Early Explorations-University is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 47 N Research Dr, Edwardsville, Illinois IL. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Early Explorations-University receives mostly positive feedback, with parents praising knowledgeable and caring staff, clean facilities, and developmentally appropriate programming. However, two negative reviews cite administrative issues with refunds and concerns about a teacher's behavior toward young children.
Amazing daycare! Staff is great! Very clean facility, friendly, and jut overall I’ve had an amazing experience with the staff and the whole daycare in general! Would definitely recommend!
My daughter had attended Early Explorations since she was 6 weeks old, she is now 4. She has had the opportunity to experience smooth transitions into 4 developmentally appropriate classrooms. The teachers have felt like family from the very first day. Welcoming me into the classroom and by watching their interactions with each child, easing my initial worries. She has been attentively cared for, compassionately loved and academically challenged into each milestone achieved. I am also confident she will be ready for Kindergarten when the time comes!
We have been extremely happy with the care provided to our children at this facility. The teachers are wonderful and caring, and the administrators are present and responsive. We have had two children at this facility, one requiring daily medication administration, and both have been wonderfully cared for at this school. They are also reasonably priced, and our experience here was much better than at a more expensive school we previously sent our son to.
I do NOT recommend this daycare! On 12/14 they took my money (2 registration fees + 1 week worth of childcare for 2 kids) over the phone but did not have me fill out any paperwork to register my kids. I never even received a receipt! I asked on 1/5 to cancel both of our spots and requested a full refund-since we have never been on site, have no paperwork still, or contracts in place! On 1/5 after I requested to cancel I was told via email all my funds were not refundable. The next day I spoke on the phone with the president of this daycare and she gave me back my registration fees but refused to give me back the 1 week of childcare I will never receive for my 2 kids. Seems backwards to me-should keep registration fees but refund the 1 week of childcare for 2 kids. It is my fault for giving this daycare money over the phone to reserve spots for my kids-lesson learned. However, they should have provided a receipt, paperwork to register my 2 kids, and given me policies when they accepted the payment. I hope nobody else goes through this with this daycare.
The assistant director is the most hospitable and easy to work with young woman I have ever encountered. The staff is knowledgeable, upbeat, friendly, and caring. I fully trust the professionalism of the caregivers. If you’re looking for a few hours of structured fun for your child, you can’t look past Early Explorations!