Discovery Isle Child Development Center

We love Mrs. Baylon. She’s amazing! Comforting to go to work knowing your kids are in a great place where they are learning and cared for. Peace of mind is priceless.

This place is great. My son has been here since he was 4.5 months old. The infant center is super. They respect individual families’ ways of doing things and are friendly and helpful. I receive courtesy calls if the smallest thing happens to him (he scratched himself one day, bumped his head another). The girls are welcoming and affectionate with him. They do art projects and take the babies outside to get fresh air. My husband and I love the video camera too, so we can see him at work!

We enrolled our daughter in the infant classroom when she was only 10 weeks old back in January 2014. As hard as it was to go back to work the staff and teachers helped make this an incredibly easy transition! Our daughter is now five months old and each time we drop her off and pick her up she has the biggest smile on her face. She loves it there! Each week we find that our daughter comes home with a new skill and seems to be developing much faster then several of my friends’ similarly aged children. I understand each kid is different and learns at different paces but we are simply amazed at how quickly she has picked up on some skills that are on Discovery Isle’s infant curriculum. Each of the teachers in her classroom have helped take exceptional care of our daughter as well. We appreciate the live streaming cameras in the classroom that allow us to keep an eye on her throughout the day as well. There are too many terrible stories in the news and my nephew was once a victim of abusive care providers back in the 90’s. The simple act of providing live streaming cameras has helped ease that fear of mine.
I read the other reviews below and I felt the urge to write a review of my own because our experience is far different. We appreciate the care our daughter receives and love the activities she gets to participate in and the skills she is learning.
There are many options for childcare and we are very pleased with Discovery Isle and what it has brought to our family. Thank you!

My son was going to this preschool for almost 2 years. The staff, at the time seemed to me as very caring, until I found out that it may have been all a façade. My son, for the most part, had always been able to express his emotions, even at a very young age. Several times in the beginning of the year had he mentioned being bullied and physically hurt, and I had spoken to his teacher about it, and it had stopped for a while, or so I thought. He had become more reserved about his feelings, and it had become more difficult to drop him off at school. He would cry everyday. I found out too late that my son was scared and scarred. His teacher would embarrass him and became verbally abusive. Apparently, she was like this to most of the children in her class. She would make the kids laugh at him if he was crying. I had also learned that he was being bullied by a couple of brothers that have been problematic from the beginning. I would find bruises on his body, but according to the staff, they were from rough play in the playground. I was always told that he was always well disciplined and polite… and sensitive. I believe part of that comes from his upbringing, and it may possibly be because he was simply scared of authoritative figures, especially his teacher. Although, the teacher is no longer teaching there, I did speak with the staff, and they had mentioned that is the first they have heard of this teacher ever embarrassing a child. I personally hope she no longer considers a career in teaching because no child deserves this, especially as young and undeveloped as these kids are. It is safe for me to say that I am not only parent who felt that this particular facility does not provide a safe, clean, and nurturing environment for our children. Although, they may promote early learning, they do not promote social and emotional development. They need to better screen these so called, «child care providers, «and continue to screen them in the process. As of currently, my son is excelling in several areas academically and socially. He has an incredible teacher who has helped him excel in so many areas and has helped him continue to grow.

Check the filtered reviews at the bottom because it will show you how great the school is. We love Discovery Isle!

Love it here! Great school, couldn’t ask for more!

We recently moved to San Marcos area and this preschool seemed to be a perfect match for us.
The staff was friendly and the curriculum was great. I didn’t like the fact that it is a walk-​through facility though-​the doors were not locked during the day so anybody could come in easily. The playground was not that child-​friendly also– too much cement and metal.
Anyway, we loved it.
Everything turned upside down one day when my child came home with bruise and blood in her nose and drops of blood on her shirt. Nobody told me a word that any accident happened to her when I picked her up. I have to mention that she’ s just started learning English but she is fluent in her native language and can explain everything what happened. She told me that she was pushed from the slide by another kid, hit her nose against the metal part of the slide and fell down. Her nose bled and the teacher helped to clean the blood. Next day I asked teachers about the accident but, amazingly enough, no one knew anything about what happened! No one’s seen, cleaned or heard anything! I understand, accidents happen-​kids are kids. But how it is possible that a child comes home from school in blood and nobody knows anything about it? Is it a neglect or a lie? I am so disappointed and frustrated about this whole situation! I could not even imagine that I could face such a problem in a childcare!
Of course, I took my child out of there. I could not trust anyone in this childcare anymore.
Happily for us, we found a great preschool and my daughter really loves it. And I feel safe for her now.