Kiddie Hall

I love this daycare! I tried taking my 8 month old to another private daycare and I did not feel as safe as I did leaving my infant at this daycare. It is quite pricey but I will tell you that the teachers are wonderful, you can stop by anytime to check on your baby and they keep you posted about EVERYTHING! Yes, they get sick but that is unfortunately part of putting them in any daycare. This is my first child and as much as I wanted to keep my child in a bubble I have come to the conclusion that it is totally impossible… thank you to all the great staff at Kiddie Hall!

My daughter has been attending Kiddie Hall since she was 6 months old. She is now almost 18 months old. Overall, I have had a very positive experience with her care there. I sincerely feel that she has developed emotionally, mentally, and socially in ways that I could not have fully provided otherwise; the structured programs and the interaction with other kids is really invaluable. Yes, she has been sick more times than I can count, but it has eased up as she has gotten older and her immune system has become stronger. I really think it’s something that you’re not going to be able to avoid at any daycare. Ask any parent who has a child in daycare — I think you’ll find it’s a universal experience. As for the teachers, I have been happy with almost all of them that have cared for my daughter from the Infants room to the Mobile Infants room. There were one or two who didn’t seem totally enthusiastic about their job, and that happens. But the majority of them are kind, loving, and extremely patient. And, no, they don’t get paid enough, which is a shame considering their responsibilities. As for the teachers interacting with each other — for goodness sake, who cares if they converse with each other about their lives outside of work? If it’s not interfering with the tasks at hand and makes the teachers happier, I’m fine with it. I have never experienced any of the teachers discussing anything inappropriate. The job is (let’s be honest) a bit tedious, hectic, and loud. In my opinion, they do an awesome job. I am especially fond of Ms. Veronica and Ms. Linda in Infants, and all the ladies in Mobile Infants. The only negative I have is that I’m surprised at the quality of food served, especially for the high cost of care — cut up English muffins or bagels and canned fruit? It’s not what I would ever feed my daughter at home. I suppose the most important thing that I can express about her care at Kiddie Hall is that I feel at ease leaving her there; I have peace of mind that she is being well-​cared for in a clean, safe, and caring environment.

Sorry, but I have to totally disagree with the last reviewer. No disrespect to her, but Kiddie Hall sucks. We were totally thrilled about this place at first because it’s right in the heart of downtown and really close to our work. Also, for a while, we got a discount on fees. Not worth the $$ saved at all! First, the place is dirty in my opinion. The toys are grubby in the infant and toddler rooms where the kids are constatly putting them in their own mouths right after another kid has done the same. Nothing is done to prevent this, and all I ever saw the staff doing to «sanitize» the toys was a half-​hearted swipe with a disinfecting wipe. I can’t even count the number of colds (how about 1 every 2 weeks?) my child suffered while under Kiddie Hall’s «care.» Second, this place is not what I would ever call «loving.» The caregivers are apparently miminum-​wage workers who put the same amount (i.e., bare minmum) effort into a job that appears to be little more than a waystation for the majority of them. The women have bored expressions on their faces while they mechanically thump children’s bottoms or backs to try to lull them to sleep at nap hour. Meanwhile, they converse with the other employees about their lunch plans, vacation plans, or man trouble. An adequate place if the bare minium is all you seek, but a depressingly lame place if you desire affection, nurturing, cleanliness, and personal attention.

My daughter has been at this daycare for almost two years, and I have to say it is amazing. The staff are so kind and try to learn every child’s name not just the ones in their classrooms. My daughter absolutely adores the school and I couldn’t be happier with sending her to Kiddie Hall.

The two reviews on this are both quite misleading. My son has been in this daycare for over 3 months now and we all love it. My husband, my son, me, my parents-​in-​law, my mother. It is beautiful, the teachers are sooo wonderful and caring with the kids. I could not have found a better place for my son. And the director is great. I actually love every person who works at this place.
So I think the other reviews are completely misleading and they almost made us not put my son at Kiddie Hall but since we did not have more options, we thought we would try it out. And we are so glad we did, because it is perfect!

We had our daughter here for a year we really enjoyed the entire experience. We thought she was stimulated and the teachers loved her. The staff was excellent and organized. The programs were engaging and fun. We moved up north and miss this daycare. We have not found a daycare equal to kiddie hall for our second child.

I feel pretty much the same as the other person’s review. I have come to finally like a couple of the teachers and my son has c couple of friends now and I also met a nice mom. But I am already signed up with another school for my son. I am there for a little long until he gets in to the new school and don’t want to move him to a different place in between as that may confuse him. I do not recommend this place if you are considering taking your child there. At first I thought it would be great but it is just as she says, kids are running wild all day and I never, and I have been there at all different times, seen them on a group activity, nothing. My son is just 2, if he was older I would leave him there another minute. Because of hours and location convenience I have to hang on for another couple of months, but I regret that I choose this place to trust them as first school for my son.

We immediately liked this place from our first visit, perfect location, facility clean and cute with all the sparkle! We soon learned that’s all it was, sparkle to hide the poorly run facility!
My child was only at this daycare for 6 months and within this time was bit 4 times and had 5 different teachers! What kind of consistent care can you expect from that! –Talk about huge turnover!
It appeared that there were too many kids per classroom and they were always shuffling kids/​teachers around due to the overflow.
I took my kid out of this place and I am very happy that I did.
I voiced my concerns about leaving and the center director asked if anything was wrong. When I expressed my concerns and issues she never responded and wouldn’t even look at me for the remaining weeks. I have a feeling the teacher turnover is due to her!!!
Looks great from the outside but for the money you pay I would expect much better care! I personally felt no one was really watching my child close enough and they just ran wild all day long!
People have different opinions on what they prefer for daycare and this is not what I expected! I would not recommend this place!