Children’s Safari Learning Center

Clean, safe environment. Great security system, although no option of viewing classroom remotely (for other children’s privacy). Organized, friendly, compassionate staff and flexible with my husband’s class schedule. Auto pay option is convenient or you can pay in person. The sign in computer system (scans fingerprint/​asks for code) gives you alerts such as payments due. A newsletter, artwork, and a daily update sheet are sent home. They are also cloth diaper friendly, which rocks! Children are actually sent home when ill and I liked how they would keep lights off and provide soft toys while other children were still sleeping during nap time. We thought that providing our own food would be a pain, but it truly was not problematic. In fact, it was preferable for us so we could give him food of our choice, based on our son’s diet and preferences. The center is quite affordable, too. My employer used The Employment Network, which have a 5% discount and waived enrollment fee. See if your employer has a discount.
When a long-​time teacher left (loved Miss Pat!), there was a bit of a communication lapse with the gals in the room and my 2-​year-​old only had his diaper changed once that day. They let me know the mistake and apologized and it never happened again. Honestly, this is the only negative (one-​time) concern that we had. He was bitten by another child once but they let us know immediately. Other than that, we felt strongly that our son was safe, treated with love and that staff is professional and held accountable. I always witnessed staff interaction with the kiddos and my son loved going here. When we would drop him, the kids would do a group hug. So cute! If I need to go back to work, we would bring him back here in a heartbeat.

My son has been going here for just about 1 year now. He started when he was 6 weeks old. As he was our first child, we were definitely nervous about leaving him with strangers. We immediately were relieved with the amount of professionalism and personal care that our son received from each teacher. He absolutely loves them. We can’t thank Kathy and Wendy enough for not only making it easy on us, but really taking care of and loving our son. I highly recommend this place to all working parents!

Just wanted to update on Children’s Safari. I took my son out of daycare because I had left my job so I didn’t need it anymore. Well when I went to re-​enroll my son the daycare was full at the moment. So I had to take my son to another daycare that was affordable. I found one in Chandler, and it was the same price range. I had called other places, and they were WAY more expensive than Children’s Safari. The one I found in Chandler was about the same price as Children’s Safari. This daycare in Chandler provided lunch, and you didn’t have to pay when your child was out sick. I thought it was going to be great. WRONG. My son was in there two days and I vowed to never take him back. The teachers would yell at the children (in front of me and other parents so who knows how they were after I left), were rude, and there was no security system in place. When I got there peoples’ information were sitting on the desk in a folder with social security, contact, address information, etc. I was mortified. Anyone could just walk in and enter any of the classrooms. Thank GOD, I got a call that Children’s Safari had an opening when I took him out of the Chandler place. I was BEYOND relieved. Kathy provides a CLEAN environment, I have NEVER seen any questionable behavior by any of the teachers, it smells great (the other places I toured had a horrible old smell to it), and you can’t get through the front door to the classrooms without a fingerprint and password. I truly don’t think you can find a better daycare. Please try this daycare out. You won’t regret it.

The school is painted in a dark, depressing green, with green, brown floors. No colors, no light… very scary to a child. The smell of dirty diapers was OVER WHELMING. I observed a teacher who knew I was watching her take care of 8 little kids on her own and she literally spent her time pulling toys out of their hands and walking around with a scowl on her face. It was dirty, smelly and depressing. I felt bad leaving the poor children behind when I left.

Children’s Safari is top notch. Their teacher-​to-​child ratios are lower than the state mandates, which is the number one reason I chose them to care for my son. Plus, Kathy (owner) and Pamela (director) really, really care about the children. They’re nice, professional, attentive to detail, and pretty much all of the things you want in a daycare provider. The facility is new and impeccably clean. Everything is spot on. I just can’t say enough good things about them…