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“new in town” on December 14, 2006 @ 1:20 am.
Hi - we’re looking into part-time daycare in the IF area for a 21-month old. In scanning the yellow pages, Little Miracles at Taylor Crossing has webcam access to watch your children. This was an attractive feature. Also curious about Sunny Days on 17th and Little Bloomers on Curtis Ave. Anyone have any good or bad experiences with these? If there is another day care you feel is great and I didn’t mention it, please let me know. Looking for safety and learning, not just a place to watch TV all day. Thanks all!
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1. Chrisr67 Says:
December 14th, 2006 at 7:52 am
Little Miracles is the best place in town! We been taking our daughter there for just over a year and our 3 year old just loves it! They provide very nutrituous breakfast & lunch. They have a wonderful caring staff and they even offer pre-school there. My daughter just turned 3 in November and she’s already started Preschool there at Little Miracles. The teacher, Ms.Joy, is a delight and is just great with the kids. They had a parent/teacher night a last month and I was very impressed with the whole staff! I just can’t say enough good things about Little Miracles. Although they do offer the web cam thing, I have yet to get it up and running on my PC. When I first asked about it 8 months ago, they gave me instructions to get it up and running. Now, I work as a Network Administrator, so I know computers inside and out, and I wasn’t able to ever get a live feed. However, my wife just last month told me they switched web cam service’s, and everything is back up and running. They have their service online and you need to get a username and password, and download the program, etc. I haven’t had time to set it up yet, but I plan to real soon. From what I hear, everything is running fine now.
Just know that aside from that, you’ll be very happy with this Daycare, and I must tell you it gives me great peace of mind to drop my child off at such a wonderful place, and not have to worry about her. Most days when we go to pick her up, she doesn’t want to leave!!
If you have ANY more questions, please don’t hesitate to email me. I’ll be more then happy to answer any questions you may have regarding Little Miracles.
2. Candace Says:
December 14th, 2006 at 8:09 am
I have been taking my 4 month old son to Little Miracles since he was 7 weeks old. At first I was a little skeptical, with him being so little and not wanting to leave him with anyone I didn’t know, but I have to say that I love the place. The ladies that are in with him every day are just wonderful, and I am glad to know that he is with someone that I know and trust will take just as good care of him as I do. The whole staff is great, everyone is very nice and helpful. I do have the webcam up and running and I think it is great to be able to watch my son throughout the day when I can. I would recommend this daycare to anyone who is interested. I would be happy to answer any questions you have, just email me.
3. Ok4Now Says:
December 14th, 2006 at 2:13 pm
Wow, new in town, it seems like you got some great feedback. This is a category we have needed for such a long time. Lots of people contact us, who will be moving to Idaho Falls, asking about DayCare. I’m really impressed that these readers felt comfortable enough that if you wanted to communicate directly with them, you just need to e-mail them.
I sincerely hope others will add their feedback, good or bad, because we do get asked this question so much. It is going to be wonderful to now be able to tell people to open this article and read for themselves the feedback of parents who have first hand experience.
Good luck, new in town, finding the right place for your little ones.
4. new in town Says:
December 14th, 2006 at 2:45 pm
Thanks Candace and Chris for the info. I called L.M. and the news is there right now doing a story about them. Forgot to ask what station though. OK4now - you’re right, new parents need feedback from other parents about the daycare situation in town. The moms I have met so far have been stay at home moms and couldn’t offer me much help. I hope to hear more from the readers. Placing your trust in a facility or person sure can be scary.
One parent did tell me they had a friend who used L.Miracles but it always seemed so unorganized and chaotic when she was there. Any thoughts?
5. Anonymous Says:
December 14th, 2006 at 7:56 pm
I know nothing about Little Miracles so don’t think I’m implying anything at all about them.
Just make sure you very thoroughly check out the daycares and then also do background checks on the workers there. There have been several bad bad bad daycares in this town.
There used to be one at the corner of Holmes / Lomax that was called Kiddy Kare or or Kiddy Korner or something like that. The woman who ran it was an alcoholic who was picked up many times for DUI and at least once I’ve heard with kids from the daycare in the car.
There was a daycare in Ammon where the operator was dealing meth out of the center at the same time - this was big news a couple years ago.
More recently another daycare in Ammon was shut down after repeated abuse claims, neglect, and tax issues.
