The Learning Zone Child Care Center

If you or anyone you know uses the daycare «The Learning Zone» in Harker Heights or Killeen Tx PULL YOUR KIDS OUT! I got A call today from the school principal saying that the daycare has been over 45 minutes late picking the kids up after school several times. They are also putting two kids per seatbelt and not using booster seats for kids under 8 years old!

We just put our daughter in this facility and it was the best choice. It’s our first child in daycare and it was scary bc of all the things you hear about in the news. We toured and met the teachers and they answered all our questions. They made us feel welcome and that my daughter was going to be in good hands. I would recommend this facility to anyone. Our daughter is only 9mo and when I dropped her off she acted like she had been in daycare forever.

Where do I start… I really don’t like leaving bad feed back but this time I have to. First of all the director was okay, she explained things about the facility wasn’t much information that thrilled me though. The daily plans were mediocre. Then I walked to the class and the walls was dirty!!! Straight disgusting! I asked why haven’t they painted and I was told that the owner was going to paint… yea right… after 2 months it never happened… the décor on the walls was so plain. Nothing to enthuse the toddlers if you ask me. My daughter stayed sick… ugh! I was so hurt that I had to leave her there. But, in prayer for a better daycare kept me calm. I knew it would not be forever. The teacher of my 3 year old daughter treated me like I was getting on her nerves when I would ask questions… I couldn’t believe it! That was the first time I ever left her… but you think she cared. The owner should be ashamed… So much more I can say… but it’s not positive. My spirit was so down… but thank God I found a better day care. There was light at the end of the tunnel.
Oh one more thing the playground is full of rocks be warned your child will be dirty with dust and guess what? They won’t clean them. Nor was my child nose ever was clean… mind you she stayed sick… since she had been at the New day care no sickness! Children are not just dollar signs they are valuable… their our future… and they should be treated with genuine love and care. That’s all.

The Learning Zone is where my daughter went as an infant, they had an amazing morning staff who loved her and also were very helpful in advice and tips, however the turnover rate through afternoon caretakers was very frequent. I believe she had 3 different afternoon caretakers in her infant room in the course of a year. When she moved out of the infant room into the 18 months I was very DISSATISFIED with the teachers who are not trained very well on what to do with children. They were unorganized, losing one shoe of two pair of shoes, TWICE. What to do about the shoe’s they lost? Nothing, oops, oh well. I frequently visited my daughter and the more teachers got familiar with me, they lost their professionalism and I could hear the other teachers conduct themselves very immaturely. Would never recommend to anyone.

NOT recommended. Children are taught to «fight back» instead of learning how to handle conflict appropriately. Children are not watched carefully– my Son was attacked by another 4 year old long enough for him to have over 3 bite marks on his chest and back. Most of the aides and «teachers» do not seem to like their job. Possibly because they have to manage 18 4 year olds all alone. They give off attitudes. For a few weeks my 4 year old was piled in a room with about 25 screaming kids. So loud that I could not even hear the aide speak to me who was right in front of me.