The Learning Experience

My granddaughter has been attending the child care/​pre-​school for just under 2 years, and we have been pleased with the facility and staff. It is clean, secure, organized, and most of all, friendly.
My granddaughter’s vocabulary and word identification are well above par for a 3 year old, as are her social skills and attention span. She loves going each day. I credit her teacher for the intelligent, creative, and gregarious little girl that she has become.

I enrolled my son when he was just over a year for three days a week. When we were given the initial tour of the facility we were told the door that exits to the street from the play ground was equipped with an alarm. I opened it to hear for myself and low and behold, no alarm. I was a little agitated by this because any adult could easily reach their hand over and open the latch which held the door and nobody would know because there was no sound alarm whatsoever. I was assured it would be repaired asap. I don’t know that I paid much attention to it after that initial visit. The facility and curriculum for the older kids seemed fairly impressive. I enjoyed dropping my son off and seeing him play with the other kids at first. After a few weeks I began to notice the staff watching my son was rarely the same. I’ve picked him up and would tell them my son’s name and they would look at me and say «who?». At that point I was beginning to have my doubts as to the amount of attention they pay to the children. What made me pull my son out of their care was he started crying whenever we would drop him off. It’s one thing if that was the norm but it would slowly get worse. He went from happy as a clam to uncontrollable crying over the course of a month. I don’t know if he had bad experiences with the other children or with those watching over him. Either way, it was time to no longer enroll with them.

A very professional atmosphere for my child to learn and grow. My son has been with TLE since he was old enough for infant care. He has now been attending TLE for over 15 months. His teachers are exceptional, and they have all had a special, loving bond with him. The standards are very high for the teachers and lesson plans. My son comes homes almost every day now with a new word, a new sign (baby sign language), and/​or a new art project that he did in class (LOTS OF ART PROJECTS!) The building is very clean inside and out. I was even fortunate enough to experience a fire drill, where I observed well-​trained staff calmly exiting the building with all of their children accounted for; the command and control was nearly flawless. The school is run by an extremely professional, yet very personal staff who make you feel like family.
The bottom line is that I’m confident that my son is in good hands when I drop him off for daycare. I would recommend this school to any of my friends and family, without exception. ¹⁰⁄₁₀.