Its in the news today that another daycare is being investigated after a child received 3rd degrees burns on the arm. This not very long after a child died suspiciously at the same daycare. I’m betting thats what the news crew was doing at Little Miracles (LM WAS NOT the bad daycare) and the news was trying to contrast the bad daycare with a possibly good one like Little Miracles. Again, Little Miracles WAS NOT THE DAYCARE where the child died or got burns. I want to make sure no one misreads that.
6. new in town Says:
December 14th, 2006 at 8:44 pm
Thanks, good advice. I saw the blurp on news 3 tonight, it was very brief and was about LM being the only daycare in the area with webcam. They didn’t say much else.
I thought it was pretty coincidental considering my post and the discussion about the various news stations on another thread.
Interesting timing!
7. Joe Vandal Says:
December 14th, 2006 at 9:21 pm
I thought that too, and I think it’s pretty cool actually.
It’s kind of a weaving tapestry for one local media outlet to get inspired by another. Subjects can get built upon and presented more in-depth to those paying attention.
I have not used the Little Miracles daycare, but the webcam thing impresses me. I have seen someone looking at the webcam, and it actually appears there are a few views. They could not actually see their kid (just off frame), but they knew exactly where the kid was just off screen because they had seen them get seated.
I get sicked every time I hear about these bad daycares. It is so wrong that these horrible things happen to our area children when the expectation is the best of care.
Anyone have suggestions for improving the safety and care of Idaho Falls daycares?
8. Anonymous Says:
December 14th, 2006 at 9:47 pm
Best way to improve the bad ones is to stop supporting them and support good ones. Perhaps Little Miracles since those who use it are impressed and I must say the webcam thing is very impressive. This would force others to do similar things.
9. Joe Vandal Says:
December 14th, 2006 at 10:00 pm
I’m not sure that anyone actually supports bad daycares, do they? Are any of these daycares reported in the last couple years still operating?
Is the webcam the solution we should insist on? There does not seem to be any other way to provide transparency for such a cheap cost and burden.
10. dreavill Says:
December 15th, 2006 at 9:51 am
I would imagine for some parents supporting the “bad” daycares has nothing to do with supporting bad behavior and everything to do with saving money.
It is no secret quality daycare can be expensive and I believe the attraction to the questionable daycares stems from a lower weekly cost. I would imagine these locations also are more flexible with payments. A late payment this month might be forgiven if a parent overlooks what appears to be a minor imperfection.
These conclusions are speculation, but I believe rooted in common sense observations.
11. Roxy Says:
December 15th, 2006 at 10:14 am
The only one of the three I really know anything about is Little Bloomers and I wouldn’t recommend them. It is my understanding that they have let their liability insurance lapse. Not a good thing in the event that someone get injured.
I have two children and have been taking them to SMR Kids since my son was 2. What I like the most is the fact that the center is run by a woman and her three daughters (all adults, two have children of their own). It has been the same people working at the center for the last 7 years. My son had gone to two different daycares before SMR and I didn’t like the employee turnover rate. I know that daycare is a demanding job (I worked daycare myself), but a lot of the girls hired are high shool aged or just out of high school and it isn’t a “long term” job for them, just a summer job or a year long thing. The ladies at SMR are like extended family at this point because my children and I have seen them 5 days a week for the last 7 years. They know the kids extremly well because of this. They have an excellent preschool program and do provide transportation to and from school as well as meals (I know some places don’t offer one or both and packing lunch and breakfast every day if needed can be a real hassle).
If you have any questions feel free to contact me roxynx@msn.com
12. Beth Says:
December 16th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
I have used sunny days daycare for my then 8 yo son, and found the staff there wonderful. We appreciated the consistency of the employees. The children of all ages seemed well taken care of and generally happy. I felt like they cared for the well being of my child. On the flip side, it is somewhat small, and my son occasionlly complained of being bored as many of the activites are geared toward younger children. I have tried several daycares in Idaho Falls/Ammon, and I have been happiest with this one overall.
13. Brian Davidson Says:
December 20th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
Here’s a crazy idea — Why not have a stay-at-home Mom? or Dad, for that matter? My wife and I tried the two-income thing, and it sucked. We didn’t do daycare. My wife worked only part-time — why work at a job just to pay someone else to watch your kids? We juggled schedules so one parent would be at work while the other was at home with the kids. Ended up not working for us, the kids, or employers. (Humorist Stanley Bing (in What Would Machiavelli Do?) tells us that anyone who commits to putting 100 percent into career, family and spousal relationship is going to go 0 for 3. That’s exactly what we were doing.) In 2005, we both left our jobs. I went through a year and a half of employment hell before I landed my current job. My wife’s been a stay-at-home Mom for that year and a half. Despite the penny-pinching, we agree the kids are better for it. This works for us. We didn’t think it would, but it does.
