Early Connections @ Day Nursery is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 104 E Rio Grande, Colorado Springs, Colorado CO. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Early Connections @ Day Nursery has mixed reviews with significant polarization. While some parents praise caring staff, good food, and their children's happiness and development, others report serious concerns including poor management, inconsistent discipline practices, billing issues, lack of support for children with special needs, and safety concerns.
We love the daycare. The teachers are really caring. The food is really good. The kids really enjoy it. Our daughter really enjoys going to school there. She has made huge improvements in her speech and seems genuinely happy. She always talks about her teachers and her friends at school.
This place is absolutely disgusting. Tasha the Director is extremely rude. When I reached out to HR I was directed to the Vice President who is rude and abuses her authority. This place isn’t considerate or understanding to single parents. I wouldn’t advise bringing your children here. They play favorites and treat your kids like trash when they don’t like the parents. Also: I was told by the Vice President they would be calling DHS on me for neglect. Because I picked my child up late from work. As a single mom with no help working to provide for my kids. I was threatened with DHS calls all because I made a complaint about the director. Never once spoke to this woman before today. But was told it’s policy that. After so many late picks a call from the board would’ve been the next step. But never received a call until I reached out about the Director.
Extreme rollover in employees. There has been two extremely uncomfortable situations with TA’s in the short time we have been there in my childs class and I was not informed of either- and one of the situations required me talking to my child about what is appropriate and what is safe and I was not given the opportunity to coach and communicate with my kid about things. On another note, my child cannot have dairy and is a very Picky eater and we were not allowed to bring her own meals to make sure she ate, which would’ve consisted of something as simple as strawberries, cheese, ham, or crackers So intern, she came home very hungry after a long day this would be something to consider before bringing your child here. My child is 9 and is 55 pounds soaking wet. She cannot go all day without eating Her food preferences. Also there is no camera in the rooms to protect the kids from inappropriate or poor treatment- have pulled my child and reported what I need too - take care of your babies
If I could give 0 stars I would. The staff there need to be educated in how to properly support kids with special needs or behavioral disabilities such as ADHD. When I brought up concerns of my child being bullied I was told it was all in his head and took 2 weeks and me arguing back and forth with them, for them to remove him from the class. Instead of educating the teachers they blame the parents for misbehaviors when they don’t know how to handle them. They call them problem children and accuse you of over reacting when you stick up for your child and try and work it out. They are not good at problem solving. On numerous occasions I’ve walked in on the teachers screaming at the kids because they just won’t listen. They show no patience and hold no understanding of what it means to work with children. My kid has told me that one teacher will roughly grab his arms and yank him around if he’s being “bad”. Under no circumstances is it ok to put hands on my child. I do not trust them with my child anymore and others shouldn’t trust them either. If you present this to management they throw it under the rug and dismiss you,. This management and the teachers are disgusting and unethical in every way. I have removed my child from the facility
Staff and management here is horrible. They have been notified many times of problems with teachers being inappropriate and neglecting children and push it under the rug. They treat special needs children horrible with no empathy towards them. Allowing other children to mistreat them and just unprofessional all togther. They are currently under investigation for a teacher being inappropriate and still just continue to ignore complaints even when coming from other staff members.
Colorado Shines
Level 4 out of 5
Level 4
This rating is part of the state's Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). Trained evaluators assess staff qualifications, learning environment, curriculum, and family engagement — standards that go beyond basic licensing requirements.
Level 1: Meets basic licensing standards.
Level 2: Exceeds licensing with some quality improvements in place.
Level 3: Demonstrates strong practices in curriculum and staff development.
Level 4: High quality across most assessed areas.
Level 5: Highest quality — excels in all areas of assessment.