Tutor Time

It’s been a year since I wrote a review on this place and since then the management has made a change for the better. The wonderful assistant director Claudia is still there caring for each kid that comes through those doors everyday that she is there. The new Director Jennifer has been there for about a year and she and every staff member works so hard to make the children and parents happy everyday. They will go out of there way to make sure that each child has what they need for them to be happy.
Also I love how they always have fun little projects and experiments for the kids to do. For example Ms. Ricia, Ms. Bobbie and the PreK students had a chance to make silly putty, build a robot, make bath salt, and they even got a chance to make their own pizza for lunch just to name a few projects.
The staff also develops a great relationship with the parents as well. They always have great turn out at their little events.

I would have to agree with my fellow Unilocalers that gave Tutor Time a 1 – 3 stars. Management at this place is horrible. They do the minimum activities and there is very little motivation for the kids. There is only 1 teacher that truly cares teaching the kids. Food was most of the time cold and my kid kept coming home sick. My kid fell down and his tooth was loose, but I wasnt notified at all from the school. I wish I had change him to another school earlier because as soon as i did, he hasnt gotten sick at all and his attitude changed completely by been more happy and willing to learn. He actually looks forward everyday in going to school. Save your time and money, folks!

There are so many nice things I can say about this childcare center. my daughter started attending here in mid October and I’m already in love with this place. my daughter will be 4 in July and as most children is very hyperactive but she also has been diagnosed with ADHD. the staff and teachers here are so loving and understand with my concerns and needs for my daughter… they greet me by name instead of (insert child’s name)‘s mom, my daughter loves the teachers and staff and hugs them, it’s just a wonderful environment for children. this is the 6^th or 7^th childcare my daughter has been to and I want to keep her here.
to make it clear how awesome they are, I’m moving soon so that I can be closer to the center. I’m changing jobs from cypress to irvine and could easily change to another center, but I rather have to get up earlier to get to work just to drop off my daughter at this amazing place. this is definitely a place where your child can thrive and learn and be safe and comfortable.

Personally I have a good experience here in Cypress Tutor Time, my LO is really enjoying his self and has made friends in the past year that he has been here. I love the staff and teachers that have made a difference in my LO’s life.

We started with our first when he was about 9 months, we picked this place as it was very convenient to work and we liked what we saw (structure, hot breakfasts, big play area, etc.). We loved the teachers with our first. They were very caring and made us feel very happy with our choice.
We started to sour when our first was about 18 months but just chalked it up to maybe one bad teacher. When our first was 2 years old faith was restored and we were happy with the next teacher, again feeling like we did in the infant room.
When our 2^nd came around we transferred our first to a closer Tutor Time for about 4 months. Between the two centers is night and day. The food choices, attitude of the teachers, and activities were just far far superior. However, we had to change back due to work and were ok with starting our 2^nd in the infant room.
Things when down hill fast and they are in a light speed effort to redefine bad management.
There are some good people there who care about kids and you’d be happy to take care of your little ones but they are equal to or maybe out numbered by those who are possibly clinical zombies who are just there to collect their paychecks. It’s like the DMV of daycare. I don’t blame the teachers; I blame the management who lets the teachers just sit kids in front of TV all day and do nothing. A 3 or 4 year olds curriculum they tout is just BS, it’s free play and tons of TV. Teachers do the bare minimum to keep the kids safe and sometimes cross that line (we caught a teacher sleeping while «watching» our first).
While there may be spurts of happiness from a teacher from time to time over the course of time its just the endless pursuit of path of least resistance. Getting through the day. We should have moved them long ago but stuck with it as we needed to make other transitions and I do regret that choice.
Want to park up front to put your kids in the car safely? Sorry management and teachers park in those spaces. We were told to park across the street!
Now, with a new daycare (a few miles away) and it is night and day different. From the far better balanced food (food does not just come from a can Tutor Time!), teachers who are happy (hey management, its possible), a real learning plan of helping drive their development (not just what movie is it today).
Maybe one day significant changes will be made at high enough levels to drive real change down and turn this place around but I highly doubt it. It’s very telling when accreditation comes and the food is better, teachers are perky, and everyone is friendly with the TV nowhere to be found. It’s not that they can’t do it, its they don’t care about your kids enough to do it. They care about your wallet. They are driven by the accounting books, not by providing a warm caring learning environment for your kids, which we would all be happy to pay for.
Tutor Time in Cypress is in it for the money, is that where you’d want your kids to be?

