Little Footprints Learning Center INC.

Unfortunately the daycare is a typical owner led daycare trying to make money rather than focusing on the children’s/teachers’ welfare. The turnaround with teachers is incredible. They also will hire anyone off the street with zero training in ECE. I cannot even count how many times I walked in to drop off or pick up my child and the teachers had a tablet with some show on while they sat around their tables. Mind you, this was the one year old room.. They even have a big screen in the play area where they play tv all day so kids have a lot of screen time in this school. They don’t feed the kids enough and they’re always hungry at the end of the day. Kids like to eat and my kid’s teacher would pay out of her own pocket to bring snacks for the kids so they would have something more to eat than what the center offered them. They had water and some plain crackers if kids wanted anything else. I caught teachers yelling at little kids in a way you would never want anyone to yell at your child. Especially so small. If any incident happens they’ll never share the video with you or even let you see it. Beware.

Today was our last day at this facility due to the fact that they stated “we just can’t do this behavior anymore.” My son was kicked out of this facility due to his behavior issues. The issue today was he wouldn’t sit in his chair. I have spoken with multiple doctors regarding the issues that the teachers and staff are saying are happening at the facility. Everyone I spoke to tells me he is being a normal toddler. I even took my son to the doctor regarding his behavior that they were saying was such a big issue in the classroom. After speaking with his pediatrician he advised some more time to adjust to the daycare and to start some therapy. I then spoke with Chelsea on Friday and she said okay we will give him next week and see how he does. I then get a call today (Monday) from another director Mary that after today my son could not attend this daycare anymore. This is so hard for two working parents in the home. One day of prep is not sufficient to find decent childcare. My husband and I were also told by a teacher that our son was being singled out by other teachers and staff. As a parent who is suppose to protect there children this makes me sick. I told Chelsea this information and she advised me it was not true. Well I strongly disagree as my son valentines were never handed out to his class after I notified the teacher and director. I also many times asked to speak with the owner and I was told that was not an option I needed to take my issues up with the director. There were many times that we would ask how our son was doing and got “oh he did great” when in reality he didn’t. This place is not good with children who are a little different and don’t fit in exactly perfect. Or if they just need more time to adjust to the setting. Staff communication was poor and not timely. I would not recommend this daycare unless your child is perfect in their eyes.

We have had our child here for three months now, and I am so grateful we were able to enroll him here! Coming from a bad daycare situation, I was initially very nervous. From the moment I walked in, I was met with kindness and compassion. Administration answered all my questions and concerns, and since the first day has always been available to answer questions and talk about literally anything regarding my little one. Also, the owner was on site and talked with us twice over two days when we toured. His classroom is always under control and my son has thrived here. His teacher encouraged him to walk, and he has come home with new skills almost every week. His teacher is so engaged and caring, and really takes such excellent care of the kids in her charge. I can tell she absolutely cares about them. I know leaving your child in someone else’s care can be scary, but I have experienced such reassurance that my child is safe and happy and well cared for.

Avoid this daycare. 1.Bottle mix-up - my baby was given someone else’s bottle. 2. Poor communication -informed admin of this mix-up and ZERO communication was ever returned on this incident - I sent a message in Birghtwheel and verbally asked about it. They never even said they would look into it. They said it was an admin’s responsibility who had been on leave. 3. Short staffing/high staff turnover, unhappy staff - I witnessed 3 short instances of staff being higher than 1:5 infant ratio, the infant room I was in had 2 new teachers in less than a month, staff seem frustrated with lack of coverage. 4. Mom shaming - I was told my 4 month old infant was spoiled, excessively fussy for crying after only receiving 6 oz in 9 hours and not being put down for naps, we were told to stop holding our child 5. Insufficient teacher interaction - infants in her room were often in bouncers all day, teachers do not get in floor with infants, toy use is limited. 6. Immediate dismissal- our 4.5 month infant was dismissed with less than 24 hour notice after only being in day care 17 days for excessive fussiness. We were told she was not suitable for group daycare. She is at another daycare and they have not had issues besides getting her to go down for her second nap, which they think will happen after another week of adjustment. 7. High exposure - infants are likely exposed to 30 other infants because they start in one room at the beginning of the day, are moved to their teacher’s room, then moved to another room after 4 pm. They do not currently have afternoon teacher staff.

This business is now called The Weekday Learning Center but the owner is still the same. I can only assume why she had to change the name, so I won't speak to that. I will speak to my experience here though and I DO NOT recommend sending your child here. Read all the reviews carefully and you will see a trend. The administration is very unprofessional, and they do not care about the parents. I spoke up about a few decisions that were made about last minute closures, and was basically told I was free to withdraw my son from the center. Then, she refused to continue talking to me and hung up on me. A few minutes later, I got a message through their HiMama app stating that my son's last day at the center was THAT day due to "my behavior". I did not yell, cuss or attack. I simply was frustrated that they chose to close the daycare for a teacher workday and didn't give us but a few days notice that it was happening. We pay them a lot of money to keep our children while we work, so I was upset that they were closing without much warning. I was simply voicing that to Chelsea, the director, and she treated me so poorly. You basically cannot disagree with anything that she does. My son went there for 8 months, and NONE of the admins (I think there are 6) made an attempt to introduce themselves to me or my husband. Plus, my son literally stayed sick while he attended the daycare. Also, there is a high teacher turnover, so that speaks to the lack of good leadership in that place. I have talked to other parents whose children are in other daycares, and they do not have those issues at their daycares. It's sad that they have all the leverage because it is so hard to get into a daycare, so they know parents have to put up with whatever is thrown at them because we don't have a choice. Luckily, I was able to find another daycare for my son the very same day, so we will not be back to The Weekday Learning Center aka Little Footprint Learning Center.