Small World Learning Center

I have a HUGE complaint to make about the bookkeeper! Karen, she is such a mess always scrambling around. I first called when I needed to sign up my son to kindergarten program. At first she kept calling me back and forth because she kept forgetting to provide me with information. Finally when I enrolled my son, I applied for Action for Children. Untill I got approved, I would be paying the weekly tuition. 6 weeks later (and 6 weeks of me paying the regular tuition) she informed me that I had gotten approved for the action for children. She told me that because I was paying weekly that gives me credit towards the first few months of the program and that she would let me know when the payment is due after the credit runs out. WeLL SOME months passed and I went in to ask about the payment. SHE FORGOT TO TELL ME!!! THAT MY PAYMENT HAD BEEN DUE, SHE LET MY TUITION BILL RUN UP TO $ 600!!! IF I WOULDN’T HAVE GONE IN TO ASK SHE WOULDN’T HAVE CALLED ME. Well I ended up settling that amount through an event that happened to me. Anyways I’ve been trying to call small world to sign up my 2 year old for months! Although the main problem with me is karen, the teachers were always nice. She finally set an appointment with me today when I made my fiancé call her because every time I called she’d make up an excuse. I believe it’s because of the 600 I owed at one time. Well my fiancé got an appointment for tomorrow at 830 no problem. When he brought up that we had been there before she hung up with him. She called him back later and said that she had made a mistake and there are no openings. Again I had warned my fiancé not to mention my name because she’d probably cancel again. But he did and sure enough she gave me another bullshit excuse. They supposedly put him on the waiting list but 2 years later I never got a call back. She’s the worst and I hope they don’t keep her as the financial person any longer.

I have to admit, I was terrified of putting my almost-​three year old into day care. I pictured every bad scenario under the sun. Initially I had sitters coming to my home, but one of them was stealing from me, two of them had no vehicle and required me to transport them, and two of them were completely unreliable. I missed so many days of work that I was worried I would lose my job. So when my daughter started kindergarten, I looked for a center close to her school. I went in and met with the staff, talked to them, watched the kids in the classrooms and outside in the playground. I figured if it was really awful, I could switch to the same-​priced day care at my daughter’s school (which required my son to be three and potty-​trained, neither of which he was.)
The first week was rough. He cried every morning «I don’t want to go to school!» He clung to me. He sobbed and needed to be pried off of me so I could leave. I was sure this was NOT going to work out. But then he woke up Saturday morning and said «I go to school?» and was disappointed he could not. The next week he would get quiet when we arrived in the morning, and stood off to the side watching the other kids, but there were no tears or clinging, and the teachers said he was okay after I left.
The next week, he would quietly go pick out a «table toy» (blocks, tinker toys, puzzles, etc.) when we got there and start playing. When I would pick him up, all the kids would say goodbye to him and he would say «see you tomorrow!» By the end of that week, he was obviously adjusted and content.
It has been almost 2 months and he is speaking more clearly, doing better with fine motor skills, and will «choose» to share with his sister, rather than being told he has to. Don’t get me wrong, there have been a couple of negative changes too. He is quicker to shriek when he doesn’t get his way, and he has decided he should speak in a whine a few times, which does not get the desired response from me, so he has mostly stopped. I wish they were doing a little more to potty train, but I know it has to be a nightmare to have to deal with that in a class of 15 kids. It is much easier to put on a diaper than to change soaked clothes and mop the floor, especially when you have a bunch of unruly toddlers to watch. I SO get it, and I am guilty of it sometimes myself, and I only have 2 little ones under my supervision.
The staff is very helpful with any questions I have had and they are all extremely kind and gentle with my sometimes crazy kids, which means more to me than I can express. There are tons of things for the kids to do, and they have free play and also organized play. They go outside every day, and he receives meals and snacks. He particularly loves the songs with corresponding body movements, and he has been so focused on that sometimes that he has missed me come in to get him.
Their prices are extremely reasonable for the quality of care he has been receiving, and I am so glad I made the decision to send him here. Initially I had planned to switch him to the day care at his sister’s school so that I can do just one drop off in the morning, but I intend to keep him here until he reaches school-​age. I would happily recommend them to anyone looking for care for their littles.

I absolutely love Small World Learning Center’s phenomenal teachers and staff. I don’t believe I could ever say enough great things about Small World. Both my children have attended small world — we enrolled our son there over 13 years ago and when our 2^nd child arrived 5 ½ years ago, my husband and I agreed that the only place we would even consider for day care was Small World.
Many of the teachers that were there when my 1^st child attended are still there and just as wonderful as ever! It is so much more than a day care and any child that has the opportunity to attend will most definitely benefit from the experience.
At Small World, I never have to worry about my son’s safety or care, which is most important. As an added bonus, he is learning and developing skills every day that are needed to succeed in life.
I would recommend Small World Learning Center without hesitation!