14. new in town Says:
December 20th, 2006 at 10:02 pm
Actually I am a stay at home mom and we can afford for me to do this, so for this I feel lucky. However, it would be nice to have a day or two a week to run errands, grocery shop, make appointments, exercise, work from home, etc. Granted you can do most of this with kids and I have been, but we all need a break at times. Even a paid job gives employees days off. We joke a lot that moms don’t get days off. Most of the good high school babysitters are in school during the day, so daycare was the next option. Thanks for your input though.
15. Joe Vandal Says:
December 21st, 2006 at 6:34 am
Brian definitely has the ideal way to go. We were able to do that for a few years until I traded jobs for less stress and overtime, but half the pay.
So you can be very happy at work but the bills still need to be paid, and sometimes a spouse must work a little to help cover that shortfall.
And yes, I agree that it’s better to first try restructuring your lives to trim spending as much as possible before shopping for daycares.
16. Anonymous Says:
January 9th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
I just recently had to pull my infant from Little Miracles care. Like you, we were new in town and when we toured Little Miracles thought it would be a great place for our daughter and of course the web cam was a huge plus and we were told that there would only be a few infants in the infant room. Well, as for the webcam, it works totally fine at home but if you’re at work and there is any type of security or firewall it will not work. In addition there are about 11-12 infants in the infant room on any given day; quite a bit more than a few wouldn’t you say. However, after only 4 days of my daughter being cared for there we had to pull her out. To the reply that said this place is chaotic and disorganized they are right on. My daughter was constantly not being fed on time and one day I got called to the center from work because my daughter was so upset and would not eat. My daughter went from 7:30am until 12:30pm with nothing to eat. When I arrived they were trying to feed her with a bottle that was not even hers. Also, my daughter is on a special formula which I suspect she was not being fed. When I collected all of her belongings today, the formula can had a minimal amount of formula gone and her bottles were still nowhere to be found. So, I can only speak for the infant room but they have too many infants in this room to care for them adequately. As of yet, the director of this daycare has yet to call me to see what has happened and why I have permanently pulled my daughter from their care. So, this also speaks for itself. Feel free to email me anytime and hope this information helps.
17. speakout Says:
January 9th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
You might want to look at Small World. They are a lttle pricey but provide excellent care. There is always a good kid:provider ratio. We have taken all of our kids there over the past 14 years and the have never given us reason to doubt the care of our kids.
18. newdad Says:
January 9th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
TLC daycare; it’s small, family owned, and reasonably priced. My wife and I have been impressed fully. True “diamond in the rough.”
19. new in town Says:
January 9th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
Thank you anonymous, that is helpful information. I finally met another mother who had her child at LM and had similar concerns - when she watched the webcam in the infant room, it appeared the infants were basically left in bouncy chairs most of the time. Where was the stimulation - tummy time - simple play, etc? Same with the toddler room, she said it was very passive - employees sit on the
floor and watch the kids play, no real structure
or active involvement. Gee, I could hire a 13-year old to do that! The owner was hard to reach she said. Some days too many kids in every age group.
Someone at our new pediatrician’s office recommended Little People’s Academy - said they have been in business for many years. Any thoughts out there? Do other parents just want a place that is safe and as close to the benefits of home? Or is this an impossible dream in a day care search?
If only Idaho Falls had licensing like other Idaho cities, we parents might be more informed before jumping in the pool. This is one area a very progressive city is sorely behind in.
I forgot to ask earlier, if anyone doesn’t mind sharing, what types of rates are you paying here? Cost per day, age of child, etc. I don’t really need to know the name of the day care but am only trying to see what the going rate is.
20. Buzz Says:
January 11th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
I would like to see a 24 hr Kiddie Kennel in Idaho Falls. Or at least one that was open later so we could go out to dinner, maybe a little shopping, some time alone, then pick up the kiddies and put them to bed.