We miss Tutor Time! Expensive tuition but wonderful teacher/​parent relationships for us for three years of attendance. Sadly, our employment moved us out of state or we would stay through to the PreK program!

DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE! Sorry for the lengthy post, but PARENTS BEWARE! My child was here from 5 months to 11 months, and I seriously wish I gotten out of here sooner! They let the babies cry for WAY too long. The workers are all miserable, there is one, who I literally never saw smile. I rarely saw anyone reading to any of the kids. Two event’s finally happened that made me react quick to find something new, and I’m so happy I did! They forgot to feed my baby for FIVE hours! That is TORTURE for a little one. Thank god I showed up on my lunch break, and saw her freaking out, and fed her. She was STARVING! If I hadn’t shown up, god knows when they would’ve figured out that she was crying because she was STARVING! They just had her in her crib screaming, with one of the workers patting her back. They thought she was tired. She had just woke up from a nap!!! The other thing was all of the sudden my child came down with a VERY high fever. I showed up to pick her up, and the assistant director told me she was about to call me because she has a fever. I rushed to her room, and she looked HORRIBLE. I asked when they took her temp, and they said AN HOUR AGO! I work 2 seconds away, and would’ve rushed over right away, had they called me! My child ended up in the hospital for 3 days with Pneumonia! When I asked why nobody called me right away, I was told that the assistant director was giving prospective parents a tour. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! You tell the parents on a tour that you need a minute to call the parents of a very sick baby!!! This just put me over the edge. There are never the same children and workers in the same classroom from one day to the next, which means that your child never really bonds with anyone, and is around so many people all day. My child was pretty much sick her entire 1^st year because of this. My child is now at a home daycare and is thriving! She comes home SO happy every day, and is a different person. And has not been sick ONCE! I feel like such a horrible parent for sending my child here for so long! BE WARNED! I would give ZERO starts if I could.

I am on the fence about this place. The price of $ 296 a week is expensive for day care. The teachers are basically baby sitters as they are not college educated or have experience with teaching.

I agree with Lu T. My son transferred from Kiddie Academy (spent 2.5 wonderful years) to this Tutor Time and we pulled him in less than 4 months. Our son is social and bright, and we noticed a decline in his self esteem after a few weeks. He would hesitate to hug his teacher.
Two events we can’t forget: (1) verbally abusing a child out of camera view after hours when the other children are out of the class room as we looked to pickup our son. (2) little 2 yo was forcefully and physically yanked off the toilet, again out of camera view.
Food NEVER matched the menu and given same JUNK everyday. Literally, this place would pinch on nutrition to help the bottomline. Rarely did the teachers engage with students. STAY AWAY!!!

I would give zero stars if able to. Where do I begin? Let’s see… tuition is high, and they are raising it. Yes, you do get food included, but it’s the same items over and over again, mostly from a can. You can tell the director only wants to enroll for monetary purposes only. The assistant director for the most part delegates her work on to others. The curriculum is a joke, and the majority of the teachers are not interested in teaching. I am thankful I pulled my child.

When it was time for me to choose a daycare for my 2.5yr old toddler, I was debating between Tutor Time and Kindercare. Upon visiting both schools, I found that Tutor Time’s facility was definitely cleaner, more organized and offer a better curriculum. I wanted to enroll my son part-​time (2 days per wk), and it just so happened that I was lucky enough to take advantage of a «3 free weeks» promotion they were offering. It was such a good offer, I even enrolled my 8mo old infant!
The teachers in both classrooms were great. Even though my kids were unhappy when they were dropped off in the mornings (separation anxiety), they were always happy when I picked them up in the afternoon. I ended up enrolling both my kids part-​time after the 3 free week trial. So far, it’s been 3 months and they really enjoy it.