Take-A-Break Childcare Center is a child daycare & preschools daycare located at 415 South 28th Street, Battle Creek, Michigan MI. Find contact info, location details, and similar daycares nearby.
What Parents Say
Take-a-Break Childcare Center in Battle Creek receives mixed reviews with significant concerns about consistency and quality. While some parents praise the caring staff and positive experiences, others report serious issues including inadequate staffing ratios, inability to support children with special needs, frequent staff absences, and poor classroom management that negatively affected their children's experience and attitudes toward school.
Worst child care center ever. The staff does not care about the children nor are they properly trained. They send children home as often as they possibly can because they have staff issues, not child issues. I would highly recommend that you not take your child to this center as they will damage your child's self esteem and make your child dislike going to school at an early age. I wish I could give them a 0 star but it's not an option.
I started bringing my daughter to this facility back in 2015 when she was just an infant, and she was there until she went off to Kindergarten. Then in 2019, when my son arrived, I thought it would be the perfect place for him too, starting at 7 weeks old. Back then, the staff was fantastic, and I genuinely believed my kids were in good hands. But everything changed in 2020 when the leadership shifted dramatically; there were three different directors cycling through from 2020 to 2024. I might have sung their praises based on my previous experiences, but everything shifted due to the appalling events between December 2023 and June 2024. During that time, my son was diagnosed with autism and was given an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for specialized support outside of daycare. Instead of rallying around us, the daycare outright declared they couldn’t meet my son’s needs and issued a deadline for us to find other care. This is deeply concerning for families with special needs children or those needing a little extra help because this place simply cannot provide the support they claim to offer.
My son was enrolled at take a break for about 3 months, the first month was great and the teachers did a great job of updating me during the day. The second month was when we started to have issues, the teachers were absent quite often (one time the entire week) we also had an issue with my son not being taken to the bathroom when he asked to go because ratios in the classroom weren’t being followed and they didn’t have a teacher to take him to the restroom. (Which resulted in him having an accident) We had a few other issues but in the end they all added up to it being enough where I decided to remove my son from attending school at take a break. I think some of the staff does really great with the kids although other staff members definitely shouldn’t be employed there. It’s not somewhere I felt my son was being taken care of properly and he also got to point he didn’t like going to school anymore. I had never heard anything bad about take a break before enrolling him and it’s unfortunate we didn’t have a good experience but it’s not somewhere I would recommend sending your child.
My son has gone to TAB since October 2022 and has gone through 3 different rooms as he has aged out. The staff there are absolutely amazing. from the infant room to the GSRP class. They go above and beyond for each child and family. I would 10/10 recommend this center.
The staff is so caring and loving with their kiddos and families that are going there. Just as they are caring and loving to the staff that work there. It's a must check out for sure