21. Roxy Says:
January 12th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
Buzz, while I agree that a 24 hour daycare can be a great thing for people that have to work late hours or maybe even to run a few errands, there are some people that can and do take advantage of the situation as well. I have heard of a few daycares that have had problems with parents showing up late (after closing time, usually 6:00) to pick up their children. The parents have gone out for a little R&R after work and had a drink or two and then showed up to get their children. On one hand the daycare cannot keep the parent from the child and on the other they could possibly be held liable if the parent was in an accident and something happened to that child.
I think for that reason not many people would be willing to operate a “drop off as needed” type service for children in the evening hours.
22. Joe Vandal Says:
January 12th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
I think it’s better to go with finding your own babysitter in the evenings than to go to a 24 hr “kiddie kennel”.
23. Chris Says:
January 14th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
We’ve looked around and I just thought I would give some input…
Creations of A Child- moved into a new building and since doesn’t care about the children. Good intentions but too many kids! The teachers didn’t know the kids names because there were too many of them 30+ 2-3 year olds with three staff members? Also you pay for the building!
Little Miracles- has a new owner and things seem like they were improving the building and things. They do have an amazingly large play center which i thought was neat.
Sunny Days- Just take a tour the building it speaks for itself. I personally wouldn’t leave my child there. It’s just a large room not stimulating to a childs developing needs!
Little Critters- When I pulled up to tour the building there is a large window and one of the staff members was sleeping on the floor. As soon as she saw me walk up to the door she hurried and jumped up like she was caught. Then when I asked about food naps…etc. the girl had no idea what I was talking about. She didn’t have any info or anything. I thought and this is who they leave in charge of my child? NOT FOR ME! Also the place stunk of urine!
Choo Choo Academy- Based out of a house and isn’t the cleanest! Dark and chaotic and just too small no room for the children to explore. Once again not for my child!
TLC Daycare- Just recenly moved my child here. I am very impressed by the owners. I like the fact that they actually watch the kids instead of just hiring someone to do it. They are reasonably priced and provide meals at no extra cost. The only thing I would say is that they need to start doing more cirriculum. However I believe this is in the works since they just barely moved to a larger facility and have more children. Also the hours are not as wide as some others. They are only open from 7-6, if you work 8-5 thought this should be fine. It works for us and is great. I love having my child want to go to daycare rather then scream when he gets there!
Hope this helps!
24. College Girl Says:
January 16th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
Hi New in Town! I am a college student and I do have a job on the weekends. I also have Tuesdays and Thursdays free for the most part and a babysitting job would be perfect for me on those two days. I use to babysit a little boy, but now his dad is laid off of work until May and I am free. Most of the babysitting jobs I run across in the paper are during days and hours I am in school. How old is your child if you don’t mind my asking? If your interested in my offer, let me know and we can discuss details and see if I am the right person for your child. Thanks
25. Anonymous Says:
January 17th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
I cannot find TLC daycare in the phone book. What is their location and number as I would like to call them and take a tour; did find a TLC daycare listed in Pocatello but I was hoping there is one in Idaho Falls. If anyone knows this information could you please reply. Thanks.
26. newdad Says:
January 17th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
TLC’s phone number is 227-7010 and their location is 2442 East 25th Circle.
Give them a try; I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
BTW, Chris, I mentioned that I saw your post here (we probably know each other!) to the owners and they said that they were working feverishly on establishing a graded, working curriculum for the kids and apologized for the delay. They’re really hard workers and I’ve no doubt they’ll come through. My kid, also, has started to cry when he has to COME HOME, not go to daycare…
:^)
27. new in town Says:
January 18th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Thanks College Girl for your generous offer. I have recently started our child out in a program 2 days a week and we’ll see how it goes.
If it doesn’t work, can I ask if you are going back to work for him in May, and what your summer availability is like (if any). Thanks again!!
new dad or Chris - question - is the new curriculum at TLC being designed for a certain age group?
28. newdad Says:
January 18th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
They tell me that it’s a graduated program, age-specific. One of the owners’ husbands is a psychologist, I guess and he’s collaborating on it as well.
29. College Girl Says:
February 3rd, 2007 at 3:36 pm
I am not sure about May because I will only be available in the evenings and he has a day job! But, like I said, I will be available in the evenings even for a date night with your spouse. I hope the program you found works well for you! I can only imagine how difficult it is to find the right care for your child. Good Luck New in Town.
30. Joe Vandal Says:
March 14th, 2007 at 9:29 am
Wherever you go, make sure to get a place with at least 13 children, because our legislature refuses to make places with fewer children than that safe.
They think that keeping those smaller daycares unsafe, that it will keep more children at home with mom.
