Children’s Learning Adventure

Its a nice facility and the staff responds and solves any issues that i feel.
I hope that the teachers stay constant.

My son attended this school for a couple of years since he was born and that the only reason I kept him there. He’s now in a new school because the teacher are very impatient and mean. They. Don’t know how to handle children crying or misbehaving they will just send them home or kick them out. There are to many students and not enough teachers. They don’t teach your children nanny thing like they promise. Don’t let the clean nice environment fool you! This school has gotten very bad ratings and I see why. They don’t even go by there own polices. They are rude when you question them and they talked horribly about my child who has special needs without any understanding what so ever. They only want your money

I’d give no stars if I could. For the love of all things holy, do NOT take your children here! Where should I start??? (just FYI, I have twins so they’re the same age and were in the same class):
–First, we were lied to about the child-​to-​teacher ratio. When we toured we were told the ratio for 2-​year-​olds was 6-​to-​1 (1 teacher per 6 kids), but on our first day, we found out the ratio was actually 8-​to-​1. Doesn’t sound like much, but its a BIG difference when you see that many kids running around barely supervised.
–Second, the teachers were constantly changing. There was ZERO stability in terms of care-​providers. Also, NO ONE even made any effort whatsoever to learn who was who. My kids are identical twins, but I would purposely dress them differently to try to help differentiate. It’s tough to tell them apart the first day or two, but then you learn the subtle differences. NO ONE even made an attempt to tell them apart. This means the little report card sheets are total BS.
–Speaking of BS, the «activities» they do are total BS, too. One day we came early to pick up our kids and found the teacher sitting at the table coloring. Instead of letting the kids color, they were running around unsupervised and she was coloring on each sheet HERSELF and passing it off as the children’s. I was dumbfounded when we literally caught her red-​handed and then she hands us a couple of sheets saying that our daughters colored them («Ummm, no. We just SAW YOU coloring them. The kids are running wild with no enrichment at all.»)
–Speaking of no enrichment, they have the fancy computer and water rooms… I never once saw anyone using them. Not once. And I would go at various times of day, too.
–Diaperings were NOT done routinely. My girls have NEVER had problems with diaper rash and battled rash the entire time they went to Children’s Learning Adventure, surely because they were only changed once a day. Also, they require you to buy diaper ointment when you start going, but then they won’t actually use it unless you sign a permission slip (which they don’t tell you that you need, so you basically bought your diaper cream for nothing). When we toured they also claimed that they helped children learn to potty train. Another lie. Everytime I saw a child in the bathroom it was unsupervised, so they’d have to know how to wipe, flush, and wash their hands entirely on their own (not to mention undressing/​re-​dressing). So pottytraining «help» did not happen.
–The teachers are not nurturing or caring whatsoever. They’re basically like glorified babysitters. Almost every time I would go, they’d be chatting with each other not even watching the kids. If a child would start to cry, they’d be totally unsympathetic and just tell them to get over it. I NEVER saw them hugging a child or showing any genuine care for any child.
–My daughters each sustained small injuries (cuts) while they were here and none of the teachers had any idea where they came from. They didn’t even seem to notice and seemed surprised when I pointed them out and asked about them. I’m telling you, NO ONE is supervising these children. They just run wild while the teachers chit chat or clean up or do other things (besides actually providing real care)
— This isn’t related to care, but only 2 weeks after we started going there they tried to switch our kids’ room and raise their prices.
I’m sure there is more. I could write a book about this place. My kids were only there for a month and significantly traumatized from the experience — the coldness and lack of nurturing is not good for a young child. Don’t let the fancy new equipment fool you. Take a tip from me and take your kid further down River to the Jewish Community Center. Best child care in the city of Tucson in my opinion.

If I could give no starts I would. While enrolled here, my daughter received a 2^nd degree burn on her bottom. She still has a scar there and likely will for life. I would never allow these monsters near my child ever again. She did great in the infant room, but as soon as she got into the 2 year old room, she would cry when I would leave her. I should have taken that as an indication to pull her out before I did. Overpriced and not worth it. They claim they won’t take the kids out if it is hotter than 99 degrees. I would come pick her up in the afternoons (4−5pm while it was still 105 outside) and the children would be out running around in the heat. (Hence the burn my daughter received from their equipment). She got hand, foot and mouth disease TWICE, she had colds constantly and when she contracted RSV, the staff did not want to give her the inhaler that was prescribed to her.

This is a wonderful place to bring your kids. The classrooms are amazing and the teachers even better!!! The classrooms are always clean the the office Staff are always a delight to see coming and going. Thank you cla

My child has been attended in this school since August 2013 and so far we don’t have anything to complain about. She was in the Voyagers class and I think they take care of her really good. Occassionally, she would come home with minor scratches, but I think it’s unavoidable with kids at this age (2 and a half). My first week leaving my daughter was so hard, but her 2 teachers were very tender. As soon as they saw me about to leave, they would come over and either hold or carry her, so it wouldn’t be so hard for both of us. Staffs in general are nice, except for one lady in the front desk who isn’t so helpful and pretty careless. But the rest are pretty nice and seem to be friendly. My daughter’s teachers are Ms. Dianna and Ms. Kari. These are the 2 nicest teachers that I’d highly recommend for the Voyagers age group.

Since there is no Unilocal for the one on Valencia/​Hemispere location, I will post here. My daughter went here for over 2 years. She had some good teachers, but if you stay long enough you will see that the good teachers do not stick around here for long. There is a constant change of staff. She was in the Kindergarten program last year and the first teacher was HORRIBLE. They had a staff member fill in for a bit while they hired a new teacher and I don’t think there was much education going on for that time. Ms. Kayla was an awesome teacher, but I have heard she left and I do not blame her. I did not agree with many of their policies. They do not allow any time off for vacation, they want you to pay full price when your child isn’t there. I have not heard of a place that doesn’t allow at least 2 weeks of vacation time, or at least charge just 10% to hold your spot. They also started to try to close for holidays that were not on the list of holidays that were not on the list of holidays they were supposed to close for.
The place looks nice, but the management seems to be horrible. I think I saw them go through 3 directors, but there might have been more. My daughter’s hair was cut by other children two times while under the «supervision» of the staff. The second time it happened all the teachers that watched her that day claimed the children never had the scissors out that day. I know things like that happen, but the teachers either lied to prevent getting in trouble or really just didn’t watch the kids. Don’t be blinded by the fancy murals and nice rooms. They don’t record the video from the rooms either, it’s just a live stream that can’t be reviewed later.

If I could rate this ‘preschool’ zero stars, I would. For the sake of your children, please do not enroll them here. Do not let the new, beautiful facility fool you like it did me. The teaching staff are a sad excuse for teachers and caregivers.
If I were to write of every time this school disappointed me or completely enraged me, it would be a novel. My son was enrolled for less than six months. During that time, there were breakouts of lice, hand foot and mouth disease, and scabies. In less than six months. My son had potty accidents every single time he was there. Sometimes twice in one day. And the caregivers were very forthcoming in announcing it was due to him being ignored.
Do not let under-​educated 19 year olds, who have been overwhelmed with the amount of children to look after, see after your child.

This place is a total sham!!! Waste of money and damaging to your child!
During the tour they suck you in with all their lies and make you excited and confident that you made the right choice, BUT it is all a lie! They have a movie room, a town room, music room and a science room and I never see those rooms in use no matter what time I am there for my child!
First the administrative staff is unprofessional and a bunch of two faced liars. DO NOT let the fake sweet little voices fool you, the minute you walk out of hearing range, they talk bad about you. How do I know? I was a parent at the front desk when they started to complain about the other parent. Makes me wonder what they say behind my back.
THIS IS NOT A PRESCHOOL!!! I enrolled my child thinking she was in a preschool class, but really it’s just an expensive DAYCARE! When we first started the class was of 10 – 15 kids to 2 teachers, then somehow it went to 26 kids to 2 teachers!!! Everyday the children were suppose to be sent home with daily sheets that told the parents what they had learned and did for the day. They were consistent with that until more children came into the class, and I barely got one. Then I realized the Daily sheets were just xeroxed copied and they filled in your child’s name and made up something in the notes. My child did art work, but was never sent home with any, when I asked I was shown a bin and told that all art work would be there and I should have known from the tour!
When my child came home with a bruise on, they were quick to come up with an excuse that their are too many kids to see everything that happens and had a totally weird explanation the next day.
DO NOT SEND YOU CHILD HERE FOR ANY REASON!!!

This place is damaging for your child. Constant teacher turnover and lack of direction from management makes this place a hazard to develop your child. We have had 8 teachers in 7 months. 16 – 20 kids/​class per 2 teachers. Please do your child right and look elsewhere. Was informed by teacher that they ask for help with direction from management and told to figure it out for themselves. Would rate as 0 if possible.