La Petite Academy

In 2012 we suddenly found ourselves raising our 6 year old grandson. He has been through a lot, has PTSD, abandonment issues, disciplinary problems, you name it. We felt lucky to get him enrolled at La Petite immediately for before/​after school care and the summer program since we both work fulltime and needed a quality. dependable team working with us. Lauren. Sandy and Patty all took a special interest in our grandson and his situation which we really appreciated. Their communication, care, and guidance couldn’t have been better. We feel blessed to have had them taking care of him while not in our care or at school, they were genuinely interested in his success, and were very flexible when considering our work schedules. I would highly recommend this top quality, safe and educational daycare to anyone. Our grandson is safe and living in a foster home now however if the situation ever arises where he needs to return to our care, we would call La Petite in a heartbeat. Good people you can trust.

We had a very negative experience here and after thinking about it for a while I decided that I have to write a review. When we went to pick up our toddler he was crying and being held by a staff member. When we took him from her he reeked of poop. We aren’t sure why she didn’t change him. She did not offer to change him. I had to take him over to the changing table and change him myself. They couldn’t find his diapers and wipes so my husband had to search the whole room for them and found them tucked in the back of a storage closet. He was wearing someone else’s diaper. As I finished changing him he began to bleed from his mouth. The girls watching him said oh by the way he fell on the corner of a table and hit his mouth. His lip had become stuck in between his two front teeth and she had to glove up to remove it. He bled so much she had to change her shirt. Don’t know how this whole incident do not require calling us. it happened far enough in advance in the day that they should have called. If my child is bleeding that much I should be called. They couldn’t find the incident report right away it was buried in a pile of paperwork in the mess of the front desk. We had tried several times to talk to the director about separate issues and she was never available. She was always taking a lunch or on vacation. Even when she knew we were planning on coming at a certain time to talk to her she was not there. I understand she is going through a difficult divorce but that is no excuse. If you cannot complete your job as needed and care for these children you should not be doing this job. Recently I found a search engine with Washington Gov that let you see if anyone has had any reports on their license. In a separate incident from ours a child was left outside unattended and the teacher did not realize it. Their teachers look no more than 18 at the most. And I would prefer to have someone who has a degree and more experience watching my child. I highly recommend that you do not take your child here.

My toddler has been coming here over a year now and we love it.
I use the flex pass that allows me to drop my child off at any time during their hours for one day or five days. What ever I need they are always flexible with a smile and call out to my child and myself by name when we arrive. It’s a wonderful feeling to know these people actually care about us.
I’ve toured over 10 different day cares from Lynnwood to Seattle and I’m staying here because they may not be perfect in all areas, but they are consistently caring and flexible to my needs at a price that doesn’t resemble a house payment. Unlike the other care facilities that charge high rates are over crowded and don’t offer a flex pass so we would pay whether our child was there or not.

When I had my daughter in 2012, I never wanted her to be in daycare, but after a very bad experience with a nanny, we had to find something else quick. We originally chose KinderCare because that’s where my boss took his kids. We were treated terribly, they didn’t respect us, and they didn’t feed or change my daughter when we asked them too. So we decided to check out La Petite. We noticed immediately how much quieter the kids were and how much better behaved they seemed. We also loved that the teachers weren’t turning over all the time and how they actually seemed to care about the children. Our daughter has been there now for over a year, and we are so much happier. If we had an issue, the director always took care of it IMMEDIATELY and we were always kept informed of everything. We tell everyone with new kids that this is the place to go.

I’m a little new to this Unilocal thing and so far everyplace I’ve been to mostly all the comments are nagitive. Sure bot 100% of everyone will have a great experience. But myself and the 3 children have had a great past with la petite. My youngest is now 3 and can do so much already. I’d like to put in a thanks for what they have help accomplish. My 2 older kids miss going there. We had a great time. Was involved in some family fun as well. I remember a santa being there. Was alway a great experience as a parent. I’ve been to a few days cares and this was our favorite by far. Sadly we moved and is no longer near our new schools.

We toured this place when looking for a new daycare option for my daughter. I made my husband promise not to tell them I am an elementary school teacher, because I wanted to hear how they would present things without knowing that fact.
Upon entering, I was already highly unimpressed. It was SO loud and felt like chaos everywhere. Kids were screaming, stealing toys, and trying to scale the structures without any staff member addressing any of the issues.
We were taken to the infant/​toddler room, where my daughter would be, and I was horrified by the layout. It was SO DIRTY, dingy, and fairly bare. The toys were scarce and many looked broken. I didn’t even want to set my kid down while we spoke with the director. The kid (a young guy about 17) working in this room was literally just changing diaper after diaper the entire time (15 – 20 min). While he was doing this, one of the little boys had scaled a set of drawers and was attempting to stand on the counter and no one said anything. Another kid in the room next door, was spitting on the window and wiping it all over the place.
Everyone working here seemed to be a kid or a student just trying to get by until they found something different.
Then, my husband let it slip that I was a teacher and the director’s whole song and dance changed and she started trying to impress me with talks of curriculum and developmentally appropriate activities.
We left, looked at each other, and said «NO WAY». We wanted to dip our kid, and ourselves, in a vat of hand sanitizer after that place. The worst daycare I’ve ever seen.

I only went there for a tour and would never put my daughter there! The place is SO dirty I’m not even sure how legal it is. The teacher told me she thinks its too early for 4 year old to know letters so they don’t do letters/​numbers much?! What??? My daughter writes and knows all the letters already (as well as most kids in her current daycare)! Very bad experience… The worst school I’ve ever visited.

I have had my now almost 4 year old daughter at this center since she was about a year old. I cannot say enough good thing about them! Every step of her development they have lovingly nurtured her through.
Lauren the director is very flexible on communication which to me is important! I work in a call center and can’t always answer my work line or cell phone so we email. Which was proven invaluable to me when my daughter got sick and couldn’t get to a phone as I was on a work call at the time.
We did pull her out a couple months ago because we moved and put her in another daycare all together that was closer to home and my husbands work. That was THE worst experience! So we put her back 3 weeks later!
I honestly couldn’t imagine having her anywhere else! The staff are always friendly and extremely approachable. Right now she is in Ms. Janet’s class and she is wonderful! As are all the teachers there! They actually have a lesson plan they send home with the parents to reinforce what they’re learning. My daughter is one smart little cookie! And we couldn’t have done it alone!
They are like a school in the rescect of above mentioned lesson plans, as well as they have ALL sorts of open houses, parent teacher nights (which if your working parents is great because you don’t always have the time to stop and chat durring the typical morning rush), and this last christmas they had all the different classes put on a performance, including the toddlers! It was adorable!
They also have days of fun activities like this friday is crazy hair day! They do pajamas days, in the summer water days, etc. And the teachers participate too! We will never make the mistake of taking her out again even if it does mean extra commute time for us. If you do have any questions I can answer please ask!