East Bank Learning Center

We were nervous about starting daycare with our then 13 month old, our first. I visited several area programs and East Bank was our clear first choice. The director, Holly, is very warm and knowledgable — and clearly loves her work with families and children! During our first week, every teacher greeted our daughter by name, and we were thrilled by the nurturing and encouraging environment EB provided to make it a smooth transition both for us and the little one.
EB is at the highest rating for Indiana’s evaluation, a «4» on Paths to Quality, and they provide staff with continuous professional development and feedback. They use High Scope curriculum, which is a highly respected program for early childhood. They have a very warm, professional, and well-​trained staff who simply LOVE working with children. (Also all of their staff are taking college coursework or have degrees, which was a big plus for me!)
Our little one has absolutely thrived here, and her language, social and motor skills have been developing wonderfully! I think this has been supported by the wide range of activities, great communication, and well planned experiences her teachers provide every day.
On food– this is a tough one for certified daycare programs everywhere. EB provides site-​prepared meals, and has a good menu rotation. EB is very open to working with families to accommodate diets; but in the end, we decided to bring our own meals to provide organics and whole foods (ok with a doctor’s note). The staff has been incredibly supportive for this, and we are grateful they have been so flexible!
Bottom line: EBLC and its wonderful staff have allowed me to go back to work full time with confidence that my daughter is getting wonderful nurturance and care.

My daughter attended EBLC (East Bank Learning Center) for a year and a half and this school is definitely one of the top. It’s NAEYC accredited and at the highest level for Indiana’s «Paths to Quality», all teachers have some level of early childhood development certification, and my daughter has really thrived at this school. She’s learned to read numbers 1 – 10, her alphabet & phonetics. This school has helped her really enjoy reading & listening to books on CDs. She’s learned a lot about plants, animals, etc. It’s not a daycare; it’s a learning center (a very big difference).