31. just a person Says:
March 24th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
the one about creations of a child is true. to many kids and not enough teachers. high ratios and i just wouldnt recommend them.
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0 There is one 1street and amylane .they have a waiting list though.
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1 0 Wow the post did used to be bigger. I had posted on it before. I take my kids to Sandy’s Early Childhood Preschool and Childcare center and love it. They have security cameras in the classrooms. I don’t know if they are taking new kids right now or not.
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1 0 Creations of a child has gone down hill since moving to the new building. I know from personal experience of working there, the owner did not care about the kids the only thing she cared about was the money. Never would have adequate staff. Plus were constantly adding kids to each classroom. There were some days we would have 30 kids and were lucky if we had more than four staff in our room. As for learning and ensuring cleanliness this was an absolute must. So if you do not mind the price and just being numbers to the owner and not people then the daycare is really great.
Sunny Days is very small and disorganized. I attemteped to work there, however it was during a time that there was not enough help. They expected for me to watch 30+ kids for eight hours by myself. Which was about how each age group was. There were about 8 people total that were working there at that time, Plus the toddler room was poorly supervised, my 3yr old was constanly walking out of the classroom into my room. They would always say oh he needed to go potty. There was once that I had him in my classroom for about 15-20 min, and no one had come looking for him. I constantly told the owner and nothing would be done. It could of been so easy for my son to of walked out of any of the ‘fire emergency’ doors and no one would of known. Nothing was scheduled it was sopose to be ‘free play’. Yet most toys were broken, missing pieces, things looked dirty. I rarely ever saw anyone cleaning anything.
I have looked up Little Miracles and from the pics on the website it looks very clean. The toys and equipment look sturdy, safe, clean. I am interested in going in to see how things are run at the center.
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1 0 My sister works as a trade at the Apple Athletic Club daycare. As a trade, she gets a free membership for about a year if she commits to one 3 hour shift a week. As a whole, she says it’s OK, but the more we talk, the more I would have reservations about leaving my kids on some days/times. Some shifts she works, or trades with others, have good, caring employees who strive to play with and pay attention to the kids. Other shifts, including hers, have employees who continually spend most of their time huddling and talking, reading magazines, texting or talking on their cells, and otherwise ignoring crying or kids in need of attention. She’s annoyed constantly, has mentioned the problem to shift leaders, to no avail. It seems several women who work there could care less, they only want a free membership. She tries to treat each child as if they were her own.
Curious if any parents who use the facility have noticed this? I’ve told her she may have to go further up the chain if nothing is being done at the basic level. She also finds it amusing Apple is going for such an upscale vision, yet the daycare is being held together by duct tape throughout the carpet, old toys, peeling paint, bad vacuum, etc. (promises of remodeling for many months now) There are also regular violations of the amount of kids and adults allowed in the daycare room at one time (38), which they solve by making employees take 10-15 kids out to another gym or court to play for awhile. Would you bring your kids to an overcrowded daycare where 1/2 the employees regularly spend their time gossiping and ignoring kids?
She says her only choice is to buy out the cost of her membership, or stick with it until she’s finished with her year. If not, they get sent to collections. She would like to use her membership more, but won’t leave her own kids on several shifts she knows are more neglectful. This does not seem fair.
I asked her why should she have to keep up her end of the contract/bargain and be a good daycare provider, if other women are allowed to be lazy all the time? She’s a little worried to go to the next level, and be branded a tattletale. Any thoughts or advice here?
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1 0 Hey i’ve got EXCITING NEWS!!!
Little Critter Academy has new ownership. The new owner has about 10 years of daycare experience and making great changes to the center. They now have usda approved lunches and do not charge extra for them. Responsible staff! Very friendly enviroment and all employees are cpr, first aid certified and go through background checks. They except ICCP and have great rates. The new owner has helped out the ex-owner since she opened it 15 years ago. Come see us! Give me a call @ 523-8663.
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1 0 Koala Kids Academy is TRULY the best daycare in town– I wouldnt trust anyone else to watch my children. I have a 4 year old that has gone there since he was 2 months old and the teachers love him like a 2nd mother- and now my 8 month old goes there as well. I really wish that they would build another facility- and all the daycares in town could really learn from them. I did alot of investigation before I chose this facililty and I am glad that I did. There are some terrible facilitys here that basically “baby sit” your babies while you work– Koala Kids plays with them, loves them, and teaches them! The have a huge waiting list…but once you are in you know you have the best care in town!
