Explorers In Learning

I have noticed that the children are loosely monitored and supervised. Some teachers are great, but most of have no childcare training and lacks politeness/​compasion towards children. They would need only high school diploma to get a job at Explorers In Learning.

Despite the name, this is not a school nor is there any learning going on. It’s a bunch of uneducated babysitters that have no childcare training. Children are loosely supervised but are certainly not watched closely. Directors are fond of bullying parents of children who did not potty train according to her schedule/​liking. Please do not enroll your children here. I am still sorry I did.

Childcare/​preschool teachers only need a high school diploma. Sometimes teachers are fabulous, but others clearly do not have the tools needed to understand the obstacles in this setting. Each child is unique. Child development textbooks explain that. In addition, verbal skills are lacking in some children, so they act out. This results in a response from other children. Our child was restrained (it was in the report) when he became upset that another child took a toy from him. This led him to become upset, and it would make me angry if someone did that to me. So he acted out and was deemed a «danger» to others. I do not condone his behavior, but I certainly believe the way the incident was handled was entirely inappropriate. From this, I’ve learned to ask about the educational background of the teachers and the administration. I know some others who have had great experiences here, but that was not our experience.

I had my twins there since they were 18 months old. They used to go part time until they went to preschool. The preschool program is amazing and Mrs. Bates is the best teacher. To this date, my little girl still wants to go visit Mrs. Bates to her old school. I loved that they had very few days off, unlike regular schools or other places that close all the time.

The pre school program is great, or so I heard but I had to pull my kid out right before he started it. However the administrative staff is useless and the owner only cares about making/​keeping accounts. Despite several complaints our kid was abused by another kid and instead of removing the other kid from class he was given special boxes and more of rewarded. Teachers quit because of this behavior and because the administration wouldn’t fix the problems including the trouble maker. Other kids were also hurt and yet they would not remove this kid from the class.
Not until I took my son out. These people were completely USELESS and endangered all the kids because they had NO idea how to deal with this troublemaker. The teachers seem to be great but lack complete support from the administration making it a horrible experience overall. This is just a warning for those looking for a new place to take their kids. I don’t care how good of a program they have, if they don’t know how to handle such behavior w/​o leaving others in danger. I’m talking about punching, spitting, throwing chairs, tripping and pushing kids.