Little Tikes Day Care Center II is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 74 Violet Ave, Poughkeepsie, New York NY. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Little Tikes Day Care Center II receives highly polarized reviews. Six parents praise the caring staff, cleanliness, daily communication, and family-like environment, while four parents report management issues, poor staff attitudes, inadequate supervision, hygiene concerns, and problematic feeding practices.
My son is enrolled in Little Tikes, and I think they are great!! I was apprehensive about leaving him anywhere since he is so young, so I toured 6 different centers. This was the first one that I felt a sense of peace when I walked in the doors (and that didn't smell that daycare smell, it actually smelled good!) Jessica, who is one of the women who runs the daycare was incredibly sweet and answered all my questions and concerns very patiently as she understands frantic new mothers very well. They have been in business 30 years and some of their staff has been with them over 20, which says a lot. The staff is very friendly and warm. They give me daily reports of everything he does during the day, and I know he is in the best place while I am at work. I don't have to worry because I know he's being well taken care of!
We LOVE Little Tikes. The employees treat my son like he was one of their own, they have been so helpful to me as a new mom, and my son learns something new there everyday. It is a great choice!
The manager, the daughter of the owner, is rude and unprofessional and really should learn about customer service and business management. If it wasn't for her parents she would not be in that position. Due to her and her staff's lack of communication it caused an inconvenience for me with my job. I had spoken with the receptionist and gotten the okay for the 3 days in advance but when I talk to the manager she stated I was only approved for one day which wasn't true and I was upset and voiced my discontent with their lack of communication. She did not like that I was bringing it to her attention. She became defensive started to speak over me and when I spoke over her she said that I was yelling at her which I was not and I had a witness. Then she told me that she didn't feel comfortable with my child coming to her daycare anymore because of me which is weird because I didn't use any profanity with her. I had not threatened her life, nothing of the sort that would determine that I was a threat to her or anyone for that matter but she was right about feeling uncomfortable because I no longer felt comfortable with my daughter being there. When I used to leave my daughter there with her and she was the only staff member, I got an uneasy feeling, mainly because I really didn't think she was a child friendly person. I think she's just in the business because it's a family business but I left her there thinking it's just a few minutes and the other staff members that were pleasant would be there. I also didn't realize it at the time but my daughter cried almost every time I brought her to the daycare. I thought it was just something that three-year-olds went through especially since she wasn't going full-time and more like on a per diem basis, however, now she attends another daycare and she absolutely loves it. She hasn't cried one day and she looks forward to going to school. She has learned so much in her new school. It was upsetting then but it was a blessing in disguise to have gotten her out of that daycare. Also prior to me taking my daughter out a friend that I had referred there took her son out because she stated that her son always look dirty, did not eat the food there and the food that she sent to them for him to eat would come back with him. She said he cried all the time and went he would get home he'd eat like he hadn't eaten all day. I'm pretty sure they're not starving the children but if a child doesn't like the food that is being given and if the parents provide you with a meal for them to eat why not give it to that child? Now he's in a place where he is very happy and doesn't cry when he goes to school so what is it with this daycare?
Well, went to enroll my child, left a deposit, and found out that they don't have the best reputation in the area. Decided not to enroll my child and the decided to keep my deposit. My kid never set foot in there but they got paid. Hope they're happy with my money!
This daycare pretty much sucks. It’s like 12 kids to one person the kids always look not taken care of and always have runny noses. They do not sit with the kids during lunch or encourage them to eat. Seems dirty food sucks. Teachers suck even more.