Kiddie Kampus Learning Center

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My daughter has been there over a year and I absolutely love it! From the owner to the staff everyone is so involved and helpful. I don't feel like I'm dropping her off at "daycare" I feel like it's her second home. Her teachers are very upfront as well. Which is a huge change for us. My daughters previous daycare was a franchisee chain and had unrealistic expectations for the children because they wanted to appear the best. Kiddie Kampus is extremely different in this aspect. Not only is it a smaller center, they literally know each child personally therefore their expectations are realistic and knows how each child learns best. Needless to say, I absolutely love it there and couldn't imagine my daughter being anywhere else!

Pulling our child out of this daycare was the best decision we ever made. Parents, if you feel like something just isn't right, then it probably isn't.



They kept our son in the "two's room" despite the fact that he was 3.5. They claimed that there was no room in the preschool room and used the fact that our son was not yet potty trained as an excuse also. I found it odd that our son was almost fully potty trained at home but he CONSISTENTLY came home from daycare in pull-ups (sometimes not even his) when I had sent him to school in underpants. During his last week there he came home with BM dried all over his bottom and the beginnings of a diaper rash. The daycare teacher must have seen that when she changed him out of his underpants and into the pull-up (that happened to be a girls pull-up and two sizes to small) but chose to ignore it. Conversely, he was completely accident free after four days at his new preschool. We haven't had to buy a diaper since leaving Kiddie Kampus.



They also started trying to convince us that our child was having behavior issues - yelling at teachers, throwing things, being rough with the other kids, etc. They repeatedly tried to push us into seeing a therapist for "sensory issues" and insisted on keeping a journal on our child's "behaviors". We had him assessed by the Early Intervention program through the school district and found no problems. This was not good enough for Kiddie Kampus. Our pediatrician also found no issues, stating that he is just being a normal 3yo. Still, they kept asking us what our next step would be. In the meantime, there was still no room in the preschool class and our son was obviously unhappy having to stay in a class that was not age appropriate for him. Our next step was to have him professionally evaluated for ADD/ADHD. This test also showed that he had no issues. Our last straw was when he came home with the dried BM on his bottom. At this point we decided that the obvious answer was that the problem was not with our child but with Kiddie Kampus. They advertise themselves as a "learning center" but there is not much of a curriculum. It's all very loose and unprofessional without much structure.



We pulled him out immediately and found a new daycare where he is thriving. He is in a classroom with an amazing curriculum and children his own age and there has not been one report of a "behavior" since leaving Kiddie Kampus.



We are super disappointed with our experience at Kiddie Kampus. Their customer service is so poor that there wasn't even a follow-up call from the director to see why we suddenly pulled our child out. If it was my business, I would have definitely called the customer to find out what had gone wrong and why they were so dissatisfied.

My son has been attending for over a year. He loves it and so do I. I used to take him to the Lighthouse and he screamed every time we went and anytime we drove past it. Kiddie Kampus is committed to the education of their kids and my son has learned so much! He loves his school. I think it is ridiculous to expect staff to "pry" a child from their parents leg.

I switched daycare centers to Kiddie Kampus, in the very beginning it was a great center but as time progressed they had so many turn around with the teachers and every issue I had concerns with seemed unheard. I am very disappointed and have switched my child to a very new/very improved center. While at Kiddie Kampus it was a struggle to drop off my child for every moment I had to prey him off my leg without any assistance of the teachers, now at the new center he is excited for me to drop him off. We recently passed by Kiddie Kampus and my child screamed asking me not to take him to the old school. As a parent it scares me to think what must have been done to traumatize my child so much for him to beg me not to take him there. I'm glad I've made the switch, now I see more kids transferring over and over hearing parents of how Kiddie Kampus personnel’s are talking bad about the new center, it just give me more comfort to know I did the right decision.