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1 0 There are lots of good Kiddie Kennels in Idaho Falls.
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1 0 Re comment #5
Its been 5 or 6 years but the crummy daycare was the reason I let my Apple membership expire. Looks like things haven’t improved.
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1 0 I go through an in-home daycare in Cloverdale. Nice lady, been watching the kids for three years now. She loves all of them — I don’t know how she does it.
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1 0 I strongly recommend SMR Kids. It seems to be little known, but I love it. My son is 16 months old and has been going there since he was 4 months old. I have never had a problem. It’s family-owned and they really do care for the children. The staff is so wonderful. Meals are provided. And even though he is just a toddler, he seems to be learning things everyday. I cannot say enough positive things about this daycare. My son is always happy and excited when we arrive and there are days when he doesn’t want to leave. I always recommend SMR Kids anytime I hear of someone shopping around for daycare. GREAT PLACE!!!
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1 0 I recently lived in IF and was not impressed with the Apple daycare either. Some women were great with kids, but it was obvious others were incredibly lazy and only “working” for a free membership. Why their daily supervisors let them get away with ignoring kids was beyond me. Not to mention the old crappy toys, run down look, and the room is way too cramped for so many kids. I saw them ignore fire dept. guidelines many days and did not leave my kids those times. The owners totally need to revise and update the place to be more appealing, and put some of those lazy women to work! If you don’t want to watch kids, pay for a membership and leave already! Sheesh!
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0 0 The topic of daycare safety has always interested me. I have a neighbor mom who is a trade at Apple. I had her read the above comments to see what she thought. Her overall opinion was that most of it was accurate. She said what bothers her is everything is such a mess behind closed doors. The sleeping room with cribs and a toddler bed is a disaster, storage cabinets and closets are the pits. It sounds like the place really needs some TLC, better toys, a paint job and new carpet and it could look much better. As for lazy employees, she feels she’s on a good shift but has worked with some “rotten apples” on other shifts.
I find all of the surprising considering the quality of club Apple seems to be. I suppose if someone here has an “in” with the owner or boss, they ought to pass along the comments so they can have a chance to improve.
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0 0 Does anyone know if IF has an Spanish Immersion program for toddler/preschool…we are moving from Boise and I am trying to see what options IF will have. Also can anyone give me feedback on the Montessori’s? Thanks!
Side note: anyone interested in play groups, I have one son that is 3 and another that is 1.5…
Heather and 2 boys! Soon to be in IF.
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1 0 I only know of a couple Montessori schools in IF.
Lighthouse Montessori at 2664 E 1st St in Ammon
http://www.lighthousemontessori.org
And Snake River Montessori at 2970 E 1st St in IF
maybe someone else knows of some others.
Good luck with your move.
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1 0 Heather,
I’m the owner of little critters and i would like to welcome you to Idaho Falls when you arrive here. I have about 18 kids enrolled right now and accepting a few more if your enterested. I also teach preschool here at the center also. Were very friendly and my staff is awesome. If your interested my number 523-8663. For two children i do a family rate of 30.00 a day. Hope to hear from you.
Sincerly,
Tarajean
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0 0 can anyone suggest a good part-time daycarein IF? I would like to have recent review and experinces. I have a 15 months old boy. Thanks
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0 0 Take a moment and read through the post. Pretty much every daycare in town is listed and reviewed here. Good luck!
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0 0 Does anyone know of any daycares near broadway that accept ICCP? I’ve been taking my son to Little Miracles for a couple of years now, but they are moving over to Holmes, and it just isn’t conveint for me to go all the way over there since I live near the temple and take my son to daycare while I’m in class. I loved how conveinent LM was, but I did have a few small issues with them, nothing major, but I don’t feel any loyalty to stay with them after the move. I would like something near their old location (Near the walmart off broadway) if anyone knows of any place good. ICCP is a must though.
Thanks!
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0 0 I’m not sure what ICPP is, so don’t know if I am steering you wrong or not. There is a daycare on the west side, but I’m not sure of the name. I’m thinking Lil Froggies or something like that. I remember seeing it, but not paying much attention. The next time I am in that area, I’ll take better note of name and location and post on here for you.
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0 0 Wendy check out Sandy’s Early Child Preschool and Child Care Center. It is on L St. close to Meleluca Field. You can go in and take a tour anytime and the hours there are great. My kids have been there for almost 4 years and I highly recommend them. I know it is not really that close to where Little Miracles is/was but since you live near the temple it would be convienient.
