Creative Learning Academy

When I registered my son at Creative Learning Academy, I had up to that point been an at home mom, but I unexpectedly unexpectedly had to go back to work. I was very resistant about putting my son in daycare. Before I graduated from college, I had worked at numerous daycares and preschools. Based on those experiences and in observing my co-​workers’ interactions with children, I always vowed I would never, ever put my own children in daycare. Creative Learning Academy has really, really proven itself to be an exception to my previously held beliefs.

We toured just about every daycare between South Salt lake and West Valley. My ex-​husband and I could have afforded a more expensive daycare, but we chose this one.
As I said, I was unhappy at the prospect of putting my son in daycare and was extremely picky about where he went. I’m an elementary school teacher, so I’m aware of the developmental needs of a two year old (which is my son’s age).
This was by far the best daycare we toured that was within our price range. I was very willing to find fault at the time, but I just couldn’t with this one.
I wanted my son to have a large, open space to play indoors, easy access to toys, natural sunlight along with well lit rooms. I wanted the playground to be large enough for him to easily run, the equipment to be in good repair and for there to be lots of different options for large motor development. I wanted security cameras I could access, so I could watch my son while I was at work. What was surprisingly hard to find was a center that encouraged play, rather than sitting children in front of a TV.
The most important thing was finding teachers who actually cared about him. During a tour, you can’t really assess how the teachers will treat your child. We really lucked out here. When I pick my son up, the teachers enthusiastically tell me what he did that day, stories about cute things he did, etc. There have been many times I’ve come in during nap time, to find someone rubbing my son’s back while he sleeps. They are all very friendly, and my son just loves the women there. He knows their names and always wants to give them goodbye hugs and kisses. My son is happy, and sometimes asks to go to daycare on weekends. He pretends to call the teachers there and talk to them on his toy phone.

The WORST daycare ever, If you care about your child and their well being this is not the place for you or your precious child. They don’t take care of your kids. My girls and all the kids ALWAYS had boogers running down there face. My daughter was always thirsty. They don’t feed them enough food, and give them pretzels and hummus for dinner. They let the kids do whatever they want, they don’t have any structure. Jessica the owner is one of the worst money greedy people I’ve ever met. Not to mention she’s the biggest liar known to man kind. The staff are in and out they can’t even keep an employee to work there longer than a couple of months. That alone should tell you how unorganized that place is. I took my kids out of there, and take my advice don’t believe them when they act like they will address your concerns because they won’t. They let the kids play outside in the cold without there jackets on, they don’t let the kids wash there hands after playing in the sandbox. The staff stand in a corner watching out for parents to come by to act like they are engaging with the kids. All bad, don’t let the cameras fool you I can barley see my kids on there most of the time. Save your money and go somewhere worth it