Little Peoples Landing Learning center

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JP

JP Larson

My four year old is showing signs of emotional and verbal abuse. I have never written a review online before but I want to make sure parents are warned so no other child has to go through this. First off, they set your child up for failure. They have a "thermometer" type system where your kids name is on a clip and goes on whatever behavior they were for the day the top is best of course and bottom is lowest. They actually start the kids in the middle of this thermometer. This means when your kid walks in the door to start his or her day they already are telling them they arent "good." The assistant director is so cold I cant believe she even wants to work with children. We only had our four year old son in this center for four weeks. Due to the change and his ADHD he was having some behavioral issues. Instead of talking to me as a parent and figuring out a behavior plan (like educated adults would do) they instead wrote him up for every tiny thing a little boy does on a normal basis and exaggurated like crazy. My son was constantly coming home saying things that he wouldnt of learned anywhere else. A week after I told them he has ADHD and to be patient with the change he came home to tell me that hes not "normal." When you walk in and ask about your childs day you have no idea which teacher he was with because they all just throw them in there and deal with it. They send you a calendar home to make it look structured but when you ask your kid if he did learn about what was on the calendar its not the case. The teachers are young and have no knowledge in children at all, its like sending them to a 13 year old babysitter day after day. What gets you, and as a parent makes you think its a good place is how structured and nice it looks. You feel like its clean, they have field trips, calendars of events, nights where they will watch your child and they list themselves as an "Academy." Just because they have money to spend and a nice security system obviously doesnt mean its a safe environment for your child. You will feel like you have no idea whats going on. One of the teachers when we got there was from my sons old daycare that he had just left. She was there shortly, quit, went to a different daycare, came back to our old one and now is at Little Peoples Landing. This was all within a few months. That shows you how the staff are. One of the women on a day that I picked my son up secretly told me that "she doesnt know why he has these issues with the other staff because she doesnt have them." This is just showing that the staff talk behind eachothers backs as well. Were starting to find signs of possible abuse after leaving the center. Hes saying things about himself and how bad he feels about himself and is even wetting himself which he has NEVER done. I really hope all parents take this review seriously. This place is completely nuts. Do not take your children here.

JE

Jen Bulger

Horrible, unsafe, uncaring staff, distracted teachers....wouldnt recommend it to anyone. My son went there 2x a week and was only on his 3rd week. On a Thursday I picked him up, and he immediately told him that several other older kids, "dog piled" on him, hitting and scratching him and that the teachers did nothing. He had marks all over him, including scratches that took off the top layer of skin on his hands. The front desk person, said the director was gone already and would have her call me immediately. Mind you no one even called to tell me that there was even an incident and because blood was reached via the scratches, they should have filed an incident report, Colorado law. Well FOUR days go by, finally Tuesday morning I call them...the director says she has not idea what I am talking about, no one wrote up a report, no one even told her to call me, supposedly. So Tuesday my son gets picked up from school and taken there, I head there at 6pm to pick him up. The parking lot faces the playground. So I pull up and am watching the kids....I quickly notice that there are several other kids, that have my son cornered and are throwing wood chips at his face. I stood there and watched along with another parent for 3 long minutes, while two other teachers sat, with their backs to the kids, One entirely with her back the playground, offering no supervision or even kids within eyesight, and did nothing. Finally I yelled at the kids to stop and my son to come to me and the other parent was just as horrified as I was. I went inside, furious, told the director whos first words were, oh we just talked to your son and the other kids about the incident the other day, at this point I explained about the one I just witnessed. She said shed talk to the teacher, they took my son back to the playground, to point out the kids and thats it, sent him home....no apology from the teacher, no accountability at all, no assurance that it would be handled differently or not happen again. And of course the next day, I thought maybe Id hear something from them, nope. Granted my child will never return, but their unprofessional and uncaring attitude is revolting and results in a very unsafe place for all the children. Would not send my pet rock there, much less a child. Uncaring, un-empathetic staff and yes, I did turn them into the BBB and state.

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Amy Kaspar

LEASE READ THIS ENTIRE REVIEW. My daughter attended this facility for 3 days and we couldnt get her out of there soon enough. She was only 8 weeks old and I thought I picked a reputable place considering my background is in social work. I wrote out instructions, what works to soothe, what doesnt work...etc. It was completely ignored. I informed them she eats 4 ounces a day, they fed 2 at each feed and they responded with "oh, we will do better tomorrow." What?! My child missed several feeds that day. That cant happen. I asked them how long they try and feed her "about 10 minutes" they tell me. When I picked her up, she was always fussy, tired, and looked worn out. I made a "surprise" visit in the afternoon, finding my child in a bouncy seat, sleeping, unstrapped and they tell me "oh, I think he just fell asleep." I dont think so. When I would call and check up on her they would tell me "oh she is doing great!" I said, "oh, is she sleeping and eating better." They responded "nope, havent slept all day." WHAT? Then how is she doing "great?" THE WORST OF IT....they fed my breastmilk to another child. They told me "sorry, but another child had access to the bottle and gave it to another child." My child had no milk for the afternoon because they forgot to tell me they were out of breast milk the day before. When I showed up to pick up my child, there were no apologies or any explanation. I tried talking to the director and she said "well, I wasnt there so I dont know what to tell you." I wanted to pull her out of there after day two, but couldnt arrange anything quick enough so unfortunately my poor baby had to attend three awful days there. The workers seem sweet and kind but they are not competent in the infant room. Worst experience a mother had to go through, not to mention what my poor baby went through. We are now at a different daycare and after ONE DAY I can tell such a difference in my baby. Happy, content, no more red eyes and comes home with a clean, dry diaper EVERY TIME!

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