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0 0 I also take my kids to TLC (West) and they are fabulous.
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0 0 My son went to Funshine Child Care for 4 years. It is located on Antares off of Saturn. In fact my son is going back this summer after some bad experiences with other facilities. She is strict with the kids but they absolutely love her. She does accept ICCP.
Call Kathy 522-7277
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0 0 Thanks everyone. I will look into those places
And ICCP is Idaho Child Care Program (I think). It’s government help to pay for child care.
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0 0 I was thinking of putting my child in Little Miracles…..Wendy what problems did you have with them? I’ve heard nothing but good news, and I was very impressed with them when I took a tour recently.
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0 0 Most of my problems involved a supervisor thast is no longer there. So they don’t matter. However, they do several diffrent trips during the summer that you can pay for your child to go on. Last summer, I would always sign my son up to go on the trips if he would be in daycare that day and he was often forgotten about when they were gathering up the kids. It broke his heart when he would miss out. I can understand overlooking someone once, but there were at least 3 seperate times that he was forgotten.
Like I said, nothing major. Just enough to make me feel no loyalty toward them when their move is inconvienient for me.
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0 0 I use a great in-home daycare. I have no complaints whatsoever, this lady does a damn good job. If anybody is interested, I’d be happy to put the info up.
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0 0 I need to chime in on the comments about the Apple child care we always call “The Treehouse”, although they were made several months ago, because I think they paint a very unfair picture of the facility. My kids are 6, 3, and 2 and I have been taking them to the Apple “treehouse” since my oldest was a year old. First off, it’s not a licensed daycare because parents are on site. Second, I am thankful to have experienced moms in there who are trading for their membership and only work for a few hours a week. Second, to describe it as “run down” is ridiculous. Kids don’t need brand new toys to be happy. My girls love the puzzles and cars and playhouses and books…and more than anything, they love coloring. It is usually very clean considering the number of kids who are in there every day. I asked my husband if he has ever thought of the Treehouse as “run down”, and he was confused by the question. Why would someone think it is run down? Huh?
Yes, mornings are busy because of the many classes offered. I think if you have a child who has separation anxiety or needs to be held the whole time then you need to work out later in the day when they can get one-on-one attention. It completely baffles me when I see moms drop off kids who are bawling their heads off during the busy times…what do they expect? I realize a few of the trades might be lazy, but I think they are the exception and not the rule. Right now there are over 100 people who work in the Treehouse, and of course there are going to be some who are better than others, but if the problem was really that bad do you think so many moms would continue to frequent the facility?
My 3-year old daughter was literally just begging me to go to Apple, but unfortunately it’s closed now. (Friday night). Whenever I ask my girls if they want to go to Apple, I get an enthusiastic, “YESSSS!!!!” We go 3-4 times per week, in both morning and afternoon, so I think I have a good feel for it, considering I’ve been taking my kids there for the past 5 and 1/2 years.
Am I biased? Yes. I teach basketball lessons at Apple and I love working out there. But I am also a mom and nothing is more important to me than the well-being and happiness of my kids. I am very thankful for the great job the Treehouse workers have done with my kids. If you have questions about it, please feel free to email me at coach@idahohoops.net. –Kaly Gillette Shippen
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0 0 Boy, I have so MANY friends who take their kids to Apple’s TreeHouse and they love it. They have had great experiences. As stated, over 100 employees work in there. Now, how many companies have 100 perfect employees? Overall the staff is great. Mornings between 9:15 and 10:30 are quite busy. They attempt to accomodate everyone, but they don’t break rules. Have you seen the overflow where they take the older kids? It’s the new Youth Activity Center and it is so neat. What’s wrong with taking them out of the nursery to ease the busy hours? Bottom line, parents are in charge of their kids. If your little Johnny doesn’t do well when it’s busy, well for Heaven’s sake, don’t bring him. As for the employees? It’s a continuous work in progress. But 90 percent of the time, the kids are happy and 99 percent of the time the kids are safe.
Keep it up Apple!
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Thanks, you found it! I knew I wasn’t crazy. I recall the thread being larger, but in my senility I could be wrong. Hope to see others start the discussion up again. On that note, other than Little Miracles, can anyone tell me (for a friend), are there more daycares with either webcam access or security cameras in town?