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Author: Ebony Kennedy Rating: 1/5 Date: 4/1/2025, 6:56:59 PM Review: IF YOU WANT UOUR CHILD TO ACTUALLY LEARN, THIS ISNIT THE SCHOOL March 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM My son is currently a student there and I am considering removing him from the program. When he first started, I was having finance issues. Natalie, the director, was extremely understanding and patient with me regarding payments. I am paying full tuition with no ELC. At this time it is hard but I am making it work. My son is 4, in VPK. As he began bringing home homework, I realized that everytime we began the work, he had no knowledge of anything. Meaning I was indeed teaching him myself. For instance, he'd come home with letters to trace, and rewrite. He had literal melt downs as I am telling him to do the work, even helping him but he had NO CLUE AS TO HOW TO WRITE THE LETTERS. So l started watching the cameras more, and my oh my. As I started to watch, l'd see the kids playing all day with little to no interaction with the teachers. I began mentioning this to Natalie and the teachers. The response was, "they learn through play". I'm asking how does four children playing together on a carpet, or with a kitchen set, or whatever is actually teaching them. The reply was, "he is learning motor skills and how to interact and socialize with others.. Huh? He's 4, about to be five in less than two months... motor skills? I had to teach my son how to write his name. It is 3 letters They have a program called "spotlight on They have a program called "spotlight on phonics". If you pay an additional $18 per week, your child can actually learn. Yes you heard me, if you pay your child will be pulled out of class with the other student's and taken to a separate area where he is actually learning. Smh. This is super bothersome because I am barely able to make the weekly payments without the ELC. Of course I want my soon to be 5 year old, learning things. But if I don't pay the extra he can't not learn unless o teach him. This isn't even the bigger issue. As I mentioned before, Natalie was super understanding and patient with me. But the moment I started to complain about my son not actually learning anything during the 8 hours just playing, all day… I began being hit with late fees. I pay an extra $120 per month in late fees. I am paying on the same schedule I have been paying before. But now I pay extra because it's considered already late when I pay (pay it all each week, just at the end and not at the beginning). They say one has nothing to do with the other, but it's too much of a coincidence that am now being charged fees consistently only after complaining about the curriculum. Overall, they need to work on actually teaching these little young, bright developing minds. There should not be an extra charge for your child to learn when at daycare and especially in VPK. I must include that after all of this I have noticed a huge difference in my child as far as knowing some of the things sent home for homework. I believe my complaining actually worked a bit and they are now actually have them learning for a bit instead of playing the entire day. Still, all of these VPK students should be learning, not just the children in the "spotlight on phonics”. consistently only atter complaining about the curriculum. Overall, they need to work on actually teaching these little young, bright developing minds. There should not be an extra charge for your child to learn when at daycare and especially in VPK. I must include that after all of this I have noticed a huge difference in my child as far as knowing some of the things sent home for homework. I believe my complaining actually worked a bit and they are now actually have them learning for a bit instead of playing the entire day. Still, all of these VPK students should be learning, not just the children in the "spotlight on phonics program" I must also include that bedsides the curriculum and the seemingly vindictive fees, the staff IS overall kind and professional. I truly like some of the staff. I hope this helps someone

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Author: Ebony Kennedy Rating: 1/5 Date: 4/1/2025, 6:56:59 PM Review: IF YOU WANT UOUR CHILD TO ACTUALLY LEARN, THIS ISNIT THE SCHOOL March 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM My son is currently a student there and I am considering removing him from the program. When he first started, I was having finance issues. Natalie, the director, was extremely understanding and patient with me regarding payments. I am paying full tuition with no ELC. At this time it is hard but I am making it work. My son is 4, in VPK. As he began bringing home homework, I realized that everytime we began the work, he had no knowledge of anything. Meaning I was indeed teaching him myself. For instance, he'd come home with letters to trace, and rewrite. He had literal melt downs as I am telling him to do the work, even helping him but he had NO CLUE AS TO HOW TO WRITE THE LETTERS. So l started watching the cameras more, and my oh my. As I started to watch, l'd see the kids playing all day with little to no interaction with the teachers. I began mentioning this to Natalie and the teachers. The response was, "they learn through play". I'm asking how does four children playing together on a carpet, or with a kitchen set, or whatever is actually teaching them. The reply was, "he is learning motor skills and how to interact and socialize with others.. Huh? He's 4, about to be five in less than two months... motor skills? I had to teach my son how to write his name. It is 3 letters They have a program called "spotlight on They have a program called "spotlight on phonics". If you pay an additional $18 per week, your child can actually learn. Yes you heard me, if you pay your child will be pulled out of class with the other student's and taken to a separate area where he is actually learning. Smh. This is super bothersome because I am barely able to make the weekly payments without the ELC. Of course I want my soon to be 5 year old, learning things. But if I don't pay the extra he can't not learn unless o teach him. This isn't even the bigger issue. As I mentioned before, Natalie was super understanding and patient with me. But the moment I started to complain about my son not actually learning anything during the 8 hours just playing, all day… I began being hit with late fees. I pay an extra $120 per month in late fees. I am paying on the same schedule I have been paying before. But now I pay extra because it's considered already late when I pay (pay it all each week, just at the end and not at the beginning). They say one has nothing to do with the other, but it's too much of a coincidence that am now being charged fees consistently only after complaining about the curriculum. Overall, they need to work on actually teaching these little young, bright developing minds. There should not be an extra charge for your child to learn when at daycare and especially in VPK. I must include that after all of this I have noticed a huge difference in my child as far as knowing some of the things sent home for homework. I believe my complaining actually worked a bit and they are now actually have them learning for a bit instead of playing the entire day. Still, all of these VPK students should be learning, not just the children in the "spotlight on phonics”. consistently only atter complaining about the curriculum. Overall, they need to work on actually teaching these little young, bright developing minds. There should not be an extra charge for your child to learn when at daycare and especially in VPK. I must include that after all of this I have noticed a huge difference in my child as far as knowing some of the things sent home for homework. I believe my complaining actually worked a bit and they are now actually have them learning for a bit instead of playing the entire day. Still, all of these VPK students should be learning, not just the children in the "spotlight on phonics program" I must also include that bedsides the curriculum and the seemingly vindictive fees, the staff IS overall kind and professional. I truly like some of the staff. I hope this helps someone ----- Author: Fergie Rating: 1/5 Date: 12/15/2022, 4:18:46 PM Review: I completely agree with the previous review from Tonya James. My sister has her son in this daycare and we witness how teaches aggressively abuse the small children. Be aware!! The staff they have in place are abusing the little kids. The director and assistant are aware and do not do anything. They have cameras but their excuse is that the cameras are not recording therefore; there not able to check. Their solution is, we will talk to the teacher. There is not investigation!. I witness not only my sister child being aggressively abused but also 2 other children! It breaks my heart to see those grown women hurting the innocent babies class of 2-3years old. You can see in the cameras, the teachers walk like they hate their life, they dont move chairs - they throw them literally. Their face expressions show as if they were irritated by their 2-3 year old class. They have no patience and they do NOT practice communication skills. The way they communicate with children is by moving their face aggressively almost slapping them, getting kids my their arms and moving them in a aggressively manner. We are definitely looking into reporting this daycare for CHILD ABUSE! Im writing this review and I am extremely upset. What I witness was disturbing.