverse programming including field trips. Multiple long-term families and a pediatric nurse highlight the center as among the best options available.

Banana Bunch Too-Range View Circle receives highly polarized reviews. Most parents praise the caring staff, long-term stability, flexibility with schedules, and child development outcomes. However, several parents report serious concerns including alleged abuse, favoritism toward staff members' children, and disrespectful treatment.

Challenging Minds receives highly polarized reviews. Some parents praise the caring staff, educational focus, and developmental progress of their children. However, multiple parents report serious concerns including inadequate supervision, untrained staff, medication errors, unsanitary practices, excessive punishment, and unprofessional management.

Reviews are highly polarized with significant discrepancies between positive and negative experiences. Positive reviews praise staff helpfulness, facility aesthetics, and welcoming atmosphere under new leadership. Negative reviews cite poor customer service, unprofessional interpreting services, high translation costs, and concerns about leadership and inclusivity.

Lil Friends Learning Center receives overwhelmingly positive feedback from parents, with 9 five-star reviews praising the caring staff, responsive owners Lori and Bob, and individualized attention to children. One parent reported a negative billing dispute experience involving threatening communication and an ultimatum to pick up their children. Overall, parents consistently highlight the center's warm environment, educational activities, outdoor play, and strong communication.

Reviews praise the Sioux Falls YMCA Downtown facility for its clean, well-maintained environment, modern equipment, and friendly staff. The facility offers comprehensive amenities including a boxing gym, basketball court, pool, weight room, and sauna. However, some visitors note limited staffed hours, small facility size, and access restrictions for non-local members.

Banana Bunch CLC 2-ST. PAT receives highly polarized reviews. Most parents praise the caring staff, long-term stability, flexibility, and strong kindergarten preparation, with several families using the center for over a decade. However, serious concerns have been raised by some parents regarding staff behavior toward children, including allegations of abuse and reports of inconsistent discipline.

Reviewers highlight the facility as a new, clean, and organized space with a caring staff. Parents appreciate the use of an app for daily communication and photos, noting that children enjoy playing with friends.

Parents highlight dedicated staff members like Miss Des, Cadet, and Lissa, noting that they provide a loving, structured environment where children receive individualized attention. Long-term attendees report significant growth and education, with one family recommending the center for its care and commitment to their children's development over several years.

The few reviews so far mention a beautiful, clean, and organized new facility with fabulous staff. Parents appreciate the extras like daily communication apps and photos, noting that kids enjoyed playing with friends.

Parents highlight the staff's loving nature and effective communication, noting that disciplinary issues are handled promptly and rarely occur. Reviewers appreciate the kindergarten preparation, extra academic efforts such as early Spanish instruction, and the provision of meals.

This listing appears to be for an apartment complex (Autumn Park/Autumn Park Apartments), not a daycare center. The reviews describe residential living experiences rather than childcare services. There is a significant mismatch between the daycare listing information and the actual reviews provided.

The YMCA Child Care in Rapid City receives overwhelmingly positive feedback, with parents praising the childwatch program, clean facility, friendly and knowledgeable staff, and family-oriented atmosphere. The facility offers comprehensive amenities including fitness equipment, pools, sports programs, and a café, with many reviewers noting competitive pricing and a welcoming community feel.

The YMCA Arts and Science Center in Rapid City receives overwhelmingly positive feedback, with reviewers praising its family-oriented culture, cleanliness, friendly staff, and comprehensive facilities including pools, weight room, and childcare services. Parents appreciate the affordable membership, welcoming atmosphere, and quality of childcare staff who supervise children while parents exercise or relax.

One parent describes a positive experience with engaging teachers and social opportunities for their granddaughter, while two others report serious concerns regarding safety, professionalism, and pricing. Feedback highlights a stark contrast between perceived educational value and allegations of unprofessional conduct and high costs.

Good News Children's Center receives mixed reviews. Positive reviews praise the staff's warmth, family-like atmosphere, and ability to accommodate children with special needs. Negative reviews cite concerns about staff dishonesty, inappropriate diagnostic suggestions for young children, and alleged mishandling of toileting accidents.

Kidz Academy receives overwhelmingly positive reviews praising Director Olivia's leadership, staff quality, and structured learning environment since recent management changes. One negative review alleges shady ownership practices and staff turnover issues. The facility has maintained full enrollment for over 10 years.

SF Housing Family Self-Sufficiency is a housing assistance program rather than a daycare center. Reviews are highly mixed, with some parents praising staff helpfulness and case workers, while the majority report significant issues with responsiveness, paperwork handling, compliance violations, and overall service delivery.

One parent highlights the center's excellent teachers, safety measures, and communication app, while another reports significant billing disputes and a lack of receipts. The conflicting experiences suggest a need for careful financial verification before enrollment.

One parent describes the care at The Children's Ark Inc. as hostile neglect, stating they left quickly to escape the negative environment. This single review expresses regret for their experience and hopes for future improvements.

One parent reports serious safety failures, including a child slamming another to the ground and throwing a chair, resulting in injuries and emergency room visits. The reviewer alleges staff ignored requests to call parents and failed to provide an action plan for future safety, citing a lack of care and concern for the children.

Discovery Kids University receives mixed reviews with stark contrasts. Multiple parents praise the caring staff, clean environment, and Christian values, while others report serious concerns including food allergy mishandling, inadequate child supervision, and significant employment issues with late/bounced paychecks and unprofessional hiring practices.

One parent describes staff as kind and attentive, noting that a specific teacher goes above and beyond for the infant group. The reviewer also appreciates the Brightwheel app for sharing photos, which helps alleviate anxiety about their clingy child.

Little Nest Child Care received mixed reviews with strong praise from some parents about caring staff and quality programming, but significant concerns from others regarding inconsistent discipline enforcement, safety oversight, and sudden closure without notice. The facility closed abruptly on November 27th without advance warning to families.

Apple Tree East has highly polarized reviews with recent positive feedback about improvements and affordability, but multiple serious concerns from parents about staff attentiveness, child care quality, verbal abuse allegations, poor hygiene, inadequate meals, and lack of ADA compliance for children with disabilities.

One parent highlights staff member Cassidy for her assistance with volunteer and donation opportunities, while other reviewers cite concerns about inaccessible requirements, perceived corruption, and a lack of visible daily operations. Additional feedback mentions disputes over access permissions